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Staymates, Gerskovic, Materese, Porter, Press and Wilson Receive Shorty Award for Face Covering Campaign

NIST's social media video featuring research engineer Matt Staymate’s visualizations of air flow and face coverings received a Shorty Award for Best in Public Health and was a finalist for Best in Government & Politics. The Shorty Awards honor the...

NICE Framework Users Group

Focus: This Community of Interest aims to support the implementation and continuous improvement of the NICE Workforce Framework for...

NIST Updates USGv6 Program in Support of New Federal IPv6 Initiatives

December 2, 2020

In November 2020, OMB issued memorandum M-21-07 " Completing the Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)", which outlines the Federal government's...

Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces

December 1, 2020

A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress...

5719 Fundamentals of Metrology - CANCELED

Mon, Jun 21 2021, 8:00am - Fri, Jun 25 2021, 5:30pm EDT

The NIST Gaithersburg campus is currently in Phase 1 of reopening and is closed to visitors. Do not make any travel

Transform Learning Process Working Group

Co-Chairs | Projects | Become a Member | Get Engaged | Meeting Information Notice: This Working Group is currently inactive. However, we...

Promote Career Discovery Working Group

Co-Chairs | Projects | Become a Member | Get Engaged | Meeting Information Learn how to join the group Focus: This Working Group will focus...

5718 NIST Handbook 133 - How to Test Animal Bedding

Wed, Feb 24 2021, 11:00am - 1:00pm EST

This 2-hour webinar will teach and demonstrate the test procedure for verifying the useable volume declaration on

5717 Weights and Measures Inspections - Evidence, Search and Seizure, and Due Process

Tue, Feb 23 2021, 11:00am - 1:30pm EST

This 2.5 hour webinar will provide an overview on how the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Laws, and Court

5716 NIST Handbook 133 - Overview of Handbook 133

Thu, Feb 18 2021, 11:00am - 1:30pm EST

This 2.5 hour webinar provides a complete overview of NIST Handbook 133, "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods"

5714 NIST Handbook 130 - Examination Procedure for Price Verification

Tue, Feb 16 2021, 11:00am - 1:00pm EST

This 2-hour webinar will provide inspectors with an understanding and knowledge of the NIST Handbook 130 Examination

OSAC Standards Bulletin - December 2020

This Standards Bulletin from the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science provides an update on: Standards moving through the OSAC...

Baldrige 2021 Examiner Application Now Open

November 30, 2020

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2021 award...

5713 Weights and Measures Inspections - Evidence, Search and Seizure, and Due Process

Tue, Jan 26 2021, 11:00am - 1:30pm EST

This 2.5 hour webinar will provide an overview on how the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Laws, and Court

5712 Volume Metrology Seminar - CANCELED

Mon, Jun 14 2021, 8:00am - Fri, Jun 18 2021, 5:30pm EDT

The NIST Gaithersburg campus is currently in Phase 1 of reopening and is closed to visitors. Do not make any travel

5711 Volume Metrology Seminar - CANCELED

Mon, Jun 7 2021, 8:00am - Fri, Jun 11 2021, 5:30pm EDT

The NIST Gaithersburg campus is currently in Phase 1 of reopening and is closed to visitors. Do not make any travel

In Search for Dark Matter, New Fountain Design Could Become Wellspring of Answers

November 27, 2020

You can’t see it. You can’t feel it. But the substance scientists refer to as dark matter could account for five times as much “stuff” in the universe as the...

The Case of the Cloudy Filters: Solving the Mystery of the Degrading Sunlight Detectors

March 25, 2021

More than 150 years ago, the Sun blasted Earth with a massive cloud of hot charged particles. This plasma blob generated a magnetic storm on Earth that caused...

Electronic Biophysical Measurements

Chipscale electronic devices such as field-effect transistors (FETs) are being developed for biochemical applications ranging from clinical diagnostics to

Por qué las máscaras con válvulas no disminuyen la propagación de COVID-19 (2 of 2): Una transcripción del video (incluyendo una descripción de las imágenes)

[0:00 – 0:10] Vemos imágenes paralelas de tres maniquíes frente a un fondo negro. Sobre la s imágenes están las palabras, “Técnica de...

Por qué las máscaras con válvulas no disminuyen la propagación de COVID-19 (1 of 2): Una transcripción del video (incluyendo una descripción de las imágenes)

[0:00 – 0:07] Vemos un cuadrado con texto que dice, "NOTA: Esta visualización de alta velocidad muestra el flujo de aire cuando se usa una...

Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry infogram

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Gaithersburg

Staymates, Gerskovic, Materese, Porter, Press and Wilson Receive Shorty Award for Face Covering Campaign

NICE Framework Users Group

NIST Updates USGv6 Program in Support of New Federal IPv6 Initiatives

Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces

5719 Fundamentals of Metrology - CANCELED

Transform Learning Process Working Group

Promote Career Discovery Working Group

5718 NIST Handbook 133 - How to Test Animal Bedding

5717 Weights and Measures Inspections - Evidence, Search and Seizure, and Due Process

5716 NIST Handbook 133 - Overview of Handbook 133

5714 NIST Handbook 130 - Examination Procedure for Price Verification

OSAC Standards Bulletin - December 2020

Baldrige 2021 Examiner Application Now Open

5713 Weights and Measures Inspections - Evidence, Search and Seizure, and Due Process

5712 Volume Metrology Seminar - CANCELED

5711 Volume Metrology Seminar - CANCELED

In Search for Dark Matter, New Fountain Design Could Become Wellspring of Answers

The Case of the Cloudy Filters: Solving the Mystery of the Degrading Sunlight Detectors

Electronic Biophysical Measurements

Por qué las máscaras con válvulas no disminuyen la propagación de COVID-19 (2 of 2): Una transcripción del video (incluyendo una descripción de las imágenes)

Por qué las máscaras con válvulas no disminuyen la propagación de COVID-19 (1 of 2): Una transcripción del video (incluyendo una descripción de las imágenes)

Methods, Software Tools, and Resources for Forensics Laboratories with DART-MS or other AI-MS Techniques

5710 Basic Uncertainty Concepts

OSAC Newsletter - Fall 2020

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World

NIST AI System Discovers New Material

Sample Holders

Shear and Rheology

Magnetic Field

National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: NISTIRs 8278 and 8278A Published