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Reliable measurements of quality attributes of medical products are required for quality control and verification of safety and efficacy. To reduce (i) the risk
The Antenna Metrology Project works with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Energy (DOE) and other
This project developed test processes and performed out-of-band emissions measurements of LTE systems that will be operating in the AWS-3 band so that DOD can
As devices become smaller, more complex, and more highly integrated, interfaces are increasingly important and limiting. The ability to accurately predict
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is pleased to announce that the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has
Marine mammals have been protected in the United States since 1972 under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The U.S. Pacific Islands and surrounding
The PHAML project is to develop new methods and software for the efficient solution of 2D elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) on distributed memory
The goal of the Particles, Tubes and Colloids (PTC) project is to develop measurement methods and technologies to enable and improve commerce of dispersed
NIST and FDA are co-developing DNA-based materials for mixed microbial detection. Our annual workshop brings together private and public interests to discuss
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a peptide mass spectral library as an extension of the NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library
Sensors and algorithms are essential elements of any robotic system that is meant to be safe, adaptive, and productive in manufacturing environments. In the
Most manufacturing assembly tasks are not readily automatable today due to robots’ limited perception, mobility, and dexterity. The challenge of engineering and
We have made available a method to characterize a fluorescence microscope's performance by benchmarking the detection threshold, saturation and linear dynamic
The widespread use of robots in flexible factories (i.e., factory environments subject to high product turnover, short production runs, and high variability in
Experimental and analytical data are vital for advancing seismic design standards (e.g., ASCE 7, ASCE 41, AISC 341, ACI 318) and are essential for developing
In terms of collaborative robotics, the widespread adoption of robots in historically manual manufacturing environments (which are subject to high product
This project will develop and implement performace-based tools, methodology, guidance, and draft standards for designing and evaluating structures for fire
The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) at NIST is a unique research facility that enables scientists and engineers to conduct research on the response of
Structural collapse demand and capacity are not clearly defined or directly simulated in current Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE) methodology
Our goal is to prevent the catastrophic failure of ballistic body armor by developing measurements and predictive models to test and determine the long-term
In response to HSPD 12, the NIST Computer Security Division initiated a new program for improving the identification and authentication of Federal employees and