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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been developing a novel way of measuring laser power. Their device, called the...
Nobody really knows what plant roots are doing when they’re at home. Digging up a plant exposes the roots, but destroys the soil’s natural fabric. Information...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting the public’s help in making the personal information in large databases safe for...
What had been a peaceful and productive mission for the six men aboard the Russian space station Mir, including U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger, nearly became a...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—U.S. economic growth and national security depend on the approximately $150 billion invested annually in federal research and development (R&D...
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A recent study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute found the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)...
In an advance that could shrink many measurement technologies, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have...
NIST released Cloud Computing Service Metrics Description (NIST Special Publication 500-307), a document that proposes a framework to identify and characterize...
When the universe was very young – about a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang – it underwent a sudden explosive expansion...
NIST has updated the federal agency organizational codes specified in Special Publication (SP) 800-87, Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally...
Alan Band, an electrical engineer at NIST for more than 25 years who won the Institute’s Colleagues’ Choice award and was celebrated for his ability to mentor...
Cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are kicking off an effort to protect the data created by innumerable tiny...
NIST released IREX IX Part One Performance of Iris Recognition Algorithms (NISTIR 8207), a report describing the results of a study evaluating the performance...
The NIST Flammability Reduction group recently commissioned a second cone calorimeter for use in its cone calorimetry lab.
Originally developed in 1982 by...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continue to pioneer new antenna measurement methods, this time for future 5G wireless...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.1 of its popular Framework for...
At the heart of every electronic weighing instrument is a device called a load cell, which takes a mechanical force and turns it into an electronic signal...
ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence released a draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-13, Mobile Application Single Sign-On: Improving...
NIST has updated two publications on cryptographic key-establishment schemes—procedures that result in secret keying material being shared among different...
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is proud to announce the completion of the year-long Baldrige Executive Fellows Program by 16 senior leaders, who...
Trapping light with an optical version of a whispering gallery, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a...
A workshop to take place April 23-24, 2018 on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland will explore the measurement and standards needs of stakeholders across...
Learn about the NIST-funded Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning and how its research is advancing models of community recovery, and is...