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NIST Researcher Helps Industry with Testing Interoperability between Grid and Renewables

November 1, 2022

In October 2022, NIST researcher Cuong Nguyen contributed his testing expertise at the OpenFMB PlugFest 2.0, held at the Duke Energy Mount Holly facility in...

NSF-funded Testbed to Deploy NIST's NDN Router Allowing Users to Find and Get Data at High Speeds

November 1, 2022

The NIST team, supporting the Information Centric Networking Program, developed a high-speed networking router that allows Internet users to name data they seek...

Maria Munoz poses in the lab, wearing safety goggles and heavy gloves.

Spotlight: Maria Munoz’s Journey Into Spectroscopy Took Her Around the World

November 1, 2022

To reach this point, NIST postdoctoral researcher Maria Munoz journeyed across borders and seas. Take a trip with us as we trace her career path from elementary...

Baldrige Program's External Review Kicks Off

October 31, 2022

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is pleased to announce that a firm has been selected and will soon begin the planned comprehensive...

PSCR Staff Spotlight: IT Security Manager and Security Portfolio Lead

October 31, 2022

John Beltz is the IT Security Manager for NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division where he serves as the Security Research Portfolio Lead...

Fall 2022 NICE eNewsletter Available

October 27, 2022

The Fall 2022 NICE eNewsletter is available now. The NICE eNewsletter is published quarterly to provide information on academic, industry, and government...

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A Revolution Still in the Making: NIST Researchers Chart the Future of Nucleic Acid Nanotechnology

October 27, 2022

Trapped in a microscopic cage made of strands of DNA, molecules of a life-saving drug course through the bloodstream of a cancer patient. Only when receptors on...

New NIIMBL Whitepaper Addresses Innovation for Today’s Biopharma Talent Pipeline

October 25, 2022

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) issues Innovation of the Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Talent Pipeline, a...

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week 2022 Recap

October 25, 2022

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways October 17-22, 2022 nist.gov/nice/ccaw THANK YOU FOR MAKING CYBERSECURITY CAREER...

Omar Aboul-Enein poses next to a silver and blue robotic arm in a lab setting.

Spotlight: Mobile Robots Traversing the Factory Floor

October 25, 2022

In manufacturing plants, robotic arms are typically fastened down in one spot, repeating a single task over and over. While stationary machines are already...

To Break New Ground With Frequency Combs, a NIST Innovation Plays With the Beat

October 24, 2022

Breakthrough could help Nobel-winning tech measure distances and timing with a pinpoint precision limited only by the quantum nature of light.

U.S. Department of Commerce Appoints Members for New Internet of Things Advisory Board

October 24, 2022

The advisory board includes a wide range of stakeholders outside of the federal government.

It’s Not Too Late to Get Involved In Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week

October 21, 2022

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways October 17-22, 2022 nist.gov/nice/ccaw Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week is coming...

Katzcy Teams up with NIST on Cybersecurity Games

October 21, 2022

Katzcy®, a woman-owned small business, has signed a five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and...

Illustrations shows atoms connected with glowing lines inside the cylinder of the interferometer.

An Entangled Matter-Wave Interferometer: Now With Double the Spookiness!

October 20, 2022

A team of researchers at JILA has for the first time successfully combined two of the “spookiest” features of quantum mechanics to make a better quantum sensor.

Diverse Backgrounds are Needed in Cybersecurity

October 20, 2022

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways October 17-22, 2022 nist.gov/nice/ccaw A key goal of Cybersecurity Career Awareness...

PSCR Awards More than $10M for Final Major Funding Opportunity

October 20, 2022

In its final round of major grant funding, NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division has awarded more than $10 million to eight recipients...

Presidential Cybersecurity Educator Award Winners Announced

October 19, 2022

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways October 17-22, 2022 nist.gov/nice/ccaw PRESIDENTIAL CYBERSECURITY EDUCATOR AWARD On...

A blurry figure in the background holds out a black police helmet with a silver seal that reads "Norfolk Constabulary."

Spotlight: An Honor From Abroad for the National Software Reference Library

October 18, 2022

Far from home, an official ceremonial constable’s helmet from the United Kingdom rests comfortably in an office at NIST. But why?

Spotlight: After 50 Years, a Look Back at NIST Cybersecurity Milestones

October 18, 2022

That’s five decades of conducting research and developing guidance.

Pioneering the Future of Semiconductor Measurement Techniques

October 18, 2022

Today, CD-SAXS (critical dimension small angle X-ray scattering) is an industry-wide measurement technique for next-generation semiconductor fabrication...

Boxes of old software stand on a shelf, inlcuding a flight simulator, Dark Souls II and a Kaspersky anti-virus product.

Step Inside the National Software Reference Library

October 18, 2022

More than one billion pieces of software rest in a closely monitored storage facility on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Announcement of Proposal to Withdraw Special Publication 800-106, Randomized Hashing for Digital Signatures

October 18, 2022

As a part of the periodic review of NIST’s cryptographic standards and guidelines, NIST's Crypto Publication Review Board announced the review of NIST Special...

Cybersecurity Career Resources and New Workforce Data

October 18, 2022

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Exploring Cybersecurity Career Pathways October 17-22, 2022 nist.gov/nice/ccaw Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week is an...

Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Sprint - 30 Days Remaining

October 17, 2022

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. Department of Commerce, is...

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