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NIST Offers Forensic Science Education and Training Webcasts

March 5, 2013

Building upon the success of last November's "Forensics@NIST 2012" symposium, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering three...

March Conference Focuses on New Trends in Cybersecurity and Information Security Education

March 5, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the 26th annual conference of the Federal Information Systems Security Educators'...

Three NIST IT Leaders Are Honored with 2013 Federal 100 Awards

March 5, 2013

Three members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory were named to the 2013 list of the top 100...

Large Mass Calibration -- A Matter of Scale

March 5, 2013

Few substances are tracked more closely and stored more carefully than the nuclear waste produced at power plants and elsewhere. So the properties of the large...

Math in the Movies

Fri, May 3 2013

Film making is undergoing a revolution brought on by advances in areas such as computer technology, geometry, and

The Zebra's Stripes: A New Theory of Animal Vision

Fri, Apr 5 2013

After a software glitch generated an unexpectedly strange-looking video, Roy's efforts to debug the system led to a

Basic Metrology (Archive): Fit-for-purpose liquid scintillators

Liquid scintillators have been at the heart of radiation measurements at NIST for decades. NIST scientists have pushed the limits of liquid scintillation-based

In High Gear: Weights and Measures Week 2013

March 4, 2013

From the fuel for your vehicle to a cab ride to the airport, all kinds of consumer products and services are sold by some measurable quantity. The methods for...

Why Health Care Performance Is Important to You, Me, and U.S. Competitiveness

January 2013 According to a recent PBS report based on information from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)...

Federal Mobility Technical Exchange Meeting

Mon, Mar 11 - Tue, Mar 12 2013

The dates for the next Federal Mobility Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) will be March 11-12, 2013, at the NIST campus

Uncertainty Budgets for SOP 19

Thu, Jun 20 2013

The purpose of this webinar is to enable laboratory metrology staff to specify uncertainties for SOP 19 following the

Uncertainty Budgets for SOP 14

Fri, Jun 21 2013

The purpose of this webinar is to enable laboratory metrology staff to specify uncertainties for SOP 14 following the

Uncertainty Budgets for SOP 5

Wed, Jun 19 2013

The purpose of this webinar is to enable laboratory metrology staff to specify uncertainties for SOP 14 following the

Calibration Certificate Evaluation

Thu, Aug 29 2013

This two-hour webinar will introduce concepts necessary to successfully implement ISO/IEC 17025 compliant calibration

Calibration Certificate Evaluation

Fri, Jun 21 2013

This two-hour webinar will introduce concepts necessary to successfully implement ISO/IEC 17025 compliant calibration

NISTIR 7383 SOP 18 - Part 2

Thu, Jun 20 2013

This 2 hour webinar will review and apply the concepts learned in SOP 18 Part 1 to calculate the measurement uncertainty

NISTIR 7383 SOP 18 - Part 1

Wed, Jun 19 2013

This 2 hour webinar will examine SOP 18 and the process of calibrating Volumetric Test Measures. Learning Objectives: At

Electron-Beam Irradiation of Solar Cells

The Dosimetry Group operates a system capable of performing electron beam processing, which consists of a Van de Graaff electron accelerator and a sample

NISTIR 6969 SOP 8 - Part 2

Tue, Jun 18 2013

This 2 hour webinar will review and apply the concepts learned in SOP 8 Part 1 to calculate the measurement uncertainty

Medical: Characterization of Dosimeters Used in Computed Tomography

In an effort to both reduce and improve the monitoring of radiation dose delivered to patients during computed tomography (CT) procedures, the Dosimetry Group

NISTIR 6969 SOP 8 - Part 1

Mon, Jun 17 2013

This 2 hour webinar will examine SOP 8 and the process of calibrating large tolerance weights. Learning Objectives: At

Calibration Services: Beta-Particle Sources and Instruments for Radiation Protection

NIST calibrates certain user-owned encapsulated beta-particle sources and certain standards laboratory transfer instruments for applications in radiation

Uncertainty Budgets for SOP 4

Mon, Jun 17 2013

The purpose of this webinar is to enable laboratory metrology staff to specify uncertainties for SOP 4 following the

Vehicle Tank & Loading Rack Meters

Mon, Apr 22 - Fri, Apr 26 2013

At the end of this course, participants will be able to conduct an official inspection and test of vehicle-tank and

Industrial: Enhanced X-Ray Imaging

This project pursues enhanced x-ray image acquisition and analysis methods that are applicable to, for example, security and medical applications of x-ray

Basic Metrology: High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy

We are pursuing a program of x-ray spectroscopy of highly-charged ions and plasmas using custom-designed and constructed curved crystal spectrometers.

Basic Metrology: Remote Sensing Methods for Imaging Dose to Water

Calorimetry based upon remote sensing of the temperature field in an irradiated volume would offer distinct advantages for the dosimetry of nonstandard beams

Comparisons: Key Comparison for Air-Kerma From Therapy Level and Radiation Protection Gamma-ray Beams

Comparisons for the national standards of air kerma from therapy level and radiation protection gamma-ray beams were conducted by the NIST and the Bureau

Electron and Photon Absrobed-Dose-to-Water

Calibrations: Water Calorimetry Primary Standards for Absorbed Dose to Water

Absorbed dose is the energy imparted per unit mass by radiation to an irradiated target. The SI unit of absorbed dose is the gray (abbreviated Gy), equivalent

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Basic Metrology: Design and Construction of a New Cs-137 Gamma-ray Calibration Facility

The construction of a new primary calibration facility for air kerma measurements has been completed. It delivers a collimated 137Cs gamma-ray beam in which

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