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Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence

January 17, 2018

The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) has become an important defense tool on battlefields and in war-torn cities over the last few years. About the size and

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Four Universities Receive NIST Funding to Develop Standards Curricula

January 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made four awards totaling approximately $266,000 to

U.S. Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security Release Preliminary Report on Promoting Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats

January 5, 2018

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a draft report to President Trump in response to the

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‘Quantum Radio’ May Aid Communications and Mapping Indoors, Underground and Underwater

January 2, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in

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NIST 2017 Awards Recognize Staff for Outstanding Performance

December 19, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week recognized more than 150 staff members for

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New NIST Spectrometer Measures Single Photons with Great Precision

December 18, 2017

Future communications networks that are less vulnerable to hacking could be closer to reality with an invention that measures the properties of single-photon

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Atomic Blasting Creates New Devices to Measure Nanoparticles

December 14, 2017

Like sandblasting at the nanometer scale, focused beams of ions ablate hard materials to form intricate three-dimensional patterns. The beams can create tiny

New NIST Forensic Tests Help Ensure High-Quality Copies of Digital Evidence

December 12, 2017

Data found on a suspect’s computer, cell phone or tablet can prove to be crucial evidence in a legal case. A new set of software tools developed at the National

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Scientists Channel Graphene to Understand Filtration and Ion Transport into Cells

December 8, 2017

Tiny pores at a cell’s entryway act as miniature bouncers, letting in some electrically charged atoms—ions—but blocking others. Operating as exquisitely

Update to Cybersecurity Framework

December 5, 2017

NIST published the second draft of the proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity . This second draft update aims to

The Community Resilience Panel Transitions to a Workshop Format

December 4, 2017

Note: Several recent media reports have inaccurately described NIST’s decision to conclude the Panel’s efforts and transition to a workshop format to achieve

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NIST’s NeXT Trick Will Fill Your Eyes With That Double Vision

November 30, 2017

Superman’s X-ray vision has nothing on Jake LaManna’s. For the past couple of years, LaManna, an engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Quantum Simulators Wield Control Over More Than 50 Qubits

November 29, 2017

COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Two independent teams of scientists, including one from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI, University of Maryland/NIST), have used more than 50

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Microwave-Based Test Method Can Help Keep 3-D Chip Designers’ Eyes Open

November 28, 2017

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a new approach to testing multilayered, three-dimensional computer chips

NIST Finds Many Protective Glasses Do Not Meet Specs for Shielding Light from Ultrafast Lasers

November 28, 2017

High-power, ultrafast pulsed lasers increasingly supply light for biomedical applications and imaging, materials processing, industrial micromachining and more

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Need Help Securing Unclassified Government Info? NIST Has an Early Holiday Gift

November 28, 2017

It’s crunch time for government contractors. They only have until Dec. 31, 2017, to demonstrate they are providing appropriate cybersecurity for a class of

NIST MEP Awards Funding to Help Manufacturers in Florida and Puerto Rico Recover from Hurricanes

November 27, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and

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How Disposable Diapers Can Improve Measurements of Tumor Growth

November 20, 2017

Catching cancer early can make all the difference for successful treatment. A common screening practice measures tumor growth with X-ray computed tomography (CT

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NIST’s Next-Generation Atomic Clocks May Support Official Timekeeping

November 16, 2017

For more than a decade, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been unveiling experimental next-generation atomic clocks. These clocks

'Best of the Best' Win U.S. National Excellence Honor

November 16, 2017

WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross today named two small businesses, one city government, and two health care organizations as the 2017 recipients

What Is the Computational Power of the Universe?

November 15, 2017

In this video, The Computational Power of the Universe, National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist Stephen Jordan asks, “What if we consider

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NIST Scientists Discover How to Switch Liver Cancer Cell Growth from 2-D to 3-D Structures

November 15, 2017

Paving the way for testing experimental drugs in more realistic environments, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have

Lights, Camera, Calibrate! Improving Space Cameras with a Better Model for Ultra-Bright Lamps

November 14, 2017

Studio photographers may be familiar with the 1,000-watt quartz halogen lamps known as “FELs.” Scientists use them too—specially calibrated ones, at least—to

Need Entangled Atoms? Get 'Em FAST! With NIST’s New Patent-Pending Method

November 7, 2017

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with a way to link a group of atoms’ quantum mechanical properties among

Color me Purple, or Red, or Green, or …

November 7, 2017

Imagine a miniature device that suffuses each room in your house with a different hue of the rainbow—purple for the living room, perhaps, blue for the bedroom

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