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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 190 years of weights and measures 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

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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 basic or applied research and leadership in polymer science. She will be honored by a half-day invited...

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 of exemplary service by a CSW member to the profession of chemistry, to the science of chemistry, and/or to...

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).

Becoming sustainable can be good for business too

March 2, 2022

Sustainability is becoming a selling point for many customers, and small and medium manufacturers (SMMs) up and down supply chains are being pushed to address...

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Spotlight: Never Stagnant: Microbiologist Alshae’ Logan’s Path Through the Pipeline Into Science

February 28, 2022

In grade school, Alshae’ Logan hadn’t seen or heard of a Black woman earning a doctoral degree, nor had she been taught of the contributions Black women made to...

Read more about RFI related Frequently Asked Questions

5808 NIST Handbook 130 - Examination Procedure for Price Verification

Tue, Apr 5 2022, 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT

This 2 hour webinar will provide inspectors with an understanding and knowledge of the NIST Handbook 130 Examination

5807 LPG (Propane) - Verifying the Net Contents of 20 lb Cylinders (Part 1)

Tue, Apr 12 2022, 10:00am - 3:00pm EDT

PART 1 "Exchange Locations and Vending Machines" This 5-hour webinar will include a morning and afternoon session, with

5806 NIST Handbook 133 - How to Test Animal Bedding

Wed, Apr 6 2022, 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT

This 2 hour webinar will teach and demonstrate the test procedure for verifying the useable volume declaration on

Molecular Physiology

The natural world is a magnificent place with observable, via measurement and inference, physical structures spanning at least 43 orders of magnitude in space

Weights and Measures Week

" Weights and Measures may be ranked among the necessaries of life to every individual of human society.” John Quincy Adams, U.S. Secretary...

Illustration shows two houses from above with distances marked between house, woodpile and shed for fire safety.

NIST Offers First-of-a-Kind Guidance for Holistic Home and Community Wildfire Protection

March 1, 2022

Once they have a foothold, severe wildfires can quickly overwhelm a community, particularly one that is densely packed. To shield houses against such a fierce...

Smart City Holistic Key Performance Indicators Support Community Benefits

NIST International Collaboration Develops New Framework for Smart Cities and Communities

February 28, 2022

Have you ever wondered what it is about a smart city or community that makes it ‘smart?’ In an international collaboration with Dr. Martin Serrano of the...

5805 Fundamentals of Metrology - GAP Interim

Thu, May 19 - Sat, May 21 2022

At the end of the Western Regional Assurance Program (WRAP) event, NIST/OWM will provide an abbreviated Fundamental of

5804 Fundamentals of Metrology - SEMAP GAP Interim

Thu, Mar 31 - Sat, Apr 2 2022

At the end of the Southeast Measurement Assurance Program (SEMAP) event, NIST/OWM will provide an abbreviated

Elizabeth Benham, Leader, Metric (SI) Program

Elizabeth J. Benham Recognized by the IEEE Standards Association

The IEEE Standards Association is an organization focused on advancing global technologies through the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Learn more about the IEEE Standards Association at https://standards.ieee.org/

Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP) to support the

ACMD Seminar: Probability Distributions in Peak Matching for DART-MS

Matthew Roberts Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, NIST Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 3:00 PM EST (1:00 PM MST) A video of this talk...

Manufacturing Apprenticeships

The MEP National Network can help you identify apprenticeship opportunities and coordinate with the necessary programs to develop a system that meets your workforce needs.

Training Within Industry (TWI)

Training within industry (TWI) is a dynamic program of hands-on learning and practice, teaching essential skills for supervisors, team leaders and workers.

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