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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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New Report Recommends Policies for Improved Preservation of Biological Evidence

April 20, 2015

All states should have laws ensuring that criminal justice systems properly handle, store and retain forensic biological evidence, according to a new report*...

NIST Technique Can Measure Volumes of Key 'Lab on a Chip' Components

April 17, 2015

Imagine shrinking tubes and beakers—in fact, most of a clinical chemistry lab—down to the size of a credit card. When engineers figured out how to do that two...

It's a Trap! But That's Okay for Novel Light-Detecting Material

April 17, 2015

Traps. Whether you're squaring off against the Empire or trying to wring electricity out of sunlight, they're almost never a good thing. But sometimes you can...

Building that has been destroyed by a tornado

NIST to Launch Review of Resilience Planning Guide at Houston Workshop, April 27, 2015

April 14, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will issue the full draft of its Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure...

NIST Tightens the Bounds on the Quantum Information 'Speed Limit'

April 14, 2015

If you're designing a new computer, you want it to solve problems as fast as possible. Just how fast is possible is an open question when it comes to quantum...

NIST Requests Comments for Revising Its Electronic Authentication Guideline

April 14, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comment on a possible update of its 2012 Electronic Authentication Guideline...

NIST Develops NMR 'Fingerprinting' for Monoclonal Antibodies

April 14, 2015

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers at the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) have demonstrated the most...

New Report: Online Identity Projects are Creating More Options for Businesses, Individuals

April 14, 2015

Organizations and individuals have more options for securely and conveniently confirming identity online, thanks to a grant program that has been funding pilot...

Securing a Public Safety Broadband Network with Identity Management

April 14, 2015

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is building a nationwide public...

NIST Makes 'Bio Inspired' Flame Retardants in a Jiffy

April 14, 2015

After devising several new and promising "green" flame retardants for furniture padding, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers took...

A high-power laser spot scans back and forth over a layer of cobalt-chrome powder on NIST's powder bed fusion additive manufacturing machine.

Report Charts a Research Path for Improving 'Printed' Metal Parts

April 13, 2015

Additive manufacturing has been called a game changer. But new games require new instructions, and the manuals for a growing assortment of methods for building...

NIST Request Comments on Its Big Data Framework Development

April 6, 2015

As part of a major collaborative effort to develop a standard framework to make it easier for scientists to use "Big Data" sets in their work, the National...

Vendors Sought to Develop Model System for Identity and Access Management for Financial Services Companies

April 6, 2015

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is seeking collaborators on an effort to demonstrate an identity and access management system for...

NIST Calls for Final Comments on Guide to Protecting Sensitive Information on Nonfederal Systems

April 3, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on the second and final draft of a guidance document for federal agencies on...

NIST Invites Comments on Challenges in Protecting Consumer Data

April 2, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites the public to comment on a report from the Feb. 12, 2015, Executive Technical Workshop on...

Comments Sought on Access Control Building Block

April 2, 2015

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has posted a revised draft white paper that will inform projects aimed at helping companies better...

Mind the Gap: Nanoscale Speed Bump Could Regulate Plasmons for High-Speed Data Flow

April 1, 2015

The name sounds like something Marvin the Martian might have built, but the "nanomechanical plasmonic phase modulator" is not a doomsday device. Developed by a...

Federal Funding Opportunity Solicits Projects That Support Online Privacy

March 31, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting applications for funding pilot privacy-enhancing technologies that embrace and advance...

Precocious GEM: Shape-Shifting Sensor Can Report Conditions from Deep in the Body

March 27, 2015

Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have devised and demonstrated a new...

New Publications Scope Future Research, Detail Design and Operation of NIST's Net-Zero Energy House

March 27, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently interviewed engineers, architects, builders and other experts for ideas on research to pursue...

Spotlight on Commerce: Donna F. Dodson, Associate Director and Chief Cyber Security Advisor and Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, ITL, NIST

March 27, 2015

Each workday, I get up at 4 a.m. to make the drive from Gettysburg, Pa., to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., or...

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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

News and Updates

New Report Recommends Policies for Improved Preservation of Biological Evidence

NIST Technique Can Measure Volumes of Key 'Lab on a Chip' Components

It's a Trap! But That's Okay for Novel Light-Detecting Material

NIST to Launch Review of Resilience Planning Guide at Houston Workshop, April 27, 2015

NIST Tightens the Bounds on the Quantum Information 'Speed Limit'

NIST Requests Comments for Revising Its Electronic Authentication Guideline

NIST Develops NMR 'Fingerprinting' for Monoclonal Antibodies

New Report: Online Identity Projects are Creating More Options for Businesses, Individuals

Securing a Public Safety Broadband Network with Identity Management

NIST Makes 'Bio Inspired' Flame Retardants in a Jiffy

Report Charts a Research Path for Improving 'Printed' Metal Parts

NIST Request Comments on Its Big Data Framework Development

Vendors Sought to Develop Model System for Identity and Access Management for Financial Services Companies

NIST Calls for Final Comments on Guide to Protecting Sensitive Information on Nonfederal Systems

NIST Invites Comments on Challenges in Protecting Consumer Data

Comments Sought on Access Control Building Block

Mind the Gap: Nanoscale Speed Bump Could Regulate Plasmons for High-Speed Data Flow

Federal Funding Opportunity Solicits Projects That Support Online Privacy

Precocious GEM: Shape-Shifting Sensor Can Report Conditions from Deep in the Body

New Publications Scope Future Research, Detail Design and Operation of NIST's Net-Zero Energy House

Spotlight on Commerce: Donna F. Dodson, Associate Director and Chief Cyber Security Advisor and Director, National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, ITL, NIST

NIST, NTIA, DOD Agree to Facilitate Testing and Evaluation of Wireless Spectrum-Sharing Methods

PML Helps Lead Standardization for Firearm and Toolmark Examinations

Getting a Critical Edge on Plutonium Identification

NIST Presentations at AAFS 2015 Point to the Future of Forensic Science

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