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New Laser-Based Method Could Help Scientists Discover New Puncture-Resistant Materials

July 3, 2023

Using tiny laser-launched projectiles and troves of data, scientists can more quickly bridge the gap between a material’s microscopic properties and its real...

NICE Webinar: Securing Space: The Next Frontier for Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

Wed, Jul 19 2023, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

The presentations slides are available here. Download the Continuing Education Units form. Provide event feedback here

May 2023 NICE Community Coordinating Council Monthly Meeting Recap

June 14, 2023

#ICYMI - Monthly Meeting Recap Join us on June 28th at 3:30pm ET for the next NICE Community Coordinating Council meeting. In case you missed last month's...

Rodney Petersen Receives the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity 2023 Service Recognition Award

Congratulations to Rodney Petersen for receiving the 2023 Service Recognition Award in recognition for his outstanding cybersecurity contribution to the community and the Nation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cybersecurity...

Karen Wetzel Receives the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity 2023 Service Recognition Award

Congratulations to Karen Wetzel for receiving the 2023 Service Recognition Award in recognition for her outstanding cybersecurity contribution to the community and the Nation from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity. Karen...

Measuring Antimicrobial Resistance

NIST is developing microbial measurements to better understand the propagation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through a variety of mechanisms. This work

NRC Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities for the Complex Microbial Systems Group

We encourage recent PhDs to join our team through postdoctoral fellowships with the National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship...

2nd International Workshop on FAIR Containerized Computational Software

Tue, Dec 5 - Thu, Dec 7 2023

With the increasing size of collected data, distributed computational environments provide an acceleration option for

Three new NIST X-ray technology patents are prime licensing opportunities

June 7, 2023

David Gerrold, a prolific American author, and screenwriter, summarizes the progress of the last 120 years when he observes, “In the 20th century, we had a...

ACMD Seminar: Uncertainty aggregation through model development and assessment towards prediction

Andrew White Thermal Fluid Systems, Rolls-Royce Corporation Tuesday, July 11, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT) A video of this talk...

Seeking Input and Feedback

Metals Additive Manufacturing Community, We are continuously seeking input and feedback on your measurement science and standards needs...

Future Computing Systems and AI

Quantum dots (QDs) are a promising quantum computing approach that over the past years have been gaining popularity as candidate building blocks for solid-state

What is a "Legal Metrology Device"?

A "legal metrology device" refers to a weighing or measuring device that is used to determine a quantity on which a charge is based for...

New Resource Available: The Foundations for a Successful Business

June 5, 2023

To be successful as a new business, a growing business, or a well-established business exploring major changes, what do you most need to consider? The 2023-2024...

NIST Conducting Automated Vehicle Workshop, September 5-8, 2023

May 1, 2023

NIST will hold a virtual workshop on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles (AV), September 5-8, 2023. Free registration and schedule...

6G “Mailbox Theory” by NIST, University Researchers Receives Best Paper Award

May 1, 2023

In late April 2023, Big Data and Cognitive Computing Journal awarded the 2021 Best Paper to 6G Cognitive Information Theory: A Mailbox Perspective, which was...

NIST, Intel Researchers Win Best Paper at IEEE’s Factory Communications Systems Conference

May 1, 2023

NIST and Intel researchers were awarded best paper at the 19 th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communications Systems (WFCS 2023), in April 2023. The...

NIST Staff Organize, Chair, and Present in Session on Industrial Wireless at IEEE Conference

May 1, 2023

NIST’s Industrial Wireless Systems project leader Rick Candell, and associate Kang Lee, attended the 19 th IEEE International Conference on Factory...

Creating and Reusing IoT Services – NIST, University Researchers Offer Solutions

May 1, 2023

Researchers and city planners have faced problems and many unanswered questions in developing and reusing Internet of Things’ services. To aid these initiatives...

University, NIST Researchers Develop Supply Chain Model Using NIST CPS Framework

May 1, 2023

After supply chain disruptions in the COVID-19 pandemic, NIST and university researchers teamed up with private sector experts to explore methods for making...

NIST Researchers Demonstrate Improved Way of Training Distributed Digital Devices

May 1, 2023

Distributed digital devices – such as smart phones and more – are updated and trained by means of “Federated Learning.” Basically, it involves a central server...

NIST Leader Addresses Automated Vehicles’ Communications Needs at Conference

May 1, 2023

In a “fireside chat” at the Connected Vehicles USA 2023 conference, NIST’s Transformational Networks and Services Group Leader Tao Zhang discussed future...

Moving Toward Autonomous Systems – NIST Leader Offers Vision in University Presentation

May 1, 2023

Today, automated systems can operate without human intervention and are increasingly being developed and deployed. In a presentation at the University of...

NIST Leader Presents Quantum Network Testbed Connectivity Needs to Interagency Group

May 1, 2023

In late April 2023, NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division Chief, Abdella Battou, described the connectivity needed for the quantum network testbed to the...

NIST and Naval Research Laboratory Researchers Report on System for Managing Quantum Network Experiments

May 1, 2023

Today, optical networks use lasers to transmit messages. By comparison, future quantum optical networks will use much shorter bursts, with entangled photons...

Bryan Rezende (l) and Ben Tran (r) examining one of the AC Level 2 EV charging stations on the NIST Gaithersburg campus

Welcome 2023 NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows!

Byline: Elizabeth Benham, Isabel Baucom Chavez, and Maritoni Litorja The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) welcomes four 2023 NIST Summer...

2023 - Arthur S. Flemming Award---Edwin P. Chan

Dr. Edwin Chan is recognized for his outstanding contributions to NIST and the federal government. He developed innovative measurement methods that advance our scientific understanding of polymer thin films and interfaces and deployed these methods...

2023 - Distinguished Alumni Lecture Award---Christopher Soles

The Distinguished Alumni Lecture award is proudly presented to Christopher L. Soles for seminal contributions to materials research, as evident by published scholarship, patents/technology transfer, mentoring of early career materials researchers and...

2023 - American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors President’s Medallion Award---Ed Sisco

Ed Sisco of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory was presented with the President’s Medallion at the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) Annual Symposium in Austin, Texas. This award is in honor of his distinguished service to...

Introducing the Groundbreaking Gateless P-N Junction Metrolog

May 23, 2023

“What new technology does is create new opportunities to do a job that customers want done,” according to Silicon Valley thinker and entrepreneur Tim O’Reilly...

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