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Public Affairs Office

PAO provides communications support to help NIST share its research results, services, and programs; to assist policymakers in learning about NIST's role and activities; and to advise and assist NIST managers on public affairs and policy strategies.

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

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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

What is a Standard Reference Material?

November 28, 2022

https://www.nist.gov/video/what-standard-reference-material-or-srm.

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NIST Finds a Sweet New Way to Print Microchip Patterns on Curvy Surfaces

November 25, 2022

An accidental discovery at NIST could improve the reach of microprinting using candy. Pretty sweet!

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Licensing Opportunities for NIST Technologies

November 18, 2022

New technologies are always invented in the labs at NIST every year. The researchers dedicate their time to discovering these new solutions to problems and

NIST's On-Chip Calibration Methods Advance Semiconductor Research

November 17, 2022

With more than three decades of experience in on-chip measurements and modeling, CTL researchers have pioneered the calibration methods necessary for on-chip

Featured Videos

Operation Tech Transfer

Preserving the JFK Assassination Bullets

Saving Money by Breaking Bank - NISTory

Rethinking Manufacturing

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Taking Measure blog

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Hurricane Maria Recollections, Software Nostalgia, The Brothers Engineering: A Sample of Stories on NIST Social Media

November 9, 2022

The work happening at NIST can often be described as more than simply “work.”

AMO for All: How Online Portals Are Democratizing the Field of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

November 2, 2022

Portals allow less-experienced researchers to do real calculations without knowing how to build the code themselves.

Teaching Computers to Read ‘Industry Lingo’ — Technical vs. Natural Language Processing

October 26, 2022

People generally are very good at learning and translating context and intent. Computers, however, are not.

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It Takes a (Worldwide) Village to Improve Drone Technology for First Responders

October 19, 2022

The research continues because the need continues.

Industry Impacts

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Cement

Cement is the core ingredient in concrete, the most widely used building material in the world. It plays an integral role in infrastructure such as buildings

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Pipeline Safety

More than 2.5 million miles of natural gas, liquid petroleum and hydrogen pipelines cross the United States. This infrastructure is critical to our energy needs

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Biometric Standards for Law Enforcement

Border security, crime investigations, background checks and access control all rely on certain organizations being able to seamlessly exchange biometric data

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Firefighter Protective Equipment

Firefighters rely on self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBA) to protect them from dangerous heat and toxic smoke. NIST research helped to improve industry

Contacts

NIST Public Affairs Office

inquiries@nist.gov

(301) 975-2758

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070
Community Relations (Gaithersburg)

NISTG_communityaffairs@nist.gov
Community Relations (Boulder)

NISTB_communityaffairs@nist.gov