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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...
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To help secure our elections, NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8310, Cybersecurity Framework Election Infrastructure Profile. This Profile provides a voluntary...
A new practical cybersecurity guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help hotel owners reduce the risks to a highly vulnerable...
Super-resolution optical microscopy extends deep into the nanometer scale with high throughput. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group is improving
Making elections secure means protecting against ever-evolving threats to information technology — which scans in-person and mail-in ballots, supports voter...
Atomic-force microscopy is a reference method for traceable and correlative measurements of nanostructures. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group
Scanning-electron microscopy is a primary method of measuring nanostructure dimensions. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group advances measurement
A bilateral intercomparison of calibrations performed at the Metrology Light Source (MLS) of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Berlin, Germany
Biomolecular assembly allows the integration of nanoscale components into functional nanostructures. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group
Focused-ion-beam machining is a powerful method to directly form complex nanostructures. The Nanostructure Fabrication and Measurement Group develops novel