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5815 Balance and Scale Calibration and Uncertainties - Canceled

Tue, Jun 21 - Fri, Jun 24 2022

This 4-day seminar will cover the calibration and use of analytical weighing instruments (balances and laboratory/bench

Fostering a Circular Economy and Carbon Sequestration for Construction Materials

Wed, Jun 8 2022, 9:30am - 5:00pm EDT

Recordings and slides now available You can access the presentations and slides from the workshop. Industry leaders are

Edge AI

With significant technology advancement and growing commercialization of edge/fog computing, edge AI (artificial intelligence) has now become a new frontier

NIST Handbook 105 Series

105-1: Specifications and Tolerances for Field Standard Weights Current Edition: 2019 Previous Edition: 1990 105-2: Specifications and...

Elizabeth Strychalski Named Outstanding Young Scientist

Dr. Strychalski founded and leads the Cellular Engineering Group at NIST, working to provide a foundation of measurements needed to support

Anoop Singhal

Title of Talk: SECURITY RISK ANALYSIS OF ENTERPRISE NETWORKS ABSTRACT: Protection of computer networks from malicious intrusions is critical...

Picture of prototype ultrasonic wearable device for proximity detection

Proximity Detection for Electronic Contact Tracing

The goal of this project is to help better prepare the nation for the next pandemic, whose occurrence is beyond debate and just a matter of time. Specifically

ACMD Seminar: Optimal Driving Under Traffic Signal Uncertainty

Mallory Gaspard Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University Tuesday, June 7, 3:00-4:00 EDT (1:00-2:00 MDT) A video of this talk is...

NIST Genome Editing Program

Genome Editing technologies have transformed the potential of biosciences and biotechnology by providing precision engineering tools that enable modifications

Black circle. White and gold lowercase A in the middle. Words around edge read: 28th Annual Video Distinction. Silver box below saying The Communicator Awards

PAO, ITL Receive 2022 Communicators Award of Distinction for Video Animation

NIST's video "Post-Quantum Encryption: the Good, the Bad, and the Powerful" received a Communicators Award of Distinction in the Technology

black circle. big white and gold lowercase a in the middle. Around the edges: 28th annual video excellence in white. Gold box at bottom that includes black words: The Communicator Awards

PAO, PML Receive 2022 Communicators Award of Excellence for Video Animation

NIST's video "Einstein, Time and Very Small Things - with Jun Ye" received a Communicators Award of Excellence in two categories: Use of

Amy Mahn

Title of Talk: No Passport Required: NIST’s International Cybersecurity and Privacy Work, Explained… ABSTRACT: NIST’s cybersecurity and...

Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards

The Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) promotes world trade in products dependent on advanced materials...

2023 CCM & IMEKO TC16 7th International Conference on Pressure and Vacuum Metrology

Mon, May 15 - Fri, May 19 2023

Announcing the  7th CCM International Conference on Pressure and Vacuum Metrology in conjunction with the  7th

NIST Publishes Review of Digital Forensic Methods

May 10, 2022

Report documents the scientific foundations of digital evidence examination and recommends ways to advance the field.

Wireless testing equipment is shown inside a building with transmission lines drawn over the photo in various colors.

NIST Finds Wireless Performance Consistent Across 5G Millimeter-Wave Bands

May 10, 2022

After extensive study in the laboratory and two real-world environments, NIST results confirmed that the main signal path — over a clear “line of sight” between

Indoor Localization and Tracking

This web page is simply a pointer to another page that covers the extensive research program in indoor localization and tracking at NIST.

Quantum Optical Networks

This program develops new measurement techniques, tests and performance procedures, standards, and best practices to enable industry and government to gain

Your Clothes Can Have an Afterlife

May 9, 2022

Only about 15% of used clothes and other textiles in the United States get reused or recycled. The other 85% head straight to the landfill or incinerator. This

NanoFab Tool: AllWin21 Downstream Asher

The AllWin21 Downstream plasma asher uses heat and exposure to downstream oxygen radicals to remove resist and other organic materials. The cassette load system

New EO Guidance for Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management

May 5, 2022

NIST has released a revision of Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations ( NIST Special Publication 800-161 Revision 1

Airborne microplastic sampling and characterization

The Microplastics and Nanoplastics Metrology project team in the Materials Measurement Science Division has a research interest in...

NIST Updates Cybersecurity Guidance for Supply Chain Risk Management