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Software Supply Chain Security Guidance: Purpose and Scope

EO 14028 emphasizes that “the security of software used by the Federal Government is vital to the Federal Government’s ability to perform...

Software Supply Chain Security Guidance: Introduction

Executive Order (EO) 14028 on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, May 12, 2021, directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Software Cybersecurity for Producers and Purchasers

Software Supply Chain Security Guidance Under Executive Order (EO) 14028 Section 4e NIST is publishing guidance identifying practices that...

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BT-8 Outage Upgrades

BT-8 Diffractometer for Stress and Texture The BT-8 diffractometer supports primarily the engineering research needs of users from federal...

Atom-based Silicon Quantum Electronics

To fabricate, measure, and model solid state implementations of atomically precise devices. Develop a robust infrastructure to fabricate prototype few-atom

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Mathematical & Computational Modeling of Emerging Technologies for Physiological Monitoring

Performance Evaluation of Automatic Exposure Notification with Bluetooth-based Proximity Detection

Modeling and Analysis of the Electric Field Communication in Body Area Networks

Modeling and Optimization of Kinetic-based Micro Energy-Harvesters for Wearables and Implants

Radio Frequency Propagation Characterization, Statistical Channel Modeling, Interference analysis and Mitigation in Body Area Networks

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2021 Robert H. Goddard Award - Air-LUSI team

NIST air-LUSI team members together with team members from the University of Guelph, McMaster University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, U.S. Geological Survey, and NASA were recognized for the development and demonstration of the air-LUSI...

New Telecom Receiver System Checks Reliability of Message Components in Real Time

January 25, 2022

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented and demonstrated a novel scheme for substantially improving the detection...

Forensic Science Program

The Forensic Science Program strengthens the scientific basis of forensic methods, standards, and practices in the criminal justice system so that evidence is appropriately collected, accurately analyzed, and effectively communicated.

NIST Announces Funding Opportunity for Manufacturing Centers in Kentucky, Nebraska, Rhode Island and South Dakota

January 26, 2022

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications from eligible...

NIST Partners with NCWM and States for a National Survey on 20 lb Cylinders of LPG (Propane)

January 3, 2022 - June 1, 2023

Successful Completion of 2022 National Survey on 20 lb LPG (Propane) Cylinders NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM), the National Conference on Weights and...

Suite of NIST Reference Materials Reflects Supply Chain and Production Stages of Ginseng Supplements

January 25, 2022

Three NIST reference materials of ginseng in different forms support ginseng supplement manufacturers’ analysis of the authenticity and purity of their products...

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NIST Updates FIPS 201 Personal Identity Credential Standard

January 24, 2022

To ensure that federal employees have a broader set of modern options for accessing facilities and electronic resources, the National Institute of Standards and...

NIST Quality Assurance Program for Dietary Supplement Measurements Open for Registration

January 21, 2022

NIST has revitalized the Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) to support the measurement needs of the dietary supplement testing...

Operational Technology Security

NextG Wireless R&D Gap Analysis

As the transition from fifth-generation wireless systems (5G) to next-generation communications systems (NextG) advances, research and...

32 New NIIMBL Projects Funded Under the American Rescue Plan

January 21, 2022

Today, the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) announced 32 coronavirus response projects to multiple organizations...

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NIST Collaborates With EPA to Develop a Standard to Improve Fecal Pollution Measurements in Recreational Waters

April 6, 2022

As we approach summer beach season, you may occasionally encounter a "keep out" sign indicating that the area is temporarily closed. If fecal pollution is...

Autonomous Systems Assurance

Autonomous systems must function correctly in an enormous range of environments. For example, self-driving cars must deal with lighting, rain, fog, pedestrians

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RNA Reference Materials Are Useful for Standardizing COVID-19 Tests, Study Shows

January 20, 2022

Scientists track and monitor the circulation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using methods based on a laboratory technique called polymerase...

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NIST’s Low-Cost Radio System Could Help Trace Disease Spread

January 24, 2022

In efforts to limit the spread of disease while preserving privacy, an interdisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

A-AMB2022-01 Benchmark Challenge Problems

Modelers are invited to submit simulation results for any number of challenges they like before the deadline of 23:59 (ET) on April 22, 2022...

Manufacturing USA 2022 Network Meeting

Mon, Mar 21 2022, 1:00pm - Tue, Mar 22 2022, 5:00pm EDT

The Manufacturing USA network meeting will be held on March 21-22, 2022 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm ET (virtually). The Advanced

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CHRNS: MACS DFM

MACS Operations The double focusing monochromator on MACS helps the instrument make the most of the PeeWee cold source by focusing the cold...

Comments Received on Draft Baseline Criteria for Consumer Software Cybersecurity Labeling

Comments are posted as received Organization Name ANAB: ANSI National Accreditation Board Reinaldo Figueiredo Center for Cybersecurity...

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