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Cybersecurity Resources for Small to Medium-Sized Manufacturers: A Fireside Chat with the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)

Thu, May 2 2024, 2:00 - 2:45pm EDT

Join us on May 2, 2024, for a 30-minute fireside chat with the NIST MEP Program Office. During this webinar we will

CHIPS R&D Funding Opportunities

Disclaimer: This website provides general information about the NIST CHIPS Research and Development (R&D) programs. No information provided...

Metal Additive Manufacturing Powder Consortium

The Metal Additive Manufacturing Powder (MAMP) Consortium brings together stakeholders to develop deeper understanding of additive manufacturing (AM) metal

SI Units Card Deck (SP 1297)

SI Units Card Deck (SP 1297) Edition: 2023 Keywords: Activity, amount of substance, ampere, base, candela, classroom, collaborate, defining...

Award Criteria

2025 edition Download your free copy today. The 2025 Baldrige Award Criteria are organized around nine sections that both enable and reflect...

Transformational Networks and Services Group Hosts International Collaborators at NIST

December 1, 2023

On November 16, 2023, NIST’s Robert Bohn and colleagues in NIST’s Transformational Networks and Services (TNS) group hosted an international team of government...

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Team Participates in ASTM F45 Committee Panel Discussion

December 1, 2023

NIST’s Rick Candell and Mohamed Hany were invited to participate in the ASTM F45.04 Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems panel discussion on...

GCTC Smart City Projects Presented at Smart Cities Conference and Workshop

December 1, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the NIST Global Community Technology Challenge ( GCTC) presented three smart city projects on a panel at the Smart Cities Connect...

NIST Supports Composite Materials Standards Harmonization

December 1, 2023

CTL’s Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems Group and the Longterm Archiving and Retrieval (LOTAR) Consortium have supported multi-year efforts to harmonize...

Working With Workspace Words: NIST Helps Compose Technical Language Processing Tutorial at PHM 23

December 1, 2023

NIST helped to foster awareness, debate, and education at the Technical Language Processing (TLP) Tutorial of the 15 th Annual Conference of the Prognostics and...

NIST Researcher Presents on Use of SimPROCESD Software to Model Manufacturing Production and Maintenance

December 1, 2023

At the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting, NIST researcher Mehdi Dadfarnia presented research findings based on use of NIST-developed SimPROCESD software, which can...

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Gene Delivery Particle Analysis with High-Throughput Light Scattering Microscopy

2023 AVS Fellow - Julia Scherschligt

In 2023 Julia Scherschligt received the honor of an AVS Fellow, in recognition for outstanding contributions to vacuum science and metrology as a scientific manager, leader, and researcher. The AVS Fellow is only awarded to members who have sustained...

Advanced Security Architectures for Next Generation Wireless

The Advanced Security Architectures for Next Generation Wireless (ASA-NGW) seeks to enhance emerging security standards and guidance efforts for 5G/6G Open RAN

NIST Secure Software Development Framework for Generative AI and for Dual Use Foundation Models Virtual Workshop

Wed, Jan 17 2024, 9:00am - 1:00pm EST

NIST is hosting a workshop on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST to bring together industry

Changes to State Laboratory Support for NVLAP Accreditation

NIST OWM upholds a principal directive to facilitate, enable, and ensure the state legal metrology community in achieving national...

NIST Identifies Types of Cyberattacks That Manipulate Behavior of AI Systems

January 4, 2024

Publication lays out “adversarial machine learning” threats, describing mitigation strategies and their limitations.

OWM Recognizes Contributions of Proficiency Testing Coordinators at RMAPs

January 3, 2024

The OWM Laboratory Metrology group operates an ISO 17043 compliant Proficiency Testing (PT) program that assesses the effectiveness of the metrology training...

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2024 National Price Verification Survey

January 3, 2024

NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is collaborating with the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), together with 28 state and 38 local...

5902 Measurement Assurance Basics

Thu, Apr 25 2024, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This session will cover the requirements in NIST Handbook 143 (essentially ISO/IEC 17025) on Measurement Assurance

Direct comparison between the NIST SRI PJVS 6000 and the NIST Traveling PJVS used for certification

NIST Researchers Installed a New Quantum Voltage Standard in Spain

December 21, 2023

NIST  delivered the first NIST Standard Reference Instrument (SRI) to Spain’s oldest calibration laboratory, the  National Institute of Aerospace Technology...

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NIST Tool Will Make Math-Heavy Research Papers Easier to View Online

January 3, 2024

A tool developed by a NIST scientist will help arXiv preprints become more accessible.

ACMD Seminar: Computational Models as Integral Product Development Tools

Christine Parrish Vice President of Technology Solutions, Compact Membrane Systems Thursday, January 11, 2024, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM...

NIST's million-pound deadweight stack, assembled

4.45 MN Deadweight Force Generating Machine (Million Pound Force Dead Weight Machine)

The largest of 6 NIST deadweight force generation machines, the 4.45 MN Deadweight Force Generating Machine can apply 20 equal force increments of 222 kN (or

Photograph of the Arradiance Gemstar atomic layer deposition system.

NanoFab Tool: Gemstar Atomic Layer Deposition

The Arradiance Gemstar atomic layer deposition (ALD) system supports thermal ALD coating processes with precise ultrathin and pinhole free films in a compact

Plans to Reduce the Deer Population on the NIST Campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland

December 19, 2023

The NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, foxes, coyotes and more than 65 species of birds. To sustainably...

NIST Releases NextG Wireless R&D Gap Analysis

December 14, 2023

As the transition from fifth-generation wireless systems (5G) to next-generation communications systems (NextG) advances, research and development (R&D)...

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NIST Researchers Help Design a Prototype Quantum Computer

December 20, 2023

Researchers have created a prototype quantum computer with a record number of qubits—the analog of bits in an ordinary computer—capable of performing logical...

Synthesis and longevity of candidate direct air capture (DAC) materials

Our team is focusing on developing reliable methods to characterize DAC materials for longevity and stability. We are currently focusing on aminosilane-silica

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