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A draft implementation guide ( NISTIR 8183A) for the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Manufacturing Profile Low Security Level has been developed for managing
If you want to make your home as energy-efficient and green as possible, should you use gas or electric for your heating and cooling needs? Gas is the more eco
Cryptographic mechanisms are often used to protect the integrity, authenticity, and confidentiality of sensitive and high value data that is vulnerable to
A draft white paper is now available for comment, An Application of Combinatorial Methods for Explainability in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
First responders need to respond to incidents, communicate, and perform operations even when networks are out of service due to malicious attacks, natural
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at
Physicists have demonstrated a new way to obtain the essential details that describe an isolated quantum system, such as a gas of atoms, through direct
A recent study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute found the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and
Twenty-six organizations from a variety of sectors and U.S. states have submitted applications for the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Reflecting
Drs. Mauro Zammarano, William M. Pitts, Anthony Hamins, and Richard Gann of the Flammability Reduction Group submitted comments for consideration to the State
Dr. Mauro Zammarano has been selected to deliver a keynote presentation at this year’s European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials (FRPM19). Dr
Standards Beget Reliable Devices The mobile phones we use – whether iPhone or Android – become available to us after a series of tests. Technology laboratories
The NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program has funded R&D grants in several research organizations under its Public Safety Innovation
It has been called the world’s most perfect food, and there’s unequivocal evidence that it can fight off disease and build better baby brains. But even after
Ordinarily, you won’t encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor’s office or you point one at your forehead when you’re
Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering
Today, the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science ( OSAC) opens the thirty-day comment period for ASTM E2917-19: Standard Practice for
The White House has released a new Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce . The Executive Order will implement programs that will grow and
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information about technical standards and
On March 22, 2019, the Secretary of Commerce approved Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules.
On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But