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FISSEA Cybersecurity Awareness and Training Innovator of the Year

Submissions are currently being accepted for the FISSEA Awareness and Training Innovator of the Year Deadline: March 27, 2026, 11:59 PM ET...

FISSEA Contests & Innovator of the Year

FISSEA Security Awareness and Training Contest Showcase one or all of the awareness and training items you use as a part of your Security...

Glenn Solomon Elected OSA Fellow

For pioneering the development of semiconductor quantum dot optical materials and device structures for solid-state quantum optics.

2012 - Bronze Medal Award---Glenn Solomon

For establishing the fundamental science and demonstrating the feasibility of quantum photonic devices needed for quantum communication and metrology.

Jacob Taylor Receives 2014 Silver Medal Award

Dr. Taylor is recognized for his pioneering advances in making compact, practical quantum devices that bridge the familiar classical world we live in with the exotic quantum world, where matter at the smallest scales exhibits surprising and powerful...

Jacob Taylor Receives 2014 Young Scientist Prize

The 2014 IUPAP Young Scientist prize for the Commission on Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (C15) was awarded to Jacob Taylor for groundbreaking advances in the design of compact, practical devices that bridge the classical world with the exotic...

FISSEA Fall Forum: September 28, 2021

Tue, Sep 28 2021, 1:00 - 4:00pm EDT

The PowerPoint slides used during this forum are available here. The FISSEA Forums are quarterly meetings to provide

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Commerce Building Now Part of NOAA, NIST Weather and Greenhouse Gas Tracking Network

April 19, 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have installed a Doppler lidar...

NIST Study Finds Ideal Doping Concentration and 3D/2D Structure to Prevent Degradation of Potential Solar Power Material

April 19, 2021

The crystal known as perovskite is a promising photovoltaic material for harnessing energy from sunlight. Perovskites have several advantages over silicon, the...

Schiel Honored with Flemming Award

John Schiel played a leading role in the development of a protein therapeutic measurements and standards program that works closely with the biopharmaceutical industry, regulators, and instrumentation companies. Specifically, he led a team of NIST...

Reminder – Comment Period on NICE Framework Competencies Closes Soon

April 15, 2021

We Want to Hear from You! The public comment period for draft NISTIR 8355, NICE Framework Competencies: Assessing Learners for Cybersecurity Work , and the...

Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE)

SATE is a recurring non-competitive study of static analysis tool effectiveness, aiming at improving tools and increasing public awareness...

NICE Framework in Focus: Charles Britt

This Framework in Focus interview was featured in the Spring 2021 NICE eNewsletter . Charles Britt Title/Organization: Information Systems...

NICE eNewsletter Spring 2021 Government Spotlight

Launching the Cyber Navigator Program in Illinois By Adam Ford, Chief Information Security Officer, Illinois Department of Innovation &...

NICE eNewsletter Spring 2021 Industry Spotlight

Defining Your Pathway - Building Your Cybersecurity Career By Rob Rashotte, Vice President, Global Training & Technical Field Enablement...

April 15 Update on the Status of the NCNR

April 15, 2021

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released its interim special inspection report on the Feb. 3, 2021, event at the NIST Center for Neutron Research...

NICE eNewsletter Spring 2021 Academic Spotlight

Revisiting the Need for More Bachelor of Science Programs in Cyber Engineering By Steven Comer, Instructor, Undergraduate Cyber Warfare...

Photon Drag in Metal Films

We explore the physics of the transfer of photon momentum to free electrons in thin metal films, including unexpected phenomena such as the counterintuitve sign

Imaging: Using Neutron Imaging to Advance Low Temperature Hydrogen Electrolysis

Starting in October 2020 the Department of Energy (DOE) created a new laboratory consortium focused on researching and developing hydrogen electrolysis for fuel

Imaging: CREB

Starting in 2013 the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) along with the University of Maryland (UMD) College Park led the foundation of a battery research consortium

NICE eNewsletter Spring 2021

Subscribe to the NICE eNewsletter welcome With spring comes new beginnings! My name is Kofi Ansah-Brew, and I am excited to join NICE as the...

Trusted AI framework for a new class of Standard Reference Materials and Data with exquisitely characterized uncertainty for billions of properties

A new collaboration between NIST's Human Genomics Team, Mass Spectrometry Data Center, and Information Technology Laboratory to use and develop artificial