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SF6 Shows Promise as Mercury Substitute

May 27, 2016

Elemental mercury – which is being phased out of commercial thermometers worldwide due to safety concerns – may also be replaced as a temperature reference...

Information Technology Laboratory Divisions

Applied and Computational Mathematics We provide leadership within NIST in the application of applied and computational mathematics to the...

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5449: Fundamentals of Metrology - FOR SIM PARTICIPANTS ONLY

Mon, Jan 30 - Fri, Feb 3 2017

The Fundamentals of Metrology seminar will introduce the participant to the concepts of measurement systems, units

5444: Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals

Thu, Jan 19 2017

This 2 hour webinar will cover the essential elements of metrological traceability and the documentary evidence required

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) ICSSC RP-10 Review Meeting

Wed, Jun 15 2016

On June 15, NIST will host the NEHRP ICSSC RP-10 Review Meeting targeted for federal employees. The meeting's purpose is

NIST, Partners Create Standard to Improve Sustainable Manufacturing

May 26, 2016

Anyone who's ever covered a wall with sticky notes to clearly map all of the steps in a process knows how valuable that exercise can be. It can streamline...

Powered by Quantum Cycles: Cold-Atom Pump

May 25, 2016

By manipulating the behavior of particles at a quantum level, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI, a research partnership of NIST and the University...

Current RDS Hash Sets

RDS Version 2026.03.1 - March 1, 2026 Note: The NSRL has completed the transition away from the RDS 2.XX text file format, and will only be...

5445: Software Verification & Validation

Thu, Jan 26 2017

This 2 hour webinar on Software Verification and Validation will focus on the use of Microsoft Excel in calibration

Reference Scaffolds

NOTE: The NIST reference scaffolds have been discontinued due to lack of use. This page is an archive and is no longer current. Reference...

3D Cell-Scaffold Interactions

Summary When adherent cells are cultured in tissue culture plates, they adhere to a planar surface. In native tissue in vivo, cells often...

Scaffold Fabrication: Airbrushed Scaffolds & Combinatorial Methods

Scaffold Fabrication: Airbrushed Scaffolds & Combinatorial Methods Description: Polymeric nanofibers have shown great promise as a scaffold...

ASTM F04

Description ASTM is a standards development organization that has a committee that focuses on regenerative medicine called " Committee F04...

Imaging & Artificial Intelligence for Assessing Quality of a Biomanufactured Retinal Pigment Epithelium

Background: We have developed methods to assess quality of manufactured retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The work was a collaboration with...

NSCI Seminar: Accelerating Discovery Via Science Services

Tue, Aug 2 2016

We have made much progress over the past decade toward harnessing the collective power of IT resources distributed

3D Laser Scanner Runoff Pushes New Standard Towards the Finish Line

May 25, 2016

Update: The work that was described in this article led to the publishing of the ASTM E3125-17 standard in December 2017. Large-volume 3D laser scanners play...

Summary of Workshop on Measurement Assurance Strategies for Cell Therapy Products

Description: There is a need for improved measurements and standards for the field of regenerative medicine and cell therapy products. A...

About Standards.gov

Standards.gov is administered by the Standards Coordination Office (SCO) at NIST. This site provides: information about the use of...

DiameterJ

Need: The most common approach to characterizing electrospun fibers for tissue engineering applications has been to image them by scanning...

NSCI Seminar: New Technologies for Improved Computer Performance

Tue, Dec 20 2016

Tremendous progress has been made in building computer systems with higher performance over the last several decades

NSCI Seminar: Leading-Edge Computers and the Extraordinary Research They Enable

Tue, Oct 4 2016

A new generation of supercomputers—petascale computers—is providing scientists and engineers with the ability to

NSCI Seminar: The Sensible Machine Grand Challenge

Tue, Jun 21 2016

The Sensible Machine concept started with an OSTP RFI response by Stan Williams and grew over six months into a IEEE-led

NSCI Seminar: Progress in Superconducting Computing

Tue, Jun 7 2016

Since the 1950s, there have been several efforts to develop a computer based on superconducting logic. Each was

NIST and Stanford Launch Long-Term Measurement Initiative to Boost the U.S. Bio-Economy

May 20, 2016

STANFORD, Calif.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Stanford University announced today that they are...

HUD Cites NIST's Community Resilience Planning Guide Among Aids to State and Local Governments

May 20, 2016

As part of its efforts to encourage communities to consider their resilience to natural hazard risks, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...

X-ray Metrology for the Semiconductor Industry Workshop

Thu, Aug 25 - Fri, Aug 26 2016

The semiconductor industry is in need of new, in-line dimensional metrology methods with higher spatial resolution for

IUSR Overview

The Problem When companies or organizations make large purchase decisions for software, they currently have little visibility into the...

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