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Many see millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands as having potential to provide machine-to-machine communications advancing industrial wireless systems. Compared to...
Researchers from Emerson Automation, Spearix Technologies, and NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team recently assessed wireless factors – or "aggressors" –...
NIST’s Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) leader, Michael Dunaway, gave the keynote presentation at MITRE's Smart City Summit, in January 2023...
"The next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when," states the recently released, NIST Internal Report NIST IR 8437 On the Feasibility of COVID-19 Proximity...
Today, NIST is publishing NIST IR 8323r1, Foundational PNT Profile: Applying the Cybersecurity Framework for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes tolerances for pesticide and herbicide residues in food that are still considered safe for consumption...
NIST requests public comments on NIST IR 8214C ipd (initial public draft), NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes, for primitives organized into two...
The biosensor, developed by researchers at NIST, Brown University and the French research institute CEA-Leti, identifies biomarkers by measuring how binding...
Despite Slowing Economy, Demand for Cybersecurity Workers Remains Strong Today during the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Webinar on Providing Timely and Clear...
Just three months ago, NIST’s Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) hosted a virtual program that brought together scientific and technological business...
The O-RAN Alliance develops hardware and software specifications that allow manufacturers and network operators to mix and match products from different vendors...
Quantum physicist Krister Shalm has a few spots in his laboratory for motivated undergrads. Do you know any STEM-centric college students who might be...
Portland cement powder is characterized by particle size for use in calibrating instruments, measuring fineness characteristics of portland cement, and other...
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a popular technique for interrogating surfaces on the micro and nano scales. The most common use for AFM is imaging; however...
This standard reference material from NIST will help calibrate procedures for calcium determinations used in clinical analysis and for routine critical...
In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4...
NIST is announcing the initial public drafts of NIST SP 800-157r1 (Revision 1), Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials, and...
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2023–2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework® (Business/Nonprofit) : Proven Leadership and Management...
Updated: 03/31/23 Charging Your Electric Car: Ensuring Accuracy for EVSEs with Traceable Transfer Reference Meters Owners of electric vehicles are coming to...
At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2023, the U.S. survey foot was deemed obsolete and the international foot (i.e., 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly)...
NIST is in the process of a periodic review and maintenance of its cryptography standards and guidelines. Currently, we are reviewing the following publication...
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) has long coordinated the accreditation of the State legal metrology laboratories through the OWM Recognition...