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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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NIST Quest for Climate-Friendly Refrigerants Finds Complicated Choices

February 17, 2017

BOULDER, Colo. – Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just completed a multiyear study to identify the “best”...

CyberPatriot IX National Finalists Announced

February 16, 2017

Through four grueling rounds of online competition, 12 Open Division teams, 13 All Service Division teams, and 3 Middle School Division teams have earned an all...

NASCTN Releases Report on LTE Impact on GPS Receivers

February 15, 2017

The National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) has completed the Impacts of LTE Signals on GPS Receivers project and has released the...

A Message from the MML Director

February 15, 2017

" A Message from the MML Director" appears in each edition of Material Matters, the quarterly magazine of NIST's Material Measurement Lab. This letter from MML...

NIST Standard Story: No Humans Were Harmed

February 15, 2017

NIST scientists have thoroughly measured and characterized more than 1,300 physical products, NIST Standard Reference Materials ®, to help people in industry...

Light on the Rebound: ROSI Sees It from Every Angle

February 13, 2017

We see the world in reflection: Nearly all the light that enters our eyes has bounced off something first, bringing with it information about the nature of the...

Mayors, County Executives, Other Officials Learn About the Planning Guide

February 7, 2017

The U.S. Conference of Mayors were the latest group of local officials and staff to learn about the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Community...

Connect with NICE at RSA

February 3, 2017

Where: #S2815 in the South Expo Hall When: Monday, February 13: 5:00pm – 6:00pm PTNICE Program Office Meet & Greet Tuesday, February 14: 10:00am – 11:00am...

At-A-Glance Overview of Resilience Economic Decision Guide Now Available

February 1, 2017

A new brochure will help community planners to prioritize potential resilience solutions. The 12-page brochure summarizes the Community Resilience Economic...

Call for proposals

February 1, 2017 - March 14, 2017

PROPOSAL FORMS PROPOSAL INSTRUCTIONS (including TIPS ON PROPOSAL WRITING) PROPOSAL REVIEW AND BEAM TIME ALLOCATION OBTAINING SITE ACCESS Deadline The...

NIST, Partners ‘Cutting the Cord’ (and Wires) from Factory Communication Networks

January 30, 2017

Providing wireless communications in a factory, plant or other industrial environment these days means more than just helping employees talk with each other...

NIST Announces Funding for 2017 Standards Curricula Development

January 27, 2017

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will award approximately $250,000 to fund cooperative agreements for curricula development that will...

Illustration of setup for separating nanoparticles from organisms

NIST Updates ‘Sweet’ 1950s Separation Method to Clean Nanoparticles from Organisms

January 26, 2017

Sometimes old-school methods provide the best ways of studying cutting-edge tech and its effects on the modern world. Giving a 65-year-old laboratory technique...

Wearable ‘Watches’ to Monitor Your Blood Pressure

January 24, 2017

What if there were a wearable fitness device that could monitor your blood pressure continuously, 24 hours a day? Unfortunately, blood pressure (BP)...

Gauging Multi-Kilowatt Laser Power with the Pressure of Light

January 24, 2017

A multi-kilowatt laser beam can cut through steel and melt bricks into glass. Many industries use high-power lasers like these to precisely cut and weld metals...

School building with overlay of units and constants

Heads Up, High School Class of '19: New Measurement Unit Definitions Are Coming

January 23, 2017

Next year, scientists expect to change the way we define the basic units with which we measure our universe. An article by scientists at the National Institute...

Calibrating the Calibrator: The National Standard Neutron Source

January 17, 2017

Neutron detectors and sources play critical roles in national defense, homeland security, nuclear power plant control, radiation medicine, petroleum exploration...

Comprehensive Curricular Guidance in Cybersecurity Education

January 14, 2017

The ACM Joint Task Force (JTF) on Cybersecurity Education recently released its CSEC2017 v. 0.5 report, which outlines progress to date, provides a curricular...

NIST Physicists ‘Squeeze’ Light to Cool Microscopic Drum Below Quantum Limit

January 11, 2017

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible...

President Obama Honors Federally-Funded Early-Career Scientists

January 10, 2017

On Jan. 9, 2017, President Obama named 102 scientists and researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE...

NIST Releases Update to Cybersecurity Framework

January 10, 2017

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity—also...

Fracture surface of additive manufactured titanium alloy

NIST Releases Findings from the NIST/ASTM Workshop on Mechanical Behavior of Additive Manufacturing Components

January 6, 2017

The worldwide market for additive manufacturing (AM) products and services is projected to exceed US$6.5 billion by 2019 [1]. Despite this prediction, there are...

How Sweet It Is: NIST Metrology and the Maple Syrup Industry

January 4, 2017

NIST is frequently asked to provide unusual, sometimes downright exotic, measurements and calibrations in support of U.S. commerce. But even old hands in the...

Cyber Physical Systems Education

January 3, 2017

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Computer Science and Telecommunications Board...

Man in NIST fire research t-shirt and hard hat standing among wreckage

Fire Investigator Qualifications Standard Approved for OSAC Registry

December 22, 2016

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science has approved the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard for...

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