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Updates and Reports Relating to Feb. 3, 2021, Alert at NIST’s Research Reactor

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reports NRC Special Inspection Report, March 16, 2022 NRC Interim Special Inspection Report, April 14, 2021...

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Releases Special Inspection Report on 2021 Alert at the NIST Research Reactor

March 16, 2022

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released a final report of its special inspection of the Feb. 3, 2021, alert at the National

Cancer

SUMMARY Recent science and technology advances have led to the development of breakthrough cancer diagnostics and therapies, such as...

Revamped Design Could Take Powerful Biological Computers From the Test Tube to the Cell

March 23, 2022

Tiny biological computers made of DNA could revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat a slew of diseases, once the technology is fully fleshed out. However, a

NIST AI Measurement and Evaluation Projects

Biometrics Biometrics are human measurements that can be used to identify a person for a variety of applications, e.g., to grant access to...

AI Metrology Colloquia Series

As a follow-on to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine workshop on Assessing and Improving AI Trustworthiness ( link...

5813 Weights and Measures Inspections - Evidence, Search and Seizure, and Due Process

Wed, Apr 20 2022, 11:00am - 1:30pm EDT

This 2.5 hour webinar will provide an overview on how the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Laws, and Court

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Ran Tao Recognized as a 2022 PMSE Young Investigator by ACS

Ran Tao was recently recognized as a 2022 PMSE Young Investigator by the Polymer Science and Engineering Division of the American Chemical

An iceberg is shown, labeled with technical biases above the water's surface and with human biases and systemic biases underwater.

There’s More to AI Bias Than Biased Data, NIST Report Highlights

March 16, 2022

As a step toward improving our ability to identify and manage the harmful effects of bias in artificial intelligence (AI) systems, researchers at the National

Iris Experts Group (IEG) Meeting 2022

Thu, Jun 23 2022, 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT

The Iris Experts Group (IEG) will hold their annual meeting on Thursday June 23, 2022. The meeting will be virtual using

National Legal Metrology Working Groups

NIST OWM leads and manages a series of national legal metrology and weights and measures working groups, including three U.S. National Work...

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A Brief History of OWM

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is proud to recognize over 185 years of legal metrology standards and services to the U.S...

nSoft 10 m SANS Detector Upgrade

The 10 m SANS is the flagship instrument of the nSoft consortium, enabling measurement technique development and rapid access for industrial...

5812 Volume Metrology Seminar

Mon, Aug 29 - Fri, Sep 2 2022

The 5-day OWM Volume Metrology Seminar is designed to enable metrologists to apply fundamental measurement concepts to

ACMD Seminar: Standards for model evaluation applied to systems pharmacology models: Focus on sensitivity analysis

Helen Moore Laboratory for Systems Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine Tuesday, March 29, 2022, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM MDT) A...

5811 NIST Handbook 130 - Overview of the Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulation

Wed, Apr 13 2022, 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT

This 2 hour webinar provides an overview of NIST Handbook 130, Uniform Laws and Regulations, "Uniform Packaging and

5809 NIST Handbook 133 - Overview of Handbook 133

Thu, Apr 21 2022, 11:00am - 1:30pm EDT

This 2.5 hour webinar provides a complete overview of NIST Handbook 133, "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods"

5810 Fundamentals of Metrology - Overview Workshop

Tue, May 24 - Thu, Jun 2 2022

This series of webinars on fundamental measurement concepts are presented as applicable for any field of metrology: Who

Mid-America Transplant employees preparing to send out a donor organ.

Three Organizations Win 2021 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

March 4, 2022

WASHINGTON — Three U.S. organizations will receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s only presidential award for performance excellence

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NIST, Collaborators Uncover New Details on the Formation of ‘Metal Soaps’ in Oil Paint Hindering the Conservation of Artworks

March 3, 2022

When you think of soaps, you may first picture the liquid foams or solid bars that wash away dirt, grime and bacteria. However, not all soaps are cleansers. In

Kathryn Beers to be presented with the Mark Scholar Award by the American Chemical Society

Kathryn Beers is being awarded the Mark Scholar Award by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY) in recognition of her excellence in in

Sara Orski to receive the Charles Gordon Award from the Chemical Society of Washington

Sara Orski is receiving the Charles Gordon Award from the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW), the DC local section of ACS, in recognition

120 Years of Data at NIST

March 2, 2022

In celebration of the 50 th anniversary of the founding of the Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (JPCRD), two NIST scientists have published a

The three categories of standards (Management, Goal Setting, and Measurement) related to SASB discussed in Escoto et al. (2022).

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