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C-RMAP 2025: “That’s A Wrap!”

July 7, 2025

In early June, over 115 metrologists from state, county, and federal government laboratories gathered with manufacturing and industry laboratory metrologists in

New NIST Standard Helps Deliver the Right Dosage of Cancer-Fighting Drugs

June 3, 2025

NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs.

NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth

May 20, 2025

Reliable measurements of the light from our planet can help industries from agriculture to meteorology to mining.

MBE & QIF Summit 2025

April 25, 2025

The 2025 MBE Summit was hosted at MxD headquarters in Chicago, IL, April 15 - 18. NIST's Rosemary Astheimer organized technical content in conjunction with the

NIST Engineer Leads the 2025 MBE & QIF Summit

April 14, 2025

In April 2025, MxD hosted the 2025 Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) & Quality Information Framework (QIF) Summit at its Chicago, Illinois headquarters, in

Privacy Framework wheel includes central Govern circle and four outer sections: Control, Communicate, Protect, Identify.

NIST Updates Privacy Framework, Tying It to Recent Cybersecurity Guidelines

April 14, 2025

Targeted changes to content and structure respond to stakeholder needs and make the document easier to use.

NIST Researcher Gives Keynote Presentation at Avnu Alliance Plenary

April 1, 2025

NIST researcher Rick Candell delivered a keynote presentation at the plenary session of the Avnu Alliance Plugfest in Malaga, Spain on April 8, 2025. The Avnu

NIST Researcher Leads Workshop on Whole Community Preparedness at Smart Cities Conference

April 1, 2025

On 16 April 2025, NIST researcher Michael Dunaway and colleagues organized and led a workshop on “Whole Community Preparedness for Smart, Connected Cities” at

Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) Establishes Online Resource for Smart Cities and Communities

April 1, 2025

Since its formation at NIST in 2014, the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) has evolved to become a collaborative platform for cities, communities, industry

Assuring the Accuracy of Metabolite Measurement and Identification

March 18, 2025

This reference material is intended to be used as quality assurance/quality control material for laboratory metabolomic measurements. Products of metabolism act

NIST Releases Reference Material to Aid Gut Microbiome Research

March 17, 2025

Researchers hope this material will help usher in a new era of diagnostics and treatments involving the gut microbiome.

A scientist wearing protective equipment places a tray of diced geoduck clam tissue into large open machinery.

NIST Researchers Develop Material for Measuring Arsenic in Shellfish

March 13, 2025

NIST’s new standard reference material will help ensure that geoduck clams and other shellfish are safe to eat.

An SRM for Accuracy in Electrolyte Panel Clinical Tests

February 26, 2025

Electrolytes are essential biomarkers for skeletal and cellular health. Abnormal levels of electrolytes may either be the cause or the consequence of various

Sources and Detectors group ensures U. S. Military gas mask performance

February 26, 2025

“To survive and win…we must leverage ingenuity and technology to develop comprehensive solutions” -U. S. Army CBRN capability development update, 2024 CBRN

Calibration leaders and researchers in the NIST Sources and Detectors Group support U.S. Military Aviation with laser-targeting system calibrations

February 21, 2025

“Air Power alone does not guarantee America’s security, but I believe it best exploits the nation’s greatest asset – our technical skill” -Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg