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In October 2020 the Department of Energy (DOE) created a new laboratory consortium with a mission to “advance the efficiency and durability of proton exchange
Information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) programs provide an understanding of risk tolerance and help officials set priorities and consistently manage...
We investigate collisions of atoms in either micro-Kelvin gasses or in nano-colliders, where two small atomic clouds are made to collide with adjustable energy
NIST is building a cold-atom vacuum sensor (CAVS) that will be able to measure pressures in the ultra-high vacuum (UHV) regime corresponding to pressures less
In recent years criminals and other attackers have compromised the networks of several major hospitality companies, exposing the information of hundreds of...
The NIST NeXT detector is the first imaging system to combine the power of both neutron imaging and x-ray 3-D tomography into a powerful, single-pass probe for
Award Citation For advancing next generation lithography by the discovery of deep, ultraviolet birefringence in calcium fluoride. Individual Award Zachary H. Levine Physicist Physical Measurement Laboratory
Award Citation For the development of high-resolution X-ray microtomography of buried structures. Individual Award Zachary H. Levine Physicist Physical Measurement Laboratory
NIST has completed the review of the second-round candidates in NIST's lightweight cryptography standardization process. After careful consideration, the ten...
A new method for monitoring biopharmaceutical product quality was recently put to the test by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and 28...
When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an “encounter.” That’s the scientific term for it, too. As part of...