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The Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) drives research in advanced communications—focusing on standards, measurement science, and...

NCCoE Seeks Comments on Revised Software Asset Management Building Block

September 16, 2015

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST has revised the draft white paper describing a "building block" that will help organizations...

Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, Volume 8, Proceedings of the 9th International Temperature Symposium

Mon, Mar 19 - Fri, Mar 23 2012

The International Temperature Symposium (ITS) on "Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry" is

NIST 'Global City Teams Challenge' Aims to Create Smart Cities

September 15, 2015

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and several partners are launching a new effort to bring together...

3rd Atlas/NIST Workshop on Photovoltaic Materials Durability

Tue, Dec 8 - Wed, Dec 9 2015

Scope: Focus on durability issues of materials used in solar energy applications. In response to the concerns of

Global City Teams Challenge 2016 Kick-Off Conference

Thu, Nov 12 - Fri, Nov 13 2015

To encourage collaboration on smart city issues from disaster response to energy management to mass transit improvement

NIST Exhibits at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) 2015

Thu, Oct 29 - Sat, Oct 31 2015

The 2015 SACNAS National Conference "Interdisciplinary Collaboration: The Role of Diversity in STEM Innovation" in

ASTM Committee F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles

An updated website can be found at: https://www.nist.gov/el/intelligent-systems-division-73500/unmanned-gro…

Photo of damage to a road caused by a 2007 flood in Minnesota

Community Resilience Panel Meeting

Mon, Nov 9 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks members for a new Community Resilience Panel, part of

NIST Physicists Show 'Molecules' Made of Light May Be Possible

September 8, 2015

It's not lightsaber time, not yet. But a team including theoretical physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has taken another...

Theodore Sizer of Bell Labs Joins NIST Advisory Committee

September 8, 2015

Theodore (Tod) Sizer has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the agency's...

NIST Exhibits at the International Year of the Light Washington, D.C. 2015

Sat, Sep 12 2015

To promote the progress and promise of light research and education, leading U.S. science organizations will host two

Beamline 1: Degradation of EUV filters and mirrors

Beamline 1 separates a swath of light from the synchrotron into two parts. The first part is collected in Beamline 1a by a normal-incidence multilayer mirror

U.S. Commerce Department Gives Small Businesses $3.2 Million for Innovation Research

September 4, 2015

The U.S. Commerce Department today announced that 20 small businesses will receive $3.2 million in grants to spur American innovation and competiveness through...

NIST Exhibits at the Grace Hopper Conference 2015

Wed, Oct 14 - Fri, Oct 16 2015

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the World's Largest Gathering of Women Technologists. It is

NIST Exhibits at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) 2015

Mon, Sep 21 - Fri, Sep 25 2015

The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) will hold

Plot of aluminum oxide photodetector typical responsivity in the EUV.

Aluminum Oxide EUV Photodetector Transfer Standard

Aluminum oxide (Al 2O 3) photodiodes are issued by NIST as transfer standard detectors in the extreme ultraviolet spectral region (5 nm to 125 nm). Each device

Plot of Si photodiode typical responsivity in EUV

Si EUV Photodiode Transfer Standard

Silicon (Si) photodiodes are issued by NIST as transfer standard detectors throughout the extreme ultraviolet spectral region (5 nm to 254 nm). Each device is

Hands Off! NIST Helps Bring Contactless Fingerprint Technology to Market

September 3, 2015

Quickly moving through security checkpoints by showing your hand to a scanner seems straight out of science fiction, but the National Institute of Standards and...

Using Isotopes to Track the Origin and Evolution of Life

Fri, Sep 11 2015

Measurement of stable isotope ratios at high precision is enhancing our understanding of an extraordinary range of

Degradation of extreme-ultraviolet optics

Optical systems that operate at wavelengths in the ultraviolet (UV) and extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) are susceptible to degradation by a number of different

Quantum Biophotonics

Faint light detection is a staple in biology- used from systems biology research to bioassays for biomanufacturing and healthcare diagnostics.

Single photon measurements: Single Photon Tunneling

We use light created two photons at a time to explore the time needed to cross a barrier. The extreme simultaneity of creation of the two photons allows for

Memory

Critical to quantum information applications is the need to store a quantum state while other qbits are created or processed.

Universal Quantum Bus

If quantum computers and networks are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one

Sources, detectors and metrology

We develop and learn how to characterize non-classical light sources and single-photon detectors. To have an accurate model of a single-photon detector’s

NIST Invites Industry to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Workshop, October 1-2, 2015

September 1, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop on industry best practices in cyber supply chain risk management at its...

Excellence by the Dozen: 12 Organizations Move Closer to Baldrige Award

September 1, 2015

Twelve high-performing organizations will receive site visits for the 2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA), the nation's highest recognition for...

NIST Seeks Members for New Panel to Help Communities Become More Resilient

September 1, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks members for a new Community Resilience Panel, part of the institute's effort to reduce the heavy...

Updating State Energy Codes for New Homes Would Deliver Significant National Savings

September 1, 2015

If every state in the nation adopted up-to-date residential building energy efficiency codes—only 10 states have done so—the energy savings realized over a...

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