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NIST Chip Lights Up Optical Neural Network Demo

July 26, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made a silicon chip that distributes optical signals precisely across a miniature...

Vetting the Security of Mobile Apps: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-163 Rev. 1 for Comment

July 23, 2018

NIST has released Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-163 Revision 1, which updates a process for vetting mobile applications. This process can be used to ensure...

In this photo, we see a split-screen image of a laboratory fire. The left side shows the fire obscuring the view of an object behind it while the right side shows the same object with the clarity dramatically enhanced using ordinary blue light.

NIST Unblinded Me with Science: New Application of Blue Light Sees Through Fire

July 23, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that ordinary blue light can be used to significantly improve the...

The Shape in Water

July 23, 2018

Tinkering with a method they helped develop over the last few years, scientists have for the first time used it to measure at the nanometer scale the...

NIST Builds Statistical Foundation for Next-Generation Forensic DNA Profiling

July 23, 2018

DNA is often considered the most reliable form of forensic evidence, and this reputation is based on the way DNA experts use statistics. When they compare...

NIST Seeks Comments on Draft SP 800-131A Rev. 2: Transitioning the Use of Crypto Algorithms and Key Lengths

July 19, 2018

NIST is updating its guidance for transitioning to the use of stronger cryptographic keys and more robust algorithms by federal agencies to protect sensitive...

NIST to Withdraw Eleven Outdated SP 800 Publications

July 17, 2018

NIST’s Computer Security Division has decided to withdraw eleven (11) SP 800 publications on August 1, 2018. These publications are out of date and will not be...

NIST Releases DRAFT Revisions to USGv6 Program for Public Comment

July 12, 2018

DRAFT USGv6 Revision 1 Specifications Available for Public Comment The first version of the of the USGv6 standards profile was published in 2008 and the USGv6...

NIST Releases Draft SP 800-56B Rev 2 for Public Comment

July 10, 2018

NIST seeks comments on Draft Special Publication (SP) 800-56B Revision 2, Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key-Establishment Using Integer Factorization...

Registration and a Call for Speakers are Open for the 2018 NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference

July 10, 2018

Registration and a call for speakers are open for the 2018 NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference, to be held November 7-9 in Baltimore, Maryland. The...

Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs

July 5, 2018

The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it’s being driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that comes in many...

Register Now: The 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

July 3, 2018 - December 2, 2018

The 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, taking place December 3-4, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas, will be jam-packed with speakers...

NIST Releases Draft Special Publication 800-71 for Public Comment: Key Establishment Using Symmetric Block Ciphers

July 2, 2018

Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-71, Recommendations for Key Establishment Using Symmetric Block Ciphers, addresses key establishment techniques that use...

Full-Scale Furniture Fire Experiments

June 29, 2018

The Flammability Reduction Group recently completed a two-week-long series of full-scale furniture fire experiments in the National Fire Research Laboratory...

NIST Researchers Simulate Simple Logic for Nanofluidic Computing

June 29, 2018

Invigorating the idea of computers based on fluids instead of silicon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown how...

NIST Publishes Special Publication (SP) 800-116 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access

June 29, 2018

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-116 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access. It provides best practice...

You’ve Been Phished!

June 27, 2018

Organizations worldwide stand to lose an estimated $9 billion in 2018 to employees clicking on phishing emails. We hear about new phishing attacks...

NICE Released the Summer 2018 eNewsletter

June 26, 2018

The Summer 2018 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

Three New Standards Approved for OSAC Registry

June 26, 2018

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) has approved three new standards for inclusion on the OSAC Registry. This registry...

NIST Reference Material 8366 for Cancer Biomarker EGFR and MET Measurements now available

June 25, 2018

NIST Reference Material 8366 for cancer biomarkers EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) and MET (proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase) gene copy number...

Consortium Workshop Highlights TRC Advances

June 21, 2018 - June 22, 2018

Our 2018 NIST/TRC Consortium Workshop has drawn to a close; the consortium is hosted by the Thermodynamics Research Center within Boulder’s Applied Chemicals...

Coining Less Expensive Currency

June 20, 2018

Nickels are ubiquitous in American life, tumbling around in pockets, rolling under car seats, and emerging from the back of dryers to be used over and over for...

Through a Prism Brightly: A New Way to Measure the Light-Warping Properties of Hyperbolic Metamaterials

June 18, 2018

Manipulating light in a variety of ways—shrinking its wavelength and allowing it to travel freely in one direction while stopping it cold in another--hyperbolic...

MML Staff Teaches Foundations of Cryocoolers

June 18, 2018 - August 28, 2018

Ray Radebaugh, Fellow Emeritus in MML’s Applied Chemicals and Materials Division, recently presented two short courses on the fundamentals and latest advances...

NIST Publishing Special Publication (SP) 800-171A, Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

June 14, 2018

NIST is publishing Special Publication (SP) 800-171A, Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). It is intended to help...

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