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Spotlight: One Small Step for SRM 610 Aboard the Mars Perseverance Rover

July 20, 2021

3, 2, 1 … blast off! One of NIST’s very own standard reference materials traveled through space and landed on the Red Planet in February as part of the National...

An Aid for Instrumentation for Measuring Active Compounds in Ginseng

July 12, 2021

Ginsenosides are thought to be the active compounds in ginseng, a plant long used in Chinese medicine that is now a popular supplement and the subject of...

New NIST Reference Material Aids in Measurement of Cocoa's Active Molecules

July 1, 2021

Cocoa, the substance from which chocolate is made, is thought to have benefits to the human cardiovascular system and so has been the focus of many clinical...

Two New NIST Reference Materials for Assuring Measurements of Nutrients in Formula

June 30, 2021

To help ensure that babies and patients get all the essential amino acids and other nutrients that they need, infant and prescription adult nutritional formulas...

A New Control for Measuring Active Compounds and Contaminants in Ginger Root

June 30, 2021

A new NIST reference material for ginger, a popular remedy for nausea, provides values for arsenic, mercury, and lead, helping manufacturers ensure that their...

First-Ever Reference Material for Measuring Conversion of Heat to Electrical Energy at High Temps

May 27, 2021

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3452 enables, for the first time, instrument validation and interlaboratory data comparison to support the research...

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NIST Collaboration Yields First Certified Reference Materials for Zeta Potential

January 19, 2021

Two new Standard Reference Materials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology give researchers and manufacturers a way to check the performance...

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Want to Avoid Problems in Powerful New Drugs? Ask a Roofer.

February 28, 2019

Understanding how proteins clump together is essential in modern pharmaceuticals. When these tiny particles aggregate, they can alter the effectiveness of both...

Winning Numbers

May 29, 2018

NIST Standard Reference Materials® help people in industry, academia, and government agencies have confidence in their measurements, which is essential to every...

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NIST Standard Story: Matters of the Heart

September 20, 2017

NIST scientists have thoroughly measured and characterized more than 1,300 physical products, NIST Standard Reference Materials ®, to help people in industry...

New NIST Tool Aims to Improve Accuracy of Test to Determine Cardiovascular Disease Risk

September 19, 2017

Cardiovascular disease caused one out of three deaths in the United States in 2016, and for decades it has been the leading killer for both men and women...

NIST Standard Story: No Humans Were Harmed

February 15, 2017

NIST scientists have thoroughly measured and characterized more than 1,300 physical products, NIST Standard Reference Materials ®, to help people in industry...

NIST Standard Story: A Fish Story

November 18, 2016

NIST scientists have thoroughly measured and characterized more than 1,300 physical products, NIST Standard Reference Materials ®, to help people in industry...

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NIST Releases New 'Family' of Standardized Genomes

September 16, 2016

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—With the addition of four new reference materials (RMs) to a growing collection of “measuring sticks” for gene sequencing, the National...

NIST research chemist Jeanita Pritchett extracts nicotine and tobacco-specific compounds from a candidate Standard Reference Material (SRM)

New NIST Reference Material Helps Assure Accurate Measurement of Constituents in Tobacco Products

September 12, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a reference material with certified amounts of nicotine and two carcinogens to help ensure...

Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green.

NIST and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Help Ensure Accurate Clinical Measurements of HER2 Breast Cancer Gene

August 17, 2016

A new measurement standard developed by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) has been used successfully by the Frederick National Laboratory...

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Standard Reference Materials

News and Updates

Spotlight: One Small Step for SRM 610 Aboard the Mars Perseverance Rover

An Aid for Instrumentation for Measuring Active Compounds in Ginseng

New NIST Reference Material Aids in Measurement of Cocoa's Active Molecules

Two New NIST Reference Materials for Assuring Measurements of Nutrients in Formula

A New Control for Measuring Active Compounds and Contaminants in Ginger Root

First-Ever Reference Material for Measuring Conversion of Heat to Electrical Energy at High Temps

NIST Collaboration Yields First Certified Reference Materials for Zeta Potential

Want to Avoid Problems in Powerful New Drugs? Ask a Roofer.

Winning Numbers

NIST Standard Story: Matters of the Heart

New NIST Tool Aims to Improve Accuracy of Test to Determine Cardiovascular Disease Risk

NIST Standard Story: No Humans Were Harmed

NIST Standard Story: A Fish Story

NIST Releases New 'Family' of Standardized Genomes

New NIST Reference Material Helps Assure Accurate Measurement of Constituents in Tobacco Products

NIST and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Help Ensure Accurate Clinical Measurements of HER2 Breast Cancer Gene

An Extraordinary Standard: New NIST Protein Could Spur Biopharmaceutical Innovation

How Refreshing: NIST's Natural Air Standards Support Accurate Greenhouse Gas Measurements

New Shellfish Reference Material Will Help Monitor Oceans' Radioactive Contamination

'Measuring Stick' Standard for Gene Sequencing Now Available from NIST

New NIST Reference Material Provides a Silver Lining for NanoEHS Research

New NIST Standard Reference Material to Help Calibrate Hospital CAT Scanners

Shelling Out Evidence: NIST Ballistic Standard Helps Tie Guns to Criminals

NIST Releases Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Reference Material

NIST Standard Available for Better Diagnosis, Treatment of Cytomegalovirus

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