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GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week recognized more than 100 staff members for their service to the country
The Bureau of Reclamation has launched phase one of the Arsenic Sensor Challenge. Arsenic in water can affect human health and limit water supplies. NIST
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2017-2018 Baldrige Excellence Framework (Business/Nonprofit). The 2017–2018 Baldrige Excellence
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in fiscal year 2017 (FY17), subject to the
In support of the Community Resilience Planning Guide, the NIST Community Resilience Group has released two additional Community Resilience Planning Guide
DOJ Contact: Office of Public Affairs, 202-514-2007 WASHINGTON—The Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a high-priority technology growth area for U.S. manufacturers. Innovative AM processes that fabricate parts layer-by-layer
NICE released the fourth edition of its quarterly eNewsletter series to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments
Lately, neutrinos – the tiny, nearly massless particles that many scientists study to better understand the fundamental workings of the universe – have been
A 300,000-volt simulated lightning bolt produced in NIST’s high-voltage measurement laboratory in 1984. NIST helped utilities and manufacturers determine what
On November 8 th and 9 th, 2016, experts gathered for the fourth biennial Forensics @ NIST conference, where scientists from the National Institute of Standards
We can create software with 100 times fewer vulnerabilities than we do today, according to computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and
The Board of Overseers of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is meeting tomorrow on the campus of the National Institute of Standards and
WASHINGTON—To protect and continue to expand the digital economy, the next U.S. president must strengthen collaboration between the public and private sectors
By mimicking how dogs get their whiffs, government and university researchers have demonstrated that “active sniffing” can improve by more than 10 times the
A giant Rubik’s Cube? An early modernist-style building? We weren’t sure what to make of this photo taken on the NIST campus in 1911. Turns out it was a two
The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology) (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Fall 2016 edition of The CNST News. This quarterly
What could be better than a world-leading atomic clock? Two clocks in one. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) is seeking applicants for Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners for the 2017 award cycle
When the kilogram, the world’s basic unit of mass, gets a new definition in 2018, it will be based not on a physical artifact but a constant of nature. However
During WWI airplanes landed on wheels much the same as those found on a bicycle. Because these wheels were subjected to severe stresses when landing on rough
In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you’re exploring something else entirely. That’s the case with recent findings from the National Institute
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards Coordination Office has released the Guide to United States Electrical and Electronic