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Interferometry: Crystal Structure Factors Determined using Pendellösung Interference

Pendellösung interferometry can be used to measure the neutron’s interaction with a silicon lattice. This interaction is important in studying the dynamics of

Workshop Addressing Public Comments..IoT Guidance

Workshop Addressing Public Comment on NIST Cybersecurity for IoT Guidance

Thu, Apr 22 2021, 10:00am - 4:00pm EDT

NIST will be hosting a workshop discussing themes in the comments provided to the cybersecurity for IoT public draft

NCNR DAC and CCUS efforts

Overview Capture of carbon dioxide from the air (direct air capture; DAC) combined with energy efficiency and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)

Order Discrepancies, Returned Goods, and Replacement Orders

**It is the customer’s responsibility to monitor their shipments via the tracking number that is emailed from srminfo [at] nist.gov (srminfo[at]nist[dot]gov) once the...

Save the Date: NICE Conference and Expo 2021- 2022

February 17, 2021

After careful thought and consideration, we’ve decided to reconsider the timing of the annual NICE Conference and permanently schedule the conference for the...

Save The Date: NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference – December 6-7, 2021

February 24, 2021

For a second year, the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference will be a fully virtual event. In an effort to be mindful of health concerns, travel...

1995 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas C. Larason and Sally S. Bruce

AWARD CITATION For providing documentation and developing a quality system compliant with ISO Guide 25 for calibrations offered by the Radiometric Physics Division. GROUP AWARD Sally S. Bruce Physical Scientist Physical Measurement Laboratory Thomas...

2014 - Bronze Medal Award---Thomas C. Larason

AWARD CITATION For developing the metrology to establish ultraviolet light as a safe and effective treatment for the sterilization of drinking and waste water. INDIVIDUAL AWARD Thomas C. Larason Electronics Engineer Physical Measurement Laboratory

STEP Software

The following are some software and tools that NIST has developed over many years to improve ISO 10303 STEP development and implementation...

Timeline

STEP at NIST

Overview The ISO 10303 Standard for Product Model Data, also known as STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data), is a...

Collaborations

Collaborations are intended to be mutually-beneficial opportunities to grow NIST research in addition to supporting the verification and...

Initial Public Draft SP 800-161 Revision 1

Wed, May 12 2021, 11:00am - 12:40pm EDT

Rescheduled: NIST will host an event to provide an overview of the changes made to the draft revision to SP 800-161

As Good as it Gets: NIST Develops Its Fourth Generation Wire Micrometer that Rivals Best in the World

March 11, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a dramatically improved laser-based instrument that measures the...

$Minimum Deviation Angle Refractometry System$

Minimum-Deviation-Angle Refractometry System

High-accuracy index of refraction measurements are made at NIST using a custom minimum-deviation-angle refractometry system. It uses all-reflective optics and a

Birefringence Properties of Optical Materials (0.12 μm – 2 μm)

This program is directed towards characterizing the birefringence properties of optical materials for the wavelength range 0.12 μm – 15 μm. The birefringence

$Minimum Deviation Refractometer System$

Index Properties of Optical Materials (0.12 μm – 15 μm)

This program is directed towards characterizing the refractive index and its wavelength dependence at diffraction-limited uncertainty, of optical materials of

Fundamental Physics: Electric Field Imaging with Neutrons

In collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, electric fields have been imaged using neutrons on the NG6e cold neutron imaging beamline. A proof-of

Trustworthiness and Traceability of Supply Chain Data

The Systems Engineering Group (SID/Engineering Laboratory) is pursuing a vision where a standards-based digital thread of data fuels the...

Comparisons: NIST Participation in International Intercomparisons

To establish equivalency of activity standards with national metrology institutes (NMIs) around the world and support their declarations of calibration and

Save the Date: 2021 Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Summit

Join us on April 27 th from 1-4 pm EDT for the virtual 2021 Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Summit ! The Office of Personnel Management and National Initiative...

Calibrations: Gamma-ray Spectrometry System

The NIST high resolution gamma-ray spectrometry facility is composed of six High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors and a silicon-drifted detector. The HPGe

Update on the NIST Center for Neutron Research Alert on Feb. 3, 2021

March 2, 2021

NOTE: The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) reactor remains shut down, and all measurements confirm that the public and environment have remained safe...

Circuit board with various square chips and gold screws. Small letters in the center say: NIST True Bq.

Basic Metrology: True Becquerel - A New Paradigm for 21st Century Radioactivity Measurements

Expanding applications of radioactivity in medicine, energy, and national security demand quantification of complex radionuclide mixtures at uncertainty levels

ACMD Seminar: Regulation of PD-L1 inside the tumour microenvironment

Adarsh Kumbhari Applied Mathematics, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Tuesday, April 27, 3:00 EDT (1:00 MDT) A video of this talk is...

ACMD Seminar: Architecture-dependent bifurcations and clustering in brain networks

Anca Radulescu Department of Mathematics, SUNY New Paltz Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 MDT) A video of this talk is available...

ACMD Seminar: Resolving the Shock Layer in Fixed-Bed Adsorption with Boundary Layer Theory

Robert DeJaco Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, ITL, NIST Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM MDT) A video of this...

2021 Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Summit (Virtual)

Tue, Apr 27 2021, 1:00 - 4:00pm EDT

The PowerPoint slides used during this webinar can be downloaded here. The Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Summit

SP 800-90B Entropy Source Validation Workshop

Tue, Apr 27 2021, 10:00am - Thu, Apr 29 2021, 2:30pm EDT

The workshop covers topics on the validation of entropy sources conforming to NIST SP 800-90B, with the goal of helping

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