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A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA, Alexandria, Va.) has demonstrated...
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced more than $7 million in grants to support the National...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a ceremony Friday, September 13 to dedicate the Mike Hubbard Center for...
Recent news reports have questioned the cryptographic standards development process at NIST. We want to assure the IT cybersecurity community that the...
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The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued an updated version of the standard specification Personal Identification Verification (PIV)...
Adding limestone powder to "green" concrete mixtures—those containing substantial amounts of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-burning power plants—can significantly...
A recent study of one of California's most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service...
Played out on a computer over hundreds of generations, a survival-of-the-fittest programming method adapted by National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Ten U.S. organizations are this year's top candidates for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational...
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is hosting its fourth annual "Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity Education Workshop" September 17-19...
As part of its ongoing cloud computing forum and workshop series, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting "The Intersection of...
Two earthquake authorities from academia and the private sector have been appointed by Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and...
Engineers at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have developed a new technique for fabricating high aspect ratio three-dimensional (3D)...
Two prestigious "top 100" lists highlight the impact of the Baldrige framework for performance excellence in U.S. health care today. Most recently, Modern...
A pair of experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record for stability...
A team of researchers at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), the University of Maryland, and the California Institute of Technology...
A new hypothesis concerning a crucial step in the anthrax infection process has been advanced by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and...
Three-dimensional (3D) scanners used at crime scenes for forensic investigations are not just the stuff of prime time television. Investigators and crime...
A new report by biometric researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses data from thousands of frequent travelers enrolled in an...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated two of its series of computer security guides to help computer system managers protect...
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has recognized two staff members from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for their...
A recently announced malaria vaccine – found to be 100 % effective in a small human sample – was years in the making, and its creators had to overcome many...