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NIST Team Demonstrates Heart of Next-Generation Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

May 17, 2019

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at

JQI Researchers Shed New Light on Atomic ‘Wave Function’

May 16, 2019

Physicists have demonstrated a new way to obtain the essential details that describe an isolated quantum system, such as a gas of atoms, through direct

NIST Drafts Public Comment to California Code of Regulations

May 14, 2019

Drs. Mauro Zammarano, William M. Pitts, Anthony Hamins, and Richard Gann of the Flammability Reduction Group submitted comments for consideration to the State

OSAC Standards Bulletin, May 2019

May 14, 2019

This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and

Dr. Mauro Zammarano selected to deliver keynote presentation at the European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials

May 13, 2019

Dr. Mauro Zammarano has been selected to deliver a keynote presentation at this year’s European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials (FRPM19). Dr

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Leveraging PSCR research and demonstrating the power of collaboration

May 10, 2019

The NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program has funded R&D grants in several research organizations under its Public Safety Innovation

New NIST Funding Opportunity Highlights Gap in Public Safety Device Standards

May 10, 2019

Standards Beget Reliable Devices The mobile phones we use – whether iPhone or Android – become available to us after a series of tests. Technology laboratories

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How Milk Does an Animal Body Good

May 7, 2019

It has been called the world’s most perfect food, and there’s unequivocal evidence that it can fight off disease and build better baby brains. But even after

Call for new National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Commitments NOW OPEN—November 11-16, 2019

May 6, 2019

We invite you to join us in observing National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week November 11-16, 2019 nist.gov/nice/nccaw 2019 Call for

Precise Temperature Measurements with Invisible Light

May 6, 2019

Ordinarily, you won’t encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor’s office or you point one at your forehead when you’re

Sculpting Super-Fast Light Pulses: NIST Nanopillars Shape Light Precisely for Practical Applications

May 2, 2019

Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering

Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce

May 2, 2019

The White House has released a new Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce . The Executive Order will implement programs that will grow and

NIST Requests Information on Artificial Intelligence Technical Standards and Tools

May 1, 2019

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information about technical standards and

Announcing Approval and Issuance of FIPS 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules

May 1, 2019

On March 22, 2019, the Secretary of Commerce approved Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules.

NIST Research Sparks New Insights on Laser Welding

April 30, 2019

On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But

Three white boxes representing the FIPS standard and related NIST pubs are gathered within a boundary, and an arrow points outside the boundary to another white box representing the ISO standard

NIST Links Federal Encryption Testing to International Standard for First Time

April 30, 2019

Electronic device manufacturers should find it less time-consuming to bring their wares to both the U.S. and international markets as a result of new

Cybersecurity Framework: NIST Publishes NISTIR 8204 on Completing the Online Informative References Template

April 26, 2019

NIST has published NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8204, Cybersecurity Framework Online Informative References (OLIR) Submissions: Specification for Completing

EBIT’s Improved X-ray Vision Promises Astronomical Insights

April 25, 2019

Look at an astronomical marvel like the Cat’s Eye Nebula at right, with an average gas temperature about twice as hot as the surface of the Sun. It seems

Securing Small-Business and Home IoT Devices Using Manufacturer Usage Description: NCCoE Releases Preliminary Draft of SP 1800-15