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AM Bench Data and Challenge Problems

Direct Links to all AM Bench Measurement Data Searchable AM Bench Measurement Catalog Free Compute/Storage Resources on AM Bench Data...

Testing Infant Formula Nutritional Content

March 27, 2023

Infant formula is one of the most highly regulated foods in the United States and around the world. The Infant Formula Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-359) requires...

4th Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL) Conference and Workshop

Tue, May 23 - Wed, May 24 2023

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is co-hosting with the Department of Commerce on Tuesday, May

4th Multi-cloud Conference and Workshop

Wed, May 24 - Thu, May 25 2023

This year’s Multi-Cloud Conference hosted by NIST, Department of Commerce (DOC), and Tetrate will focus on delivering

ACMD Seminar: Geometric data analysis: a Riemannian perspective

Nicolas Charon Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Johns Hopkins Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2...

The FedTech Startup Studio’s Real-World Approach Advances Technology Transfer

March 22, 2023

Technology Transfer is an intensely dynamic field, and the process of moving federal scientific and technological research from the lab to the marketplace teems...

How Industry Increased Digital Information Flow Across Production Process: NIST Reports

February 1, 2023

When industry makes a product, all involved use information which digitally flows across the process to enable fast and accurate production. Information needs...

NIST Researchers Extend Model to Predict Minimum Investment for Optimum Cybersecurity Across Large, Weakly Connected Networks

February 1, 2023

Previously, NIST researchers developed a model for predicting the minimum investment needed to achieve the optimum cybersecurity for large networks. Basically...

NIST, Defense Researchers Propose Ways to Improve Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Many see millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands as having potential to provide machine-to-machine communications advancing industrial wireless systems. Compared to...

NIST, Industry Researchers Assess Factors Affecting Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Researchers from Emerson Automation, Spearix Technologies, and NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team recently assessed wireless factors – or "aggressors" –...

NIST's GCTC Lead Presents Smart City Goals at MITRE Summit, Gets Media Attention

February 1, 2023

NIST’s Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) leader, Michael Dunaway, gave the keynote presentation at MITRE's Smart City Summit, in January 2023...

NIST Report Addresses Smart Devices for Social Distancing, Contact Tracing in Pandemics

February 1, 2023

"The next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when," states the recently released, NIST Internal Report NIST IR 8437 On the Feasibility of COVID-19 Proximity...

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Commerce Department Outlines Proposed National Security Guardrails for CHIPS for America Incentives Program

March 21, 2023

The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the guardrails included in the CHIPS Incentives Program to advance America’s...

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By Cracking a Metal 3D-Printing Conundrum, Researchers Propel the Technology Toward Widespread Application

March 20, 2023

Gaps in our understanding of what happens within metal during the process have made results inconsistent. But a new breakthrough could grant an unprecedented...

USNWG Objectives

In general, the United States National Work Groups (USNWGs) have the following objectives: investigate the feasibility of various legal...

Circular Economy Program Workshops

The NIST Circular Economy Program leverages workshops to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, including government, industry...

NCNR Comprehensive Cooperative Agreement Program

March 15, 2023 - May 15, 2023

The NIST Center for Neutron Research is seeking competitive applications from eligible applicants for activities that will advance the research of NCNR users...

ACMD Seminar: Artificial Chemical Intelligence: AI for Chemistry and Chemistry for AI

Pratyush Tiwary Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT) A...

Sean Ketter

Board Member Term Expires February 2029

Are Condition Monitoring Systems Worth It? NIST Researchers Offer Way to Evaluate

December 1, 2022

Industries may use "condition monitoring systems" (CMS) to monitor machines and enterprises – like production lines – for detrimental or unexpected changes in...

In Journal Publication, NIST Staff Emphasizes Need for Greater Grid Interoperability

December 1, 2022

"Interoperability is foundational to the development of more inclusive grid institutions." That was the key point made by NIST researchers in their article...

International Effort Develops Plan for Federated 5G Testbeds, NIST Researcher Informs Architecture

December 1, 2022

In October 2022, international collaborators, including NIST researchers, met in Jeju, South Korea, to define a path to federated 5G Testbeds, dubbed "Project...

NIST Researchers Report on Industrial Wireless, Time-Sensitive Networking Demonstration

December 1, 2022

At the IECON 2022 Conference in Brussels, Belgium, October 2022, NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems researchers reported on their demonstration of wireless...

NIST Leader Helps Develop ISO Standard Enabling Production Systems to Read Unique Data

December 1, 2022

In November 2022, NIST's Allison Barnard Feeney, Group Leader of Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems, contributed to ISO 10303 working group's development of...

NIST Manufacturing Simulation Software Gets Interest from University and Government

December 1, 2022

Earlier in 2022, NIST researchers released a simulation package that models the behavior of "discrete manufacturing systems," which include the production and...

Metric Kitchen: Cooking Measurement Equivalencies

These approximate equivalents of common capacity (volume) and mass measurement units may be used for home cooking applications. In the...

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Animal Tranquilizer Floods Illicit Drug Markets in Maryland

March 16, 2023

NIST study shows alarming changes in the illegal drug supply.

Biosurveillance and Pathogen Detection

Biosurveillance is a systematic process to survey the environment or location of interest for bacteria, fungi, viruses, or other biological entities that might

OWM Responsibilities and Authorities

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) operates under the authority given to Congress to “ fix the standard of weights and measures”...

Welcome 2023 Spring Montgomery College Interns!

Lloyd Bekele and Arghavan (Angie) Tehrani have joined the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) as Professional Research Experience Program...

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