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Bundles of polyester fibers in a crisscross pattern — Credit: E.P. Vicenzi/Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute and NIST

Cross section of woven bundles of cotton flannel fibers — Credit: E.P. Vicenzi/Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute and NIST

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kilograms under glass jars — Kilograms at NIST

Peanut butter standard reference material. — Peanut butter

animated gif showing superposition by using skateboarders. — Quantum Physics & Superposition (Illustration)

Magdalena Navarro and Bill Gadzuk with the Chart of the Radionuclides

A small particle against a porous background. — Abraded EFTE particle

An illustration of a small particle is placed next to an illustration of polystyrene spheres. — Particle does NOT equal sphere.

individual fluorescent molecules

Nine blue spheres lined up on a horizontal mesh structure curved up at the ends. Double-headed black arrows below all but the center sphere suggest vibration. Pink and white striped background. — Illustration of vibrating ions

Illustration of the 4-step manufacturing process with blockchain involvement — Illustration: Blockchain in Manufacturing

Rulers of light shining on individual buckyballs — Quantum States of Buckyballs

cover of draft green paper — Cover of Return on Investment Initiative for Unleashing American Innovation

6 people standing on a stage in front of a screen that reads: 26th CGPM — U.S. Delegation to CGPM SI Redefinition Vote

Man holding a NIST on a Chip device — Jim Olthoff with NOAC

computerized image of a bearded face shown from several angles — Facial Recognition Illustration

Woman in large indoor hallway standing next to tall stack of electronic equipment. — Antenna robot

NIST researcher Chris Stafford is using a modified commercial instrument to measure the characteristics of different chemical formulations of ultra-thin sheets of plastic — Improving Membrane-Based Water Filtration

Two firefighters look over the last flames inside a compartment where the flammability of cross-laminated timber buildings is being tested. — NIST Firefighters at End of Cross-Laminated Timbers Fire Test

NIST-on-a-Chip lab setup

gold chip — SET Chip

Two meter bars with a red background — Meter Bar

illustration. gray disk. green rods come up from the disk. — Nanowires on a Lithium Solid-State Battery

Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is seen preparing a carousel holding samples of materials for a smoke detection test. — Astronaut Prepares Samples for Microgravity Smoke Detection Test

Handing bending experimental material — Experimental Material: 30% tunicate

image of ion trap — Ion Trap

BMF Interior

LED mapper

A graph with vertical lines showing the mass spectrum of fentanyl — Mass Spectrum of Fentanyl

EBSD map of the same cross section shown in Figure 7. The black line shows the location of the melt pool boundary. — Figure 8

Researcher Brandon Lane making adjustments inside the large 3D printer — Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed

NIST-4 Watt Balance

NIST researcher David Leibrandt — David Leibrandt and Quantum Logic Clock

NIST Stone Test Wall mortar work — NIST Stone Test Wall mortar

Davina Pruitt-Mentle discussing cyber career options at a table of young women. — NICE Cool Cyber Careers for Girls Event

H-terminated Si surface.

Researcher Erica Stein pipetting under chemical hood — Erica Stein pipetting

Carbon nanotubes

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