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Liquid scintillators have been at the heart of radiation measurements at NIST for decades. NIST scientists have pushed the limits of liquid scintillation-based
The high-dose dosimetry program supports radiation-processing applications by assuring that the absorbed dose to the product, often prescribed or limited by
NIST continues to be deeply involved with measurements and evaluations of neutron cross section standards. NIST maintains a limited experimental effort focused
Standard-sized ampoules for radioactive solution standards have been employed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the past 70 years
Primary activity standards for radionuclides form the foundation for the many products and services of the Radioactivity Group and serve as ground-truth for
Calorimetry based upon remote sensing of the temperature field in an irradiated volume would offer distinct advantages for the dosimetry of nonstandard beams
NIST is in its eighth decade of providing critically evaluated, comprehensive databases of cross-section information for ionizing photons (x and gamma rays)
The fundamental photon and charged particle interaction data and the radiation transport methods, pioneered and developed at NIST to calculate the penetration
Expanding applications of radioactivity in medicine, energy, and national security demand quantification of complex radionuclide mixtures at uncertainty levels
Digital battery passports (DBPs), if implemented on a large scale, can provide the electric vehicle battery community with valuable data to support sustainable
During the past decade with increased computing power and new research developments, Bayesian statistical methods have become practical in diverse areas of
“5G and beyond” refers to future generations of mobile wireless communication systems. The vision for these next-generation systems are to enable groundbreaking
The goal of the BIB-Trap Detector project is to develop a detector composed of solid-state devices that can be used as a reference detector for calibrations in
To compare the calibration capabilities for the spectral responsivity in the vacuum-ultraviolet spectral region between 135 nm and 250 nm, PTB and NIST agreed
The use of tissue/organ-on-a-chip systems is limited to endpoint and destructive measurements. Integration of electronic elements in these systems have proven
In the field of tissue engineering, 3D scaffolds and cells are often combined to yield constructs that are used as therapeutics to repair or restore tissue
The effects of biofilm physical structure on the resulting biofilm function are unclear, in part due to lack of reproducible model systems. This project aims to
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions mix in the atmosphere with CO2 sources and sinks from the biospheric carbon cycle (i.e., photosynthesis and respiration from plants)
BEMAST is a long-term biobanking project of the NIST Biorepository. Biological samples from sea turtles are collected, cryogenically (≤ -150 °C) stored, and
Protein drugs are the top selling pharmaceuticals worldwide, a hundred billion dollar industry, but also the fastest growing category of health care costs. The
Our goal is to enable the development and manufacturing of biomaterials for oral health moving forward in 21st century by providing critical measurement methods
In July of 2009 NIST in partnership with the FBI commenced an investigation on the use of JPEG 2000 for compressing fingerprint imagery with the ultimate goal