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GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday to unveil a...
Scientists have demonstrated a way for police to quickly and safely test whether a baggie or other package contains illegal drugs without having to handle any...
Science stinks.
So thought Megan Harries as she measured drops of putrescine and cadaverine — the chemicals that give decomposing corpses their distinctive...
As the volume of available data swells and analysis methods grow ever more sophisticated, a growing number of public safety agencies are turning to data...
WASHINGTON — Teams of innovators and municipal governments around the world who are using technology to address challenges such as disaster response, energy...
First responders need to respond to incidents, communicate, and perform operations even when networks are out of service due to malicious attacks, natural...
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...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking help from residents of Sevier County...
By PSCR Staff
In January 2019, a small group of PSCR staff, students, and affiliates journeyed to Las Vegas, Nevada for four days of exhibition at the...
Tracking the spread of a wildfire. Searching for a missing person. Detecting toxic fumes after an explosion before sending in rescue workers. These are just...
New documentprovides both an overview and technical details of test scenarios for checking the protocol implementation of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project...
PSCR awarded three applicants to the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program Point Cloud City funding opportunity totaling over $750,000. The City of...
When crime lab chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace amounts of those drugs are inevitably released into the laboratory environment. When...
Advancing Methods In Differential Privacy
The top three winners of PSCR's first data challenge, Advancing Methods in Differential Privacy, have been selected...
One of the largest software libraries in the world just grew larger. The National Software Reference Library (NSRL), which archives copies of the world’s most...
DNA is often considered the most reliable form of forensic evidence, and this reputation is based on the way DNA experts use statistics. When they compare...
The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it’s being driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that comes in many...
Aerial drones might someday deliver online purchases to your home. But in some prisons, drone delivery is already a thing. Drones have been spotted flying drugs...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it will study the impacts of Hurricane Maria on...
Virtual reality produces entertaining video games. But it’s also a serious training and testing tool. Pilots test their skill with flight simulators, and the...
Fingerprint capture technology has advanced to the point where high-quality rolled prints soon might be obtained without the manual assistance of a trained...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting the public’s help in making the personal information in large databases safe for...