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2021 Baldrige Award Evaluations Set to Begin Soon

May 17, 2021

With Baldrige examiner training recently completed, evaluation teams will be formed starting this week for the annual Baldrige Award process , which will kick

NIST team probes indestructible quantum states that may aid quantum computing

May 14, 2021

They may not be impervious to bullets like Superman, but groups of electrons that gather along the edges of some ultrathin materials have their own superpowers

Metrology of Dim Light Sources

Luminescent tags are molecular highlighters. They enable light-based biological assays, visualize biological processes, and are used as diagnostic and

Quantitative Information from Images

Photographs, or optical light images, are spatial records of light reflected or emitted from objects. Thus, they are prospective light measurements. In many

Methods for Community Resilience Tradeoffs

Communities facing natural hazard risks are often concerned with other risks as well, including sea-level rise, resource depletion, and pandemics. Thus

5750 LPG (Propane) - Verifying the Net Contents of 20 lb Cylinders (Part 1)

Wed, Jun 30 2021, 10:00am - 3:00pm EDT

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

Dew-point measurements for water in compressed gases

This project has been completed. The paper reporting the results is provided here. The NIST Thermodynamic Metrology Group (TMG) used its standard gravimetric

5748 Contract Review

Thu, Jul 29 2021, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar will introduce the fundamentals of contract review that are necessary to meet customer expectations

5747 Document Control and Record Keeping

Thu, Jul 22 2021, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar will introduce the fundamentals of Laboratory Management System Document Control and Record Keeping

Quantum Waveform Metrology

Practically all measurable physical phenomena are eventually transformed into corresponding electrical representations. The transduction of a signal into its

Race Logic: Novel Circuitry Solves a Myriad of Computationally Intensive Problems With a Minimum of Energy

May 11, 2021

From the branching pattern of leaf veins to the variety of interconnected pathways that spread the coronavirus, nature thrives on networks — grids that link the

2021 Fellow of the Royal Society - Thirumalai Venkatesan

Thirumalai Venky Venkatesan is inventor of the pulsed laser deposition process and is a pioneer in its application to thin films of complex

Robert Ivester Receives 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award

The UMass Amherst College of Engineering announced the five recipients of its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award representing the college’s

NICE Framework Work Role Videos

May 6, 2021, Update on the Status of the NCNR

May 6, 2021

Preliminary results of an ongoing internal analysis by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) indicate that inadequacies in training and

Laser Doppler Vibrometer Calibration of Microphones

Microphones are calibrated to determine their sensitivities for sound pressure measurements and to provide traceability for calibrations of...

Geršković, García Receive Communicator Award

The NIST on a Chip video series was recognized by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts with a Communicator Award in the Online Video -

Calibration Services: New Calibration Facility for X-Ray Air Kerma

The new NIST x-ray calibration facility has been designed to improve the measurement conditions for x-ray scatter, motion control, environmental conditions

Reliable Vaccine Storage

We study provider-level vaccine storage and temperature monitoring methods to develop best practice guidance for public health audiences.

Made In Illinois: A Modern Playbook for Manufacturers To Compete and Win book

IMEC Releases New Book, Made In Illinois — Experts Share Insights To Help Companies Be Strong, Successful Global Competitors

May 4, 2021

The Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center (IMEC) announced a new book which is described as a guide and valuable resource to help manufacturing companies

Comments Sought on Updates to Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations (Draft NIST SP 800-161, Revision 1)

April 29, 2021

More than ever, organizations are concerned about the risks associated with products and services that may contain potentially malicious functionality, are

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