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Spotlight: Carolyn Schmidt Looks Inward to Protect NIST Privacy

October 20, 2021

If an attacker obtains a bit of key information about one employee and exploits it to get access, an organization’s entire computer network can become...

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Spotlight: See Beyond the Stereotype With Danielle Santos and Consider a Cyber Career

October 18, 2021

Imagine a cybersecurity job. Do you see a defense-minded code writer huddled over a glowing screen? A technician in a cold room surrounded by racks of servers...

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Spotlight: Programmer Paul E. Black’s Path Into Bug Extermination

September 13, 2021

Get to know NIST’s bug killer, versed in multiple languages of the digital world and ready to tackle programming’s pests. In 1971, Paul E. Black took a class...

Scientists Discover Crystal Exhibiting Exotic Spiral Magnetism

August 19, 2021

An exotic form of magnetism has been discovered and linked to an equally exotic type of electrons, according to scientists who analyzed a new crystal in which...

Neutrons Help Measure Cell Membrane Viscosity — and Reveal Its Basis

August 12, 2021

We now have a clearer picture of the lightning-fast molecular dance occurring within the membrane that encloses each cell in our body, revealed in part by...

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NIST Requests Information to Help Develop an AI Risk Management Framework

July 29, 2021

As a key step in its effort to manage the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and...

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NIST Evaluates Face Recognition Software’s Accuracy for Flight Boarding

July 13, 2021

The most accurate face recognition algorithms have demonstrated the capability to confirm airline passenger identities while making very few errors, according...

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NIST Proposes Approach for Reducing Risk of Bias in Artificial Intelligence

June 22, 2021

In an effort to counter the often pernicious effect of biases in artificial intelligence (AI) that can damage people’s lives and public trust in AI, the...

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NIST Seeks Public Input on Removing Barriers to Voting for People With Disabilities

June 16, 2021

To help foster wider access to voting, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting information from the public about barriers that...

Illustration shows how people evaluating two different tasks performed by AI -- music selection and medical diagnosis -- might trust the AI varying amounts because the risk level of each task is different.

NIST Proposes Method for Evaluating User Trust in Artificial Intelligence Systems

May 19, 2021

Every time you speak to a virtual assistant on your smartphone, you are talking to an artificial intelligence — an AI that can, for example, learn your taste in...

NIST Offers Cybersecurity Guide Tailored to the Hospitality Industry

March 30, 2021

A new practical cybersecurity guide from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help hotel owners reduce the risks to a highly vulnerable...

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To Help Protect Our Elections, NIST Offers Specific Cybersecurity Guidelines

March 29, 2021

Making elections secure means protecting against ever-evolving threats to information technology — which scans in-person and mail-in ballots, supports voter...

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NIST Finalizes Cybersecurity Guidance for Positioning, Navigation and Timing Systems

February 11, 2021

As part of an effort to help users apply its well-known Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) as broadly and effectively as possible, the National Institute of...

The contrasting interiors of previous gels and the new seed gel show the different respective locations of their nanoparticles. Below we see representations of four different applications: filtration, smart windows, battery technology and tissue engineering.

Nanoparticle Gel Unites Oil and Water in Manufacturing-Friendly Approach

February 10, 2021

Oil and water may not mix, but adding the right nanoparticles to the recipe can convert these two immiscible fluids into an exotic gel with uses ranging from...

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NIST Offers Tools to Help Defend Against State-Sponsored Hackers

February 2, 2021

Nations around the world are adding cyberwarfare to their arsenal, employing highly skilled teams to launch attacks against other countries. These adversaries...

NIST Software Tool Improves Your Doctor’s Vaccination Advice

December 21, 2020

Behind the scenes at your doctor’s office, there’s a complicated set of information that your providers have to absorb before telling you which vaccinations to...

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NIST Clarifies Structure of Prospective Vaccine for Respiratory Virus

December 16, 2020

No approved vaccine exists for RSV, a life-threatening virus that attacks the respiratory system. State-of-the-art neutron and X-ray scattering performed at the...

NIST Releases Draft Guidance on Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity

December 15, 2020

As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows to connect an amazing diversity of devices to electronic networks, four new publications from the National Institute of...

Error-Prone Quantum Bits Could Correct Themselves, NIST Physicists Show

December 8, 2020

One of the chief obstacles facing quantum computer designers — correcting the errors that creep into a processor’s calculations — could be overcome with a new...

Face Recognition Software Shows Improvement in Recognizing Masked Faces

December 1, 2020

A new study of face recognition technology created after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic shows that some software developers have made demonstrable progress...

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5 Organizations Win U.S. Department of Commerce’s 2020 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

November 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a historic year for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award — the nation’s only presidential award for organizational performance...

NIST Offers ‘Quick-Start’ Guide for Its Security and Privacy Safeguards Catalog

October 29, 2020

If you’ve ever tried to set up a home entertainment system by poring over a thick manual, you might appreciate the manufacturer also providing you with a quick...

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Guidance, Develops GPS-Free Backup for Timing Systems

October 23, 2020

Taking another step toward strengthening the nation’s critical infrastructure, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted guidelines...

NIST Cybersecurity Expert Donna Dodson Receives Service to America Medal

October 8, 2020

Donna Dodson, a cybersecurity expert who worked for her entire 33-year career at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been honored...

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NIST Innovation Could Improve Detection of COVID-19 Infections

October 5, 2020

A multidisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a way to increase the sensitivity of the primary...

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