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NIST Conducts Full-Scale Experiments to Demonstrate Flammability Risk of Residential Upholstered Furniture (RUF) and Potential Mitigation Strategies

March 12, 2020

The NIST Flammability Reduction Group (FRG) is conducting a series of full-scale fire experiments in collaboration with the National Fire Research Laboratory

NIST Community Resilience Panel at HurriCon 2020

HurriCon 2020: Science at the Intersection of Hurricanes and the Populated Coast

March 11, 2020

Members of NIST’s Community Resilience Program and the NIST-funded Center of Excellence (CoE) for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning jointly convened a

Sunlight shines through solar panel backsheet.

NIST Study Uncovers a Potential Driver of Premature Solar Panel Failures

March 10, 2020

Unlike diamonds, solar panels are not forever. Ultraviolet rays, gusts of wind and heavy rain wear away at them over their lifetime. Manufacturers typically

Getting a closer look at living cells and batteries: a little bit of graphene goes a long way

March 6, 2020

Researchers at NIST have devised a way to eliminate a long-standing problem affecting our understanding of both living cells and batteries. When a solid and an

Roll-Up TVs and Bendable Smartphones: Toward More Choices for Flexible Electronic Materials

March 6, 2020

Have you heard of foldable smartphones? How about the flexible television screen that rolls up into a box? Or the ultrathin “wallpaper” TVs that are just

Cryptographic Key Generation: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-133 Rev. 2 for Comment

March 5, 2020

NIST requests your comments on Draft SP 800-133 Revision 2, Recommendation for Cryptographic Key Generation , which discusses the generation of the keys to be

Spotlight: 3D Perception Systems

March 4, 2020

When you pick up one pencil from a pile on a table, how does your hand know where to go or what to grab? Your eyes help out. For robots to do the same, they

Manufacturing Profile for Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.1: NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8183 Rev. 1 for Comment

March 4, 2020

A draft revision of NISTIR 8183, the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Manufacturing Profile, has been developed that includes the subcategory enhancements

Tech Transfer: Thoughts on an Innovation Ecosystem

March 3, 2020

Technology Transfer (T2) involves the movement of scientific discoveries and innovative technical knowledge from the federal laboratories to the private sector

Increasing U.S. Manufacturing Innovation

February 28, 2020

Manufacturing USA® institutes are designed to build innovation ecosystems and accelerate technology development and workforce development in critical technology

Two men in high-visibility vests (Nguyen and Hamel) stand outside preparing electronic devices for taking measurements.

Can Mobile Networks Connect First Responders in Remote Areas?

February 26, 2020

The high plateaus of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, known for panoramic vistas, wildlife, old gold mines and sports of all kinds, are attracting new pioneers

How Low Can You Go? Lower Than Ever Before

February 26, 2020

Silicon, the best-known semiconductor, is ubiquitous in electronic devices including cellphones, laptops and the electronics in cars. Now, researchers at the

NIST Publishes NISTIR 8287: A Roadmap for Successful Regional Alliances and Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce

February 25, 2020

Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST Releases Roadmap to Creating Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce

February 25, 2020

Partnerships to Build the Cybersecurity Workforce The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Small variations in bottlebrush polymers result in measurable changes

February 24, 2020

NIST scientists have found that very small changes in the structure of bottlebrush polymers prepared by “precision synthesis” result in measurable differences

NIST researcher in a laboratory room looking at tall vertical microscope with multicolored wires emanating from it.

A Simple Retrofit Transforms Ordinary Electron Microscopes Into High-Speed Atom-Scale Cameras

February 24, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a way to retrofit the transmission electron

Spotlight: Addressing the Minuscule Measuring Needs of the Nanotechnology Community

February 21, 2020

A tooth? An angel? A strong man? Instead of seeing patterns in clouds, our scientists go to the microscope! NIST’s Ravi Attota uses a simple optical microscope

NIST Publishes SP 800-171 Revision 2: Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations