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Office of Weights and Measures

OWM's mission is to establish uniformity, SI use, and traceability in weights and measures by advancing national and international legal metrology standards, procedures, capabilities, and training.

Color rendering of light sources

A Color Quality Scale (CQS) is being developed at NIST with input from the lighting industry and the CIE (International Commission on...

Vision science

The Vision Science program was established to develop new photometric and colorimetric standards based on vision science to facilitate development of emerging

The CNST Welcomes Eight New Staff Members

Robert Celotta, Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), welcomed eight new...

Fifty Earn NIST Bronze Medals

Fifty local employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored with the Departmental Bronze Medal in...

Forty-five Earn NIST Awards

Forty-five local employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored with awards in ceremonies held Dec. 5...

Two NIST Mathematicians Named SIAM Fellows

Dianne O'Leary and G. W. (Pete) Stewart, Faculty Appointees in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, have been named Fellows of the Society for...

42 Employees Earn DOC Awards

The U.S. Department of Commerce has presented 42 employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and Silver Medal Awards—the...
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