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MMSD Staff Release 2025 Version of SRD31, Phase Equilibria Diagrams (PED)

November 25, 2025

Phase Equilibria Diagrams (PED) Version 6.0 of SRD31 is now commercially available with a new custom windowing system that improves and streamlines use of the...

OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee Develops Process Map

September 19, 2025

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee has developed a process map that captures...

NanoFab Tool: ThermoFisher Helios 5 FX Dual Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

The ThermoFisher Helios 5 FX dual-beam microscope combines a monochromated field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) with an advanced focused ion

ACMD Seminar: Machine Learning for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization

Han-Wei Shen Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University Tuesday, Sep 23, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00...

A semiconductor rendering at center with seven boxes, each illustrating: chemical kinetics & degree of cure; cure kinetics mapping; chemorheology & viscoelasticity; cure & hygrothermal induced warpage; cure & hygrothermal induced stress; extent of reaction & composition; and viscoelasticity mapping.

The “Soft Side” of Chips: NIST Advances Polymer Science for Semiconductor Packaging

September 10, 2025

After powering five decades of innovation, Moore’s Law is faltering. Here’s how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the...

NanoFab Tool: SPTS Omega LPX Deep Silicon Etcher

The SPTS Omega LPX deep silicon etcher is an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching system used for etching deep features in silicon. The tool uses a fast

In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.

September 10, 2025

A team including scientists at NIST may have found a new way of dealing with noise at the microscopic scales where quantum physics reigns.

Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibration Laboratory (SPRTCL)

The Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibration Laboratory (SPRTCL) is responsible for the development, maintenance, realization and dissemination of

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NIST’s ‘Living Reference Material’ Could Accelerate R&D of Lifesaving Biological Drugs

September 8, 2025

The NIST reference material, called NISTCHO, will help the biopharmaceutical industry develop new drugs more quickly and ensure that they are safe and effective...

CSF 2.0 Webinar Series: Deep-Dive into the CSF 2.0 Govern Function to Improve Cybersecurity

Tue, Oct 7 2025, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

One of the major updates to CSF 2.0 is the creation of the Govern Function, highlighting the importance of ensuring

Honoring Dr. Laura Sinclair - 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Awardee

NIST CTL Scientist Honored with 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award

September 2, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Communications Technology Laboratory (NIST CTL) is proud to announce that Dr. Laura Sinclair has been...

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Autonomous Formulation Lab

The Autonomous Formulation Lab (AFL) at NIST links AI-driven experimental planning with robotic experimental platforms and in-situ small-angle scattering (SANS

Computational Materials For Qualification And Certification (CM4QC)

A collaboration of aviation companies, research and regulatory government agencies, and universities that are developing a strategy for incorporating

Some Air Cleaners Release Harmful By-Products. Now We Have a Way to Measure Them.

September 2, 2025

Many types of air cleaners can generate small amounts of air pollution. Until now, there was no standard way to measure these negative by-products.

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Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang Receive Editors Best Original Paper Award from Clinical Cytometry

Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory are co-authors, along with NIH researchers*, on a manuscript titled “ Standardization of Flow Cytometric Detection of Antigen Expression.” This paper has been...

A laptop screen displays the words “software update” with a progress bar.

NIST Revises Security and Privacy Control Catalog to Improve Software Update and Patch Releases

August 27, 2025

The catalog revision is part of NIST’s response to a recent executive order on strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity.

ACMD Seminar: Towards Optimization of Monoclonal Therapeutic Drug Delivery Using a 3D Model of Cancer Immune Interaction

Jordana O'Brien Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00...

Cloud Usability Framework

Below are reports related to the Cloud Usability Framework Framework for Cloud Usability December 22, 2015 Authors: Brian C. Stanton, Mary F...

ACT-R Publications

An ACT-R Model of Elliptical Endpoint Error Distributions in a Mobile Touchscreen 2-D Fitts Law Task Published: 10/14/2014 Authors: Kristen...

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Gaithersburg

MMSD Staff Release 2025 Version of SRD31, Phase Equilibria Diagrams (PED)

OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee Develops Process Map

NanoFab Tool: ThermoFisher Helios 5 FX Dual Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

ACMD Seminar: Machine Learning for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization

The “Soft Side” of Chips: NIST Advances Polymer Science for Semiconductor Packaging

NanoFab Tool: SPTS Omega LPX Deep Silicon Etcher

In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.

Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibration Laboratory (SPRTCL)

NIST’s ‘Living Reference Material’ Could Accelerate R&D of Lifesaving Biological Drugs

CSF 2.0 Webinar Series: Deep-Dive into the CSF 2.0 Govern Function to Improve Cybersecurity

NIST CTL Scientist Honored with 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Autonomous Formulation Lab

Computational Materials For Qualification And Certification (CM4QC)

Some Air Cleaners Release Harmful By-Products. Now We Have a Way to Measure Them.

Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang Receive Editors Best Original Paper Award from Clinical Cytometry

NIST Revises Security and Privacy Control Catalog to Improve Software Update and Patch Releases

ACMD Seminar: Towards Optimization of Monoclonal Therapeutic Drug Delivery Using a 3D Model of Cancer Immune Interaction

Cloud Usability Framework

ACT-R Publications

Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) Fall Quarterly Meeting

Office of Naval Research Program Review

Electron Spin Resonance at the Single Atom Level

Engineered Designer Lattices for Quantum Systems

Moiré Systems

Measurement System Basics - SI and US Customary Units for Regulatory Officials

New Technique for Measuring DNA Damage Could Improve Cancer Therapy and Radiological Emergency Response

Vehicle-Tank and Loading-Rack Meters

Livestock and Animal Scales

Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall Effect