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Particles can sometimes act like waves, and photons (particles of light) are no exception. Just as waves create an interference pattern, like ripples on a pond...
In recent years, numerous routing control plane anomalies such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), prefix hijacking, and route leaks have resulted in denial of...
From technology deployments to prize challenges and outreach across the country (and abroad), 2019 was a tremendously successful year for NIST's Public Safety...
Resilient communications and computing are key metrics for public safety applications and services. If the transmission of mission-critical data relies solely...
New biometric research data — ranging from fingerprints to facial photographs and iris scans — is now available from the National Institute of Standards and...
Someday, doctors would like to grow limbs and other body tissue for soldiers who have lost arms in battle, children who need a new heart or liver, and many...
NIST invites comments on Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-208, Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes. All of the digital signature...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Friction Ridge Subcommittee has developed a friction ridge examination process map...
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — More than 200 staff at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored last week for...
In the palm of his hand, Thomas Brian Renegar held two small metal objects that had changed the course of history. Twisted pieces of copper and lead, they were...
WITNESS Dr. Scott Weaver Director, National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Engineering Laboratory National Institute of Standards & Technology U.S...
On Nov. 6, 2019, NIST celebrated the opening of three new X-ray beamlines at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National...
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science has added the first interdisciplinary training standard to its registry of approved...
Version 4.4 of Phase Equilibria Diagrams (Standard Reference Database 31) is now available to the research community. The database provides maps of the...
The United States continues to have complete dependence on information technology deployed in critical systems and applications in both the public and private...
A small role can make an astronomical impact, as is the case for a tiny NIST-built piece of a new planet-hunting project from NASA and the National Science...
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2020 award...
The Texas Forensic Science Commission has recommended that all crime laboratories accredited to perform forensic analysis in the State of Texas voluntarily...
Large quantities of the synthetic drug fentanyl flow into the country at ports of entry along the Southwest border, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency. As...
When known software vulnerabilities are unmanaged, uncorrected, or undetected, attack vectors are left open to exploit the software. As a result, vulnerable...
On November 12-13, 2019, Venture Partners at CU Boulder hosted the 2019 Lab Venture Challenge. Think Shark Tank! Eleven entrepreneurs pitched their product to...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) traveled to San Juan, Puerto...
Patenting NIST technologies serves as a gateway to the commercialization of NIST innovations. Patents promote NIST’s critical mission, “To promote U.S...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made one of the highest-performance cameras ever composed of sensors that count...
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is planning to update the NICE...