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NIST has developed an integrated measurement services program for forensic and cannabis testing laboratories to help ensure the quality of routine analysis
Two NIST programs provide calibration gas standards with NIST analyses and concentration value assignment: the Standard Reference Material (SRM) program and the
The NIST Urine Albumin Standardization Program is focused on the development of a measurement procedure and reference materials to support an international
The latest release of the NIST Mass Spectral Library, which includes the NIST Tandem Mass Spectral Library and NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library and NIST GC
The Noise Thermometry Project is applying quantum-based voltage waveform synthesis to a precision measurement of Boltzmann's constant k B by developing a
NIST Synchrotron beamline characterization of advanced semiconductor materials structure, chemical, electronic, and strain properties has been an ongoing
Nonlinear optics enables transformation of optical fields through light-matter interactions. These transformations strictly conserve energy and phase-matching
Nonlinear optics offer ways to control and engineer the interconnects in a quantum network. In a hybrid quantum network where the quantum nodes operate at
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) was established in 2015 as the third NIST urban testbed following those for Indianapolis and Los Angeles. The NEC project is
NIST is collaborating with the DEA and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany – Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) to develop a web-based forensic drug chemistry
Focused beams of ions have a wide range of uses, from nanoscale imaging to the fabrication of nanomaterials. We are developing novel cold-atom based ion sources
NRC ASSOCIATESHIPS Postdoctoral Opportunities in the Fluid Characterization Group at NIST are available in cooperation with the National Academies/National
Statisticians and probabilists who are motivated and capable of pursuing independent studies are encouraged to consider postdoctoral research opportunities
This project involves determining what attributes of a computer system can cause numerical reproducibility to fail and how the uncertainty resulting from this
OOF is a collaborative effort between the Information Technology Laboratory and the Material Measurement Laboratory at NIST. The intended audience of the OOF
Ocean color radiometry provides essential information about phytoplankton concentration and dissolved organic matter, and hence about primary productivity
Many computer-based inferences in contemporary biology are comparative and would benefit from the rigorous and flexible approach of evolutionary comparative
E-commerce transactions use client server applications that involve a service requestor and one or more service providers. To obtain assurance that the
The OOF project seeks to provide flexible software for finite-element modeling the behavior of real microstructures, with meshes derived from micrographs.
Developments in solid–liquid extraction approaches for direct liquid sampling of surfaces combined with mass spectrometry for explosives and narcotics detection
Next-generation Radio Access Networks (RANs) are characterized by the disaggregation of the network elements and the use of intelligent controllers to manage
OpenCalphad (OC) is an informal international collaboration of scientists and researchers interested in the development of high quality software and databases
Electrochemical processes are ubiquitous. Man-made processes such as energy production by solar cells and battery charging and discharging are examples of