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2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Frederick Esch

For the invention of serial cytometry, a revolutionary technology for cancer diagnostics and therapeutic evaluation.

2023 Distinguished Associate Award - Megan Catterton

For the invention of serial cytometry, a revolutionary technology for cancer diagnostics and therapeutic evaluation.

NIST hosts meeting of O-RAN Alliance security experts

May 6, 2024

NIST's Wireless Networks Division , in collaboration with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence , hosted an interim meeting of the O-RAN Alliance's...

An open gray box filled with circuitry, wires, sensors and a single-board computer sits outside on a lawn.

Spotlight: Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Measurements During a Solar Eclipse

April 22, 2024

Researchers were curious as to whether their sensors would detect any changes to the concentration of CO2 during the eclipse.

The UK to recognize CE-marked weighing and measuring instruments

May 1, 2024

Before Brexit when the United Kingdom (UK) was still part of the European Union (EU), products placed on the UK market were required to comply with the EU...

5927 Fundamentals of Metrology

Mon, Jul 22 - Fri, Jul 26 2024

Course Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to

Reference Materials

NIST supports accurate and comparable measurements by providing an ever increasing portfolio of reference materials including NIST Standard...

Protocols Supporting Bioeconomy Standards

Laboratory Automation for Engineering Biology Method for reproducible automated bacterial cell culture and measurement , Synthetic Biology...

Documentary Standards

The highest-level international standards, such as those developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ensure that...

Measurement Services

NIST Measurement Services Measurement Service for assigning values of the number of equivalent reference fluorophores (ERF) for calibration...

NIST Standards Products

NIST collaborates with key stakeholders to develop and disseminate standards products that enable safe and effective adoption of emerging...

Data for the Bioeconomy

NIST is working to develop a broad strategy to promote FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data and maximize the usability and...

Assessing Standards Needs

NIST works with the broader stakeholder community to identify standards needed for biotechnology and biomanufacturing. NIST engages...

Network of NIST Consortia

NIST leads and participates in multiple consortia as a form of public–private partnership. NIST plans to launch additional consortia for...

Documentary Standards

NIST Role in Documentary Standards The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTAA) directs U.S. agencies to adopt voluntary...

Communicating Forensic Findings: Current Practices and Future Directions

Tue, Jun 25 - Wed, Jun 26 2024

NIST convened this workshop to examine how forensic findings are communicated in reports and testimony. The first day of

JQI Researchers Win 2023 UMD Quantum Invention of the Year Award

This year Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a research partnership between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, researchers and their colleagues have won in the quantum category for a new method for...

Standards to Advance the Bioeconomy

Why are standards important? Standards enable comparison, ensure interoperability, support commerce for emerging technologies, and support...

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Kathryn Beers Named Director of NIST’s Material Measurement Laboratory

May 6, 2024

Beers managed NIST’s Circular Economy Program, which supports the nation’s transition to an economy in which materials retain their value through repeated...

Paul Witherell was elected as an ASME Fellow

For outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering.

Amy Mensch Received The Early Career Award

For exemplary contributions in the engineering profession in 10 years or less since graduation, including research advancements, leadership contributions, academic achievements, and community involvement.

Department of Commerce Announces New Actions to Implement President Biden’s Executive Order on AI

April 29, 2024

Announcements include draft guidance documents, a draft plan for international standards, and a new measurement program opening for public comment.

Circular Economy Product Design and Digital Thread

The Circular Economy: Product Design and Digital Thread project focuses on better managing how products are designed, made, and used in response to the

NIST Awarded Cyber Policy Award for CSF 2.0 Efforts

On April 24, 2024, NIST was awarded the 'Ecosystem Champion Award' at the inaugural edition of the Cyber Policy Awards in Washington, DC. This award recognizes an individual, small group, or organization whose efforts have led to broad structural and...

Technical Language Processing Meeting with image showing Artificial intelligence looking at smart city, connected with planet through global mobile internet on phone.

Technical Language Processing Community of Interest 2024 Meeting

Tue, Sep 24 - Wed, Sep 25 2024

Join Us for the 2024 TLP COI Meeting and Workshop The Technical Language Processing Community of Interest (TLP COI) in

Enabling and Using Traceability and Data Linking for Sustainable and Efficient Supply Chains

Traceability is becoming increasingly crucial in and across multiple sectors and is critical to identifying and connecting value chain data. For example

MBE & QIF Summit 2024

April 16, 2024

The MBE Summit has brought academia, government, and industry experts together for over 10 years to share the challenges, implementation issues, and lessons...

Human-Centered AI

2024 Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics

Congratulations to Justyna Zwolak, who has been selected by the Washington Academy of Sciences (WAS) to receive its 2024 Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics. The citation for the award reads “For outstanding contributions in the...

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