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Machine Learning to Predict Food Provenance

Without the capacity to verify food provenance, the health and well-being of consumers is at risk; moreover, food fraud creates a significant impact on the

Machine Learning Fluid Equations of State

By using machine learning approaches, we seek to elucidate underlying universal characteristics of fluids and fluid mixtures that enable property prediction

Classification Methods for the NIST Biorepository

We aim to identify chemometric fingerprints using artificial intelligence methods that reflect the temporal and geographic history of seabirds, and by extension

Diagram shows a mattress being set on fire by gas burners in a standard flammability test.

Mattress Flammability Standard Is a Lifesaver, NIST Report Finds

November 18, 2020

No matter how soft and cozy, beds that have gone up in flames are a source of some of the deadliest fires in the U.S. As large pieces of furniture loaded with

A novel, low-cost method detects nanoscale contaminants during manufacture of semiconductor devices

October 19, 2020

As computer chips and other electronic devices continue to shrink in size, they become ever more sensitive to contamination. However, detecting the nanoscale

NIST MEP Competitive Awards Program (CAP)

Back to Open Federal Funding Opportunities 2021 Competitive Awards Program Notice of Federal Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Amended Date: March...

NIST Designs a Prototype Fuel Gauge for Orbit

November 12, 2020

Liquids aren’t as well behaved in space as they are on Earth. Inside a spacecraft, microgravity allows liquids to freely slosh and float about. This behavior

A man faces away from the camera, taking a photo of a damaged storefront.

Natural Disaster Preparations May Aid Businesses’ Pandemic Response

October 19, 2020

The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have battered small and medium-sized enterprises, putting millions of jobs in the U.S. at risk. And a year rife with

Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): NISTIR 8286

October 13, 2020

The increasing frequency, creativity, and variety of cybersecurity attacks means that all enterprises should ensure cybersecurity risk receives the appropriate

A Billion Tiny Pendulums Could Detect the Universe’s Missing Mass

October 13, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have proposed a novel method for finding dark matter, the cosmos’s

What Laser Color Do You Like?

October 13, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a microchip technology that can convert

NIST Standards Coordination Office Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program: Archived News Items

Archived News Items NIST Awards Funding to Five Universities to Advance Standards Education September 22, 2022 NIST has made five awards...

Terrence Jach Named American Vacuum Society Fellow

For many contributions to the development of photoemission, Auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray standing wave, and soft X-ray emission

Thermal MagIC: New NIST Project to Build Nano-Thermometers Could Revolutionize Temperature Imaging

October 9, 2020

Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday, thanks to an ambitious

Robert Snelick Named 2020 HL7 Fellow

This honor was bestowed upon Rob for his many contributions to HL7 for over a decade and a half, particularly regarding his leadership and

NIST Cybersecurity Expert Donna Dodson Receives Service to America Medal

October 8, 2020

Donna Dodson, a cybersecurity expert who worked for her entire 33-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been honored

Lisa Ng Receives IBPSA-USA Emerging Contributor Award

For demonstrating potential for significant contributions to the field of building simulation and prospects for continued contributions.

Ronald Bishop Honored by American Ceramic Society

This award is presented by the Art, Archaeology and Conservation Science Division Executive Committee of the American Ceramic Society to an

U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office Celebrate MFG Day 2020

Manufacturing Day (MFG Day)—organized nationally by The Manufacturing Institute—is manufacturing’s biggest annual opportunity to inspire the next generation

NIST Launches an Updated Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

October 1, 2020

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees ( OSAC) for Forensic Science has updated its structure and improved several processes. These changes will enable

ANSI/IEEE N42.42 2020 version

ANSI/IEEE N42.42 Standard Project The ANSI/IEEE N42.42 was revised in 2019 to address minor issues and changes in listed URLs. For this...

A fire burns along the ground at the edge of a wooded area.

NIST Awards More Than $4 Million to Small Businesses for Innovations in AI, Wildfire Forecasting and More

October 1, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded 19 small businesses in 12 states a total

Registration now OPEN for the Virtual NICE Conference Series!

September 28, 2020

2020 NICE Conference & Expo REGISTRATION NOW OPEN WEEKLY CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES Growing & Sustaining the NICE Community Tuesday, October 27 | 1 - 5:15 PM EDT The

2020 APS Fellow - Alexey V. Gorshkov

For contributions to the understanding, design, and control of quantum many-body atomic, molecular, and optical systems and their

2020 APS Fellow - Daniel S. Hussey

For novel developments in neutron radiography and tomography leading to significant advances in lithium-ion batteries, hydrogen fuel cells

NIST Quality Assurance Program for Health Assessment Measurements Open for Registration

March 26, 2021

The latest exercise in NIST's Health Assessment Measurements Quality Assurance Program ( HAMQAP) is open for registration. HAMQAP, a collaboration with the

Quantum Matchmaking: New NIST System Detects Ultra-Faint Communications Signals Using the Principles of Quantum Physics

September 23, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised and demonstrated a system that could dramatically increase the performance

Former Voting Subgroup Twiki Pages Crosswalk

READ-ONLY SITE MATERIALS: Historical voting TWiki site (2015-2020) ARCHIVED from https://collaborate.nist.gov/voting/bin/view/Voting Former...

NIST Scientists Get Soft on 3D Printing

September 22, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in

NIST Awards $11 Million to MEP Centers in 10 States

September 21, 2020

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made 12 cooperative agreement

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