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The Joplin Tornado: A Calamity and a Boon to Resilience, 10 Years On

What is time? (Video)

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Safe, Efficient, Reliable: New Science in the Fight Against Killer Drugs

Learn about what NIST is doing for the Champlain Towers South Collapse in Surfside, Florida.

News and Updates

Department of Commerce Establishes Industrial Advisory Committee for Microelectronics

December 1, 2021

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Commerce Department has established a high-level committee to advise the United States government on matters related to microelectronics

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Fostering the Importance of STEM across Communities

November 30, 2021

Christie Canaria, an interagency policy officer within the Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) at NIST, recently attended the Society for Advancement of

NIST Helps OMG Update a Simulations Standard, Improving System Engineering

November 29, 2021

Disclaimer: Any mention of commercial products within NIST web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST. The

NIST Recommends Steps to Boost Resilience of U.S. Timekeeping

November 29, 2021

The nation should bolster research and development of systems that distribute accurate time via fiber-optic cable and radio as part of the effort to back up GPS

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Preserving the JFK Assassination Bullets

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Finding the STAMP of Human-Made Pollutants in Seabird Eggs

December 1, 2021

How can one deny the majesty of seabirds soaring over the ocean or diving underwater to capture prey? That said, collecting seabird eggs to preserve them to

Detecting the Flavors of Important Elements With Neutron Depth Profiling

November 17, 2021

The first five minutes of any presentation I give on neutron depth profiling are usually met with blank stares from my audience. This, I hope, is not something

Creating and Commercializing the NIST RoboCrane

November 3, 2021

The RoboCrane — now hard at work at the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear cleanup sites — is a good example of a successfully commercialized technology invented

Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Q&A With NIST’s Matt Scholl

October 27, 2021

Quantum computing algorithms seek to use quantum phenomena to perform certain types of calculations much more efficiently than today’s classical, binary

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Learn about what NIST is doing for the Champlain Towers South Collapse in Surfside, Florida.

News and Updates

Department of Commerce Establishes Industrial Advisory Committee for Microelectronics

Fostering the Importance of STEM across Communities

NIST Helps OMG Update a Simulations Standard, Improving System Engineering

NIST Recommends Steps to Boost Resilience of U.S. Timekeeping

Featured Videos

Taking Measure blog

Finding the STAMP of Human-Made Pollutants in Seabird Eggs

Detecting the Flavors of Important Elements With Neutron Depth Profiling

Creating and Commercializing the NIST RoboCrane

Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Q&A With NIST’s Matt Scholl

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