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Why You Need Standards

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How Do You Measure It?

Finding PFAS Wherever They’re Hiding

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

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NIST Researchers Develop Photonic Chip Packaging That Can Withstand Extreme Environments

March 30, 2026

The advance could allow these technologies to operate in deep-space probes, inside nuclear reactors, in ultrahigh vacuum systems, and at temperatures both near...

NIST Helps Fingerprint Examiners With New Data and Software Release

March 23, 2026

The new tools are an annotated collection of 10,000 fingerprints and a software program that can sort fingerprints according to their quality.

NIST Submits Annual Report to Congress Summarizing FY 2025 Progress on National Construction Safety Team Investigations

March 19, 2026

The report includes an overview of work completed on the Champlain Towers South investigation.

NIST Accelerates Circular Economy Standards with New Resource Registry

March 19, 2026

For companies selling recycled materials, knowing the science isn’t enough. Understanding the standards is just as critical. Take a recycler working with PVC...

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Mundane Measurements Have Made Astronomy Possible for More Than 100 Years

March 25, 2026

Many of modern astronomy’s achievements can be traced back to relatively unknown women who painstakingly cataloged the stars in the early 1900s.

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How a Forensic Anthropologist Thinks About Human Remains Research — and What It Means for Our Humanity

March 18, 2026

As a person who studies how bodies decompose, I think a lot about something most people probably prefer not to think about — death.

New Music Captures NIST’s Essence, Measure for Measure

March 3, 2026

A new musical composition honors NIST and what we do for science.

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Putting Einstein to the Test With the World’s Most Accurate Clocks

February 25, 2026

Powerful new atomic clocks could revolutionize how we measure gravity, with big benefits for science and technology.

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Public Affairs Office

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

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