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Ending the Year Contemplating Growth

December 2012 I always like to end a year with an optimistic view of the future. This year, MESA became the sixth two-time winner of the...

Marlin Kraft adjusts a current shunt connection.

Minimizing Uncertainty in Current Events

January 28, 2013

The electrical power industry – and the equipment makers and calibration laboratories that serve it – need to be able to quantify DC currents of hundreds or...

Software Performance Project

NOTE: This work was succeeded by the Software Metrology Project Software Metrology: Helping physical scientists and computer scientists understand one another a

Projects

NCAL's projects are designed to fulfill the mission of NCAL: to develop next-generation mechanical and physical measurement tools to...

Facilities and Equipment

The NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting includes: Two tools funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: High-rate...

Partners

The use of lightweight alloys in vehicles will significantly increase fuel efficiency and cut emissions, but the auto industry lacks data...

About Lightweighting

The use of lightweight alloys in vehicles will significantly increase fuel efficiency and cut emissions, but the auto industry lacks data...

Researchers: How are You Authenticating Your Non-human Cell Lines?

January 25, 2013

Many journals now require cell line authentication prior to publication of research results. Are you ready? How are you authenticating your non-human cell lines...

DNA and Quantum Dots: All That Glitters is Not Gold

January 24, 2013

A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that by bringing gold nanoparticles close to the dots and using a...

House burning. Firefighters are using a host to douse the flames.

'Live Burns' in Spartanburg, S.C., Will Benefit Research and Firefighter Training

January 24, 2013

Fire researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and colleagues from fire service organizations will turn abandoned wood-frame...

Two New MEP Centers Will Serve Kentucky and South Dakota Manufacturers

January 24, 2013

Small and mid-size manufacturers in Kentucky and South Dakota have new resources to help them create and retain jobs, increase profits, and save time and money...

NIST Accepting Proposals for Fundamental Measurement Grants

January 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals to support significant research in the field of fundamental measurement or the...

NIST Seeks Partners to Establish Graduate Fellowship Programs in Science, Engineering, Math

January 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking one or more qualified institutions or organizations to work with it in developing and...

NIST Offers Support for Development of Educational Materials, Courses on Standards

January 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering support to qualified institutions interested in developing teaching materials and...

NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals to Solve Cybersecurity and Manufacturing Challenges

January 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, invites small businesses to propose...

Image Group Fiscal Year 2013 Publications

Link back to the Image Group Publications Archived Page. P.J. Grother, W.J. Salamon, R. Chandramouli, " Biometric Specifications for...

Image Group Fiscal Year 2012 Publications

Link to the Image Group Publications Archive Page P. J. Phillips, J. Zheng, Z. Jiang, R. Chellappa, " Cross-View Action Recognition via a...

Image Group Archived Publications

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Workshop on Improving Trust in the Online Marketplace

Wed, Apr 10 - Thu, Apr 11 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a workshop on April 10-11, 2013 on technical and

A Whole New Angle on Neutron Spin Analysis

January 18, 2013

For most Americans, neutron spin-polarization filter cells are a relatively rare topic of conversation. Yet these exotic devices are essential to instruments...

NIST Exhibits at 2013 APS Meeting

Tue, Mar 19 - Thu, Mar 21 2013

The APS March Meeting is the largest physics meeting in the world, focusing on physics research from industry

Administration Unveils Initial Design Plans for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

January 16, 2013

The Administration's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) today released a report based on the input of nearly 900 stakeholders that describes an...

Controlling Particles for Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals

January 17, 2013

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Johns Hopkins University have developed a technique to reliably manipulate...

Speech Analytics

The Multimodal Information Group's speech analytics program has a long history of activities supporting the development of technologies that extract content

Security Engineering and Risk Management

We research, develop and promote a comprehensive suite of security engineering and risk management standards and guidelines.

Software Security Group

We research, develop and produce guidelines, recommendations and best practices for foundational security mechanisms, protocols and services.

Hardware Security Group

We integrate and apply security technologies, standards, guidelines and best practices for computing platforms and information systems.

NIST Biometric Workshop Studies Voice, Dental, Oral Standards

January 14, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop to discuss proposed supplements to the biometric data format standard that...

Price Verification

Wed, Feb 20 2013

Be able to describe the background and history of why and how the EPO on Price Verification was developed. Be able to

U.S. National Work Group on Belt-Conveyor Scales (USNWG on BCS)

Wed, Feb 20 - Thu, Feb 21 2013

The USNWG is a group consisting of regulatory officials, device manufacturers, service agents, users of belt-conveyor

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