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NIST has published revisions of two Special Publications (SP) that identify security functions and sensitive security parameter generation and establishment...
Gone are the days of bucket brigades for firefighting — long lines of people passing buckets of water one at a time toward a blaze — but NIST/JILA researchers...
In the early 2000’s, Abhishek Motayed found his way to the NIST campus as a contractor, working in what became the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML). Within...
In May 2017, NIST formed a technical working group to develop best practices guidelines in selecting and deploying industrial wireless solutions within...
PRESIDENTIAL CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AWARD The Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award, issued by the U.S. Department of Education, is presented annually to...
REGULAR REGISTRATION ENDS MAY 16! Join us June 6-8, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia for the annual NICE Conference and Expo. Register soon as we expect the conference...
The report details technology transfer activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
After extensive study in the laboratory and two real-world environments, NIST results confirmed that the main signal path — over a clear “line of sight” between...
PowerAmerica has been awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help Native American...
Only about 15% of used clothes and other textiles in the United States get reused or recycled. The other 85% head straight to the landfill or incinerator. This...
Through this partnership, NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division and the FirstNet Authority plan to enable research and development...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Human Forensic Biology Subcommittee, with contributions from the Scientific Working...
NIST has released a revision of Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations ( NIST Special Publication 800-161 Revision 1...
A new update to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s foundational cybersecurity supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) guidance aims to help...
Each year, federal agencies across the U.S. government budget a portion of funds for intramural and extramural research and development (R&D). The intramural...
A new study by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators highlights a sharp contrast between urban and suburban...
The agencies are funding 20 projects to be conducted across 24 institutions through the Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) program, which they manage...
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized medical diagnostics and research by providing a non-invasive way to investigate internal tissue structures...
Each year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR) hosts an Annual Stakeholder Meeting...
The U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST, FinRegLab, and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) hosted a symposium on "Artificial...
The First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge is the agency’s sixth prize competition aimed at advancing the use of unmanned aircraft systems indoors for first...