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Gaithersburg

A NIST project manager and guest researcher discuss innovative optical methods for characterizing biological materials.

Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three

March 13, 2015

Guest blog post by Paul R. Zielinski, MS, MBA, Director, Technology Partnerships Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology & Chair, Federal

Tattoo Recognition Technology- Challenge (Tatt-C) Workshop

Mon, Jun 8 2015

The first Tattoo Recognition Technology – Challenge (Tatt-C) workshop will be held on June 8, 2015 at the NIST campus

NIST 2015 SBIR Grants to Fund Research in Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Cybersecurity and Bioscience

March 11, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is offering to fund research projects that address

Mapping Microscopic Surfaces Could Help Solve Crimes

March 10, 2015

Topographic maps that display surface features like mountains, valleys and coast lines, have long helped people navigate great distances. Forensic science

NIST Gets New Angle on X-Ray Measurements

March 9, 2015

Criminal justice, cosmology and computer manufacturing may not look to have much in common, but these and many other disparate fields all depend on sensitive

Novel Neutron Detector Makes Scintillating Debut

March 9, 2015

A team of researchers has successfully demonstrated a new design concept for a neutron detector that does not rely – as nearly all current models do – on a

Satellites, Mathematics and Drones - fighting poachers in Africa and Asia

Fri, Apr 24 2015

Tom Snitch leads a team at the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies that has created the

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Liquid-Measuring Devices

Mon, Jun 1 - Fri, Jun 5 2015

This 5 day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test LPG metering systems, i.e., perform an official

New Imaging Technique Finds Formation of Aluminum Alloys to Blame for Next-Gen Battery Failures

March 3, 2015

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland, and Sandia National Laboratories, have for the

Double Vision: New NIST Technique Can See Nanoscale 'Tree' and Microscale 'Forest' Simultaneously

March 3, 2015

A close-up view of an individual tree won't tell you much about what's going on in the forest, or even what's going on in the tree's upper branches. The same

New NIST Reference Material Provides a Silver Lining for NanoEHS Research

March 3, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new silver nanoparticle reference material to support researchers studying potential

NIST Invites Applications for the 2015 Standards Services Curricula Development Program

March 3, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering financial support for the development of undergraduate and graduate-level curricula that

New Data Show Baldrige State-by-State Impacts

March 4, 2015

Newly released data highlight benefits throughout the country of the network of state and local Baldrige-based programs called the Alliance for Performance

OSAC Forensic Science Standards Priority Discussions Now Available in Webcast Archive

March 3, 2015

Those who missed presentations of forensic science standards development priorities at the first public meetings of the Organization of Scientific Area

Caribbean Measurement Assurance Program (CaMAP)

Mon, Oct 19 - Fri, Oct 23 2015

This is the annual training session for metrologists from CaMAP. The sessions will cover updated proficiency testing

Recapping the First Public OSAC Meetings: What is an SDO?

March 2, 2015

Feb. 16, Orlando, Fla. – Midway through the first day of a meeting devoted to public discussion of forensic science standards priorities, someone asked the

NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Public Working Group (CPS PWG) Workshop – April 2015

Tue, Apr 7 - Wed, Apr 8 2015

The second face-to-face workshop of the full NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Public Working Group (CPS PWG) will be held on

Conductivity and Carrier Dynamics in Low-Dimensional Semiconductors

Thu, Dec 18 2014

With the tremendous successes of the electronics and photonics industries, the performance of common device materials

Experiments and Simulations for the Study of Field-Dependent Chemical and Morphological Changes

Fri, Jan 9 2015

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and its many applications have opened up venues for probing the world at the nanometer

Challenges of Microwave Component Design for Spacecraft

Thu, Jan 22 2015

Designing microwave components for spacecraft is an interdisciplinary effort that draws on the diverse fields of

Emergence of Chemotherapy Resistance of Cancer in Complex Microenvironments

Mon, Jan 26 2015

Tumor is a complex system involving adaptive cellular response to heterogeneous microenvironment, and nonlinear

PML to Help Automated Precision Incorporated Improve Laser Tracker Measurement Testing

February 25, 2015

Laser trackers are state-of-the-art measuring machines that are capable of measuring the dimensions of large objects (up to approximately 120 meters in length)

Technical Tracks Errors

Examples of Errors in Forensic Science Analyst/Expert Error Errors due to human bias (i.e., cognitive bias, confirmation bias)...

NIST Awards $26 Million to Support Manufacturing in 10 States

February 24, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the award of new cooperative agreements

Genomic Measurements

We develop standards, methods, tools and technology to advance the reliability of genomic measurements for use in biotechnology including...

NCCoE Speaker Series, March 2015

Tue, Mar 10 2015

About the NCCoE Speaker Series The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Speaker Series showcases global

Advancing Nanoparticle Manufacturing

Wed, Oct 7 - Thu, Oct 8 2015

Following decades of research and development, commercial products are now making use of the unique properties of

MedImmune and NIST Partner to Advance Development of Biological Therapies

February 20, 2015

Additional Contact: Tracy Rossin (MedImmune) 301-398-1468 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and the

Close up picture of green sea turtle swimming over rocky reef

Biological and Environmental Monitoring and Archival of Sea Turtle Tissues (BEMAST)

The Biological and Environmental Monitoring and Archival of Sea Turtle Tissues (BEMAST) is a long-term biobanking project of the NIST Biorepository that

integrating sphere for light measurements

Following a New MAP for Solid-State Lighting

February 19, 2015

LED lights are notably cool. But as an industry sector, solid-state lighting (SSL) keeps heating up, with demand growing rapidly in residential, commercial, and

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