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Research Grade Testing Material (RGTM 10212), Synthetic Fecal Metabolite Calibrant (Credit: NIST)

Synthetic Fecal Metabolite Calibrant Solution (RGTM 10212)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to develop a reference material to support reliability in metabolomics measurement. Currently, we have

Revision of Baldrige Framework to Increase its Value as Improvement Guide

October 21, 2024

During its current revision, the Baldrige Excellence Framework®, the core document of the Baldrige Program, is undergoing revolutionary change—being reorganized...

NIST Scientists Use DNA Origami on a Chip to Detect Biomolecules

October 17, 2024

Using strands of DNA to create miniature hinges that pop open or shut when binding to specific molecules, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and...

NIST Hosts Industry Meeting on Advanced Technologies and Use Cases for High-performance Industrial Wireless Systems

September 1, 2024

The NIST Industrial Wireless Systems team held an industry meeting on September 12, 2024, to facilitate discussions on “Advanced Technologies and Use Cases for...

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Team Member Presents on Real-time and Mission-critical Wireless Systems

September 1, 2024

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems team member Mohamed Kashef (Hany) presented on real-time and mission-critical wireless systems in an invited panel session at...

NIST Leaders Overview CPS and IoT Program at DOE Executive Lunch and Learn

September 1, 2024

On 10 September 2024, NIST leaders Dr. David Wollman, Deputy Chief of NIST’s Smart Connected System Division, and Dr. Thomas Roth, Leader of NIST’s IoT Devices...

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Publishes Report on OFDMA Uplink Activation

September 1, 2024

Karl Montgomery and Rick Candell of the NIST Industrial Wireless Team have produced a report titled “A Characterization of OFDMA Uplink Activation for...

NIST Releases New Version of SimPROCESD Software for Discrete-event Manufacturing Simulation

September 1, 2024

NIST has released its latest software version of SimPROCESD v0.3.0, or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations and Conditions Evaluation to Support...

NIST and University Researchers Develop Software to Improve Co-Simulation Performance

August 1, 2024

In collaboration with Vanderbilt University, NIST researchers have published a paper, “ Scalable HLA Co-Simulations of Connected and Automated Vehicles using...

NIST Publishes Recommendations to Use Universally Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) in Manufacturing Life Cycle Data

August 1, 2024

A recently released NIST Advanced Manufacturing Series publication AMS 300-12 “ Research Results and Recommendations for Universally Unique Identifiers in...

NIST Reports that IEEE 802.11 OFDMA Frame Triggering Could Improve Latency for Time-critical Applications Using Wireless

August 1, 2024

Rick Candell of the NIST Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) presented research findings at the International Conference on Advance Intelligent...

NIST Team Presents its 5G Industrial Wireless Testbed and Research Direction at AIM Conference

August 1, 2024

NIST researcher Jing Geng of the Operational Technology (OT) Wireless Team, Smart Connected Systems Division, presented the paper, “An Industrial Private 5G...

Summer Students Support Smart Connected Systems Research in NIST’s SURF and SHIP Programs

August 1, 2024

Every summer, NIST hosts summer students in its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program and Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP) to work in...

Charles H. Romine Selected as 2024 National Academy of Public Administration Fellow

Charles H. Romine was one of 42 leaders selected as a 2024 National Academy of Public Administration Fellow by the National Academy of Public Administration. “The 2024 class of Academy Fellows reflects a wide range of professional experience...

NIST Announces 2024 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

October 10, 2024

The Baldrige Award was redesigned earlier this year to focus on organizational resilience.

NIST Awards Up to $1.5 Million to Support Development of Regenerative Medicine Standards Curricula

October 8, 2024

The awardees will create training programs on the standards, protocols and measurements underpinning the field.

Curt A. Richter Named 2024 APS Fellow

For pioneering studies of nanoelectronic devices based on advanced materials.

Enhanced Manufacturing.gov Website Launched on Manufacturing Day

October 4, 2024

In celebration of Manufacturing Day (MFG Day), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the launch of...

New NIST OWM Contacts System is Open for Business

October 2, 2024

The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) Contacts System customer portal is open for business. NIST OWM officially launched the new online portal for the OWM...

Photos of 2024 Portrait Gallery Honorees

2024 NIST Portrait Gallery Induction Ceremony

Thu, Oct 17 2024, 11:00am - 12:30pm EDT

Join us on October 17, 2024, for the NIST Portrait Gallery Induction Ceremony, celebrating five remarkable former NIST

Shelf Labels for Instant Noodles - Price Verification

2024 NCWM National Price Verification Survey

October 1, 2024

The National Council on Weights and Measures (NCWM) recently completed the 2024 National Price Verification Survey together with support from NIST OWM and...

Latest Updates on EPOs for Electrical Energy and Hydrogen Vehicle Fueling

October 1, 2024

OWM is pleased to announce the latest inspection and test procedures for two alternative vehicle fueling applications: Electrical Energy (EVSE for Vehicle...

DYK: NIST OWM Fun Facts

October 1, 2024

DYK: The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is the oldest office at NIST? NIST OWM’s principal mandate to “ fix the standard of weights and measures” is...

Info Hours Presented by NIST OWM: 2024 Series Successfully Completed!

October 1, 2024

This year, NIST OWM launched a new series of Information Hours, aka “Info Hours,” as an informal forum for our customers and stakeholders to engage in...

2024 - ASTM International Emerging Professional---Ami Ahure Powell

Ami Ahure Powell was nominated and selected as an ASTM International Emerging Professional. As part of this selection, she is invited to participate in the Emerging Professionals workshop in Orlando, Florida on November 11 and 12, 2024.

Short Descriptions of 2025 Benchmarks

Short descriptions of all 2025 sets of benchmarks and challenge problems for prospective challenge problem participants In response to...

David Sefcik reviews an inspection report with a Massachusetts Weights and Measures Official James Shattuck

NIST OWM Teams Up with Massachusetts for Price Verification Training

September 30, 2024

NIST OWM was delighted to provide a 2-day price verification training event based on the NIST Handbook 130 Examination Procedure for Price Verification for the...

2025 - Rising Star Award---Ashley Beasley Green

Ashley Beasley Green of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory Biomolecular Measurement Division is a 2025 recipient of the Rising Star Award presented by the American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee for her leadership of and impactful...

Schematic of low-melting point alloy particles (top-left) mixed with a thermoplastic elastomer (top-right) and processed into printable material for fused filament fabrication and pellet extrusion. A filament-based 3D printing setup (lower-left) feeds material through rollers into a heated nozzle, depositing material onto a print bed. A pellet-extrusion setup (lower-right) feeds pellets into a hopper, moves them through a heated barrel, and extrudes through a nozzle onto a bed.

Multifunctional 3D Printable Polymer-Metal Composites

Our goal is to support innovation and fundamental research in the additive manufacturing (AM) of multifunctional hybrid materials and to facilitate the

History

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) first became involved in fire safety in response to a 1904 complaint about the...

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