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Adoption of data tools

Early builders of the MGI Materials Information Infrastructure assembled data on hundreds of thousands to millions of compounds and made...

Materials Innovation Platform: MGI enhanced by infrastructure and knowledge sharing

The National Science Foundation launched the Materials Innovation Platforms (MIPs) program in 2016 to create a new kind of national user...

Consumer Software Labeling Position Papers

NIST requested one- to two-page submissions providing suggestions and feedback on the challenges and practical approaches to consumer...

Integrated research drives the creation of materials knowledge for clean energy

The Department of Energy supports the Materials Information Infrastructure and creation of materials knowledge through integrated research...

DMREF: Accelerating the deployment of toxic gas sensors

A collaborative team from Cornell University, Kent State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, supported by the NSF Designing...

Box for NISTCHO in center, vial of NISTCHO to the right

NISTCHO: Monoclonal Antibody Producing Cell Line

A reference material for biomanufacturing innovation and collaboration

Engineering predictable behavior into GaN devices: An approach to accelerating design and optimization

Like the shift from propeller to jet power, gallium nitride (GaN) transistors promise more speed, power, and agility to everything emitting...

MGI Impact Stories

The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) was launched in 2011 among a partnership of federal agencies to accelerate the discovery, design...

Public Health Risks to First Responders

PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) are synthetic chemicals linked to health and environmental risks, and firefighters may face increased exposure due to

Testing 1-2: New Laser-Based Microphone Calibration Measures Up

September 2, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have conducted the first demonstration of a faster and more accurate way to calibrate...

Translations of NIST Cybersecurity and Privacy Resources

Go back to the CSF Website Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 French Translation of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Version 2.0 Translated by...

e-commerce business and international corporate trading concept. Communication network on world map. Worldwide connections.

International Cybersecurity and Privacy Resources

The cross-border nature of our economies makes it critical that NIST considers the global context when it determines priorities and...

Groundbreaking Technique Yields Important New Details on Silicon, Subatomic Particles and Possible ‘Fifth Force’

September 9, 2021

Using a groundbreaking new technique at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international collaboration led by NIST researchers has...

NextG Channel Measurement and Modeling

The exponential increase in wireless data transmission from smartphones has led to the saturation of the sub-6 GHz bands forcing providers to explore the use of

IoT Product Criteria

As part of its assignment under the Presidential Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (14028) issued on May 12, 2021...

P. Jonathon Phillips Honored with Career Achievement Award

Dr. P. Jonathon Phillips is a world-renowned expert in computer vision, face recognition, and biometrics and a pioneer in developing competitions to improve these technologies. He began working in face recognition and biometrics in 1993 and joined...

Compliance FAQs: Fastener Quality Act (FQA)

THIS CONTENT LAST UPDATED 11/15/2019. (NOTE: CONTENT MAY NOT BE THE MOST CURRENT.) What is the Fastener Quality Act? What types of fasteners...

Seven Organizations Selected for Virtual Site Visits for 2021 Baldrige Award

August 30, 2021

Seven U.S. organizations have been selected to receive site visits this fall, proceeding to the final stage of the examination process for the 2021 Malcolm...

NIST Technical Series Publications: Proposed Publication Identifier Syntax

August 27, 2021

The NIST Research Library, manages publication of the NIST Technical Series publications. The NIST Research Library is proposing a new publication identifier...

Space Cybersecurity Symposium II: Applied Cybersecurity for Space

Wed, Oct 13 2021, 10:00am - 2:30pm EDT

Note: Captions are forthcoming The Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) invite you

Improving Cybersecurity in Supply Chains: NIST’s Public-Private Partnership

NEW | Journey towards the CSF 2.0 AND the RFI Summary Analysis NIST recently announced a new effort to work with the private sector and...

NIST Establishes Expert Team to Investigate the Champlain Towers South Collapse

August 25, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the expert team members who will...

NIST Study Gives Animal Testing Alternatives a Confidence Boost

May 17, 2022

Researchers at NIST have worked with the CPSC and Inotiv Inc. to produce a new protocol for screening skin allergens.

Standing Portrait of Foundry Workers in Time of COVID-19

NIST Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to MEP Centers in Arizona and Iowa

August 23, 2021

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made two cooperative...

New pipeline visualizes STEP and QIF data using augmented reality

August 25, 2021

Imagine a manufacturer picking up a machined part and being able to see data on that part’s geometry, how it’s assembled, and its product manufacturing...

New version of the STEP File Analyzer and Viewer is released

August 23, 2021

STEP (ISO 10303) is a widely-used standard for representing and exchanging data about manufactured parts and assemblies. NIST and the Systems Integration...

Kicking off NIST AI Risk Management Framework

Tue, Oct 19 - Thu, Oct 21 2021

Workshop #1 This virtual Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Management Framework (RMF) workshop will support NIST’s goal

ACMD Seminar: Computational Molecular Biology and SARS-CoV-2

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 A video of this talk is available to NIST staff in the Math channel on NISTube, which is accessible from the...

Common Solar Tech Can Power Smart Devices Indoors, NIST Study Finds

August 19, 2021

Any time you turn on a light at home or in the office, you are expending energy. But what if flipping the light switch meant producing energy too? We usually...

Exploring quantum gravity—for whom the pendulum swings.

August 18, 2021

When it comes to a marriage with quantum theory, gravity is the lone holdout among the four fundamental forces in nature. The three others—the electromagnetic...

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