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Projects/Programs

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Molecular Innovation in Agriculture

Ongoing
Plant science and breeding aim to develop new plant phenotypes with desired qualities, increased production, disease resistance, and traits that reduce water usage. At the federal level, plant research is conducted by the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Agricultural

3D Molecular Orientation Imaging

Ongoing
We have developed 3D orientation measurement techniques by analyzing polarization-dependent molecular vibrational signals based on infrared (IR) absorption [1,2] and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) [3]. The two imaging modalities are complementary to each other: IR imaging broadly

Molecular Physiology

Ongoing
In close collaboration with experimentalists, we are seeking to increase the resolution, scope, and throughput of single-biomolecule and ensemble techniques, such as nanopore-based biomolecular analysis, ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy, and FRET, among others. These developments rely heavily on

Monitoring, Diagnostics and Prognostics for Manufacturing Operations

Completed
Objective - Develop and deploy measurement science to promote the implementation, verification, and validation of advanced monitoring, diagnostic, and prognostic technologies to minimize unplanned downtime and optimize planned downtime in manufacturing operations. What is the technical idea

Monoclonal Antibody Mass Spectral Libraries

Ongoing
Intended Impact Modern mass spectrometers used in the field of proteomics and glycomics are capable of profiling hundreds, and even thousands of molecules in a single experiment. Each of these compounds is isolated and fragmented to form a mass spectrum. Therefore, interpretation of these mass

Mouse Allelic Ladder

Ongoing
What is an allelic ladder? An allelic ladder is a mixture of highly characterized alleles (known size and sequence) that are generated using the same primers as the test samples and are used during capillary electrophoresis for accurate allele call determination. Why is an allelic ladder important

Mpox (MPXV) Synthetic DNA PCR Standards

Ongoing
A new material from NIST can aid in the evaluation and development of selected qPCR assays for the mpox virus. We are offering a unit free of charge in exchange for your feedback, which will help us improve and further develop the material. Questions? Contact MPXV-RGTM [at] nist.gov (MPXV-RGTM[at]nist[dot]gov) . NIST supports the

Multidimensional Chromatography

Ongoing
The development of robust analytical methods remains one of the most important (and costly) parts of chemical metrology. The separation of targeted constituents from other components in a sample matrix is necessary for accurate and precise measurements. Multidimensional chromatography is an

Multifunctional 3D Printable Polymer-Metal Composites

Ongoing
Recent advances in additive manufacturing (AM) have positioned metals and polymers as two key materials. Typically, AM of these two materials involves incompatible methods and conditions. The novel multifunctional polymer-metal composites in this project incorporate low-melting alloys with

Multimodal Biometrics

Ongoing
MBARK: to advance standards in biometric acquisition client technologies MBGC: to focus R&D community on multiple biometric applications to advance innovation while NIST assesses performance of emerging technologies

Multi-modal AI Models with Application to Precision Medicine

Ongoing
The main goals of this project are listed as follows. Define ML/DL architectures targeted at diverse datasets consisting of spectral images and metadata of different types. Train and test the resulting ML/DL networks on data from the MP and select the best ones. Using the above-developed ML/DL

Multi-Organ Microphysiological Systems

Ongoing
We are developing tissue chips and multi-tissue microphysiological devices that support the culture of multiple tissues with physiologically relevant connections and streams of cell-culture medium. The goal in this project is to construct a device that realistically mimics human metabolism as a

Multiple Biometric Evaluation (MBE)

Completed
MBE 2D Still Update The evaluation of 2D face recognition algorithms yielded two reports. First, NIST Interagency Report 7709 gave results for both verification and identification algorithms. Second, the NIST Interagency Report 7830 surveyed compression and resolution parameters for storing face

Multiple Biometric Grand Challenge (MBGC)

Completed
Background Over the last decade, numerous government and industry organizations have or are moving toward deploying automated biometric technologies to provide increased security for their systems and facilities. Six U.S. Government organizations recently sponsored the

Multiplexed "Detectorless" Electrophoresis

Completed
Intended impact: In the biological sciences, there is an increasing need for measurement tools that can provide high-throughput, high-quality data (consider drug discovery and systems biology, for example). Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is fast, requires only small amounts of sample and reagents

Multiscale MD-FEM Methodology

Completed
MSED, as a part of the MGI effort within NIST, is developing a multiscale modeling schema, statically coupling finite element modeling (FEM) to atomistic Molecular Dynamics (MD) 1. This methodology allows a far more realistic representation of physical phenomena than that obtained by applying each

Multiscale Modeling and Validation of Semiconductor Materials and Devices

Ongoing
The limitations of scaling traditional CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductors) designs have necessitated that the semiconductor industry consider new materials and design concepts. For wide bandgap semiconductor devices, optimization of materials and fabrication processes is needed to

Multiscale structure and dynamics in advanced technological materials

Ongoing
New technologies increasingly harness materials phenomena that operate across many length-scales: e.g., in selective gas adsorption, additive manufacturing, new alloy designs, or advanced concretes. To overcome technology barriers, it is no longer sufficient just to characterize the materials

Nail to Nail (N2N) Fingerprint Capture Challenge

Completed
Updates 12 December 2019: Data from the Challenge has been released as Special Database 302. Future updates with N2N data will appear on the Special Database 302 page. 16 September 2019: We have begun work with Certified Latent Print Examiners to annotate our dataset with EFS Profile 2 information

Nano-biophotonics for molecular imaging

Ongoing
Nano-biophotonics consists of four broad areas: molecular bioimaging; nano-biosensors; multiplexed bioassays ; and nanotechnology-based medical practices for diagnosis and therapy. Success in these areas is challenged by the underlying complexity of biological systems. Major levels of complexity and

Nanocalorimetry

Ongoing
The global market for semiconductor chips is $270 billion. Growth in this industry is driven by the need to enhance performance by packing more transistors into the same chip area, with a relationship between feature size and time that approximately follows Moore's Law. As the feature size shrinks

Nanocalorimetry Measurements

Ongoing
Accurate thermodynamic measurements are essential to understand fundamental properties of materials, providing direct and quantifiable insight into the thermodynamics of thin film reactions and phase transitions. Going forward, new classes of materials may only be synthesized as thin films, a scale
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