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As a foundation of digital transformation, digital twins are critical for achieving smart manufacturing. Recent technology advancements, such as smart sensors, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI)
Noah Last, Joshua D. Kneifel, Amy Costello, Catherine Houska, Katherine Morris
ASTM International's committee on sustainability (E60), in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), hosted the virtual "Workshop on Decarbonization: A Gap Analysis of LCA Standards for Industry" on October 10-11, 2023
Noah Schlossberger, Samuel Berweger, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Andrew Rotunno, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, Matthew Simons, Abrar Sheikh, Eric Norrgard, Stephen Eckel, Christopher Holloway
Rydberg states of alkali atoms are highly sensitive to electric fields because their electron wavefunction has a large spatial extent, leading to large polarizabilities for static fields and large transition dipole moments for time-varying fields. Over the
Megan Kreiger, Eric Kreiger, Stephan Mansour, Sean Monkman, Mohammad Aghajani Delavar, Petros Sideris, Casey Roberts, Mathew Friedell, Shawn Platt, Scott Jones
Additive Construction has increased dramatically within the United States in the last few years. Efforts to develop acceptance criteria have increased since 2020 and are being developed through integration of research efforts and early engagement with
Yanfei Yang, Dean G. Jarrett, Alireza Panna, Albert Rigosi, David B. Newell, Randolph Elmquist, Cheng Hsueh Yang, Ngoc Thanh Mai Tran
Theoretically wye-delta transformation can be used to realize ultra-high resistances up to PΩ. For graphene-based quantum Hall array resistance standards fabricated to utilize the wye-delta transformation, a few challenges present themselves, including the
We report the results of the second Charpy Interlaboratory Comparison between NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, USA) and ATMS (Anand Testing Machine Services, Kabnur, India). The first comparison was run in 2022, and
Melanie Despeisse, Bjorn Johansson, KC Morris, Kelsea Schumacher, Laura Espinal
Advanced manufacturing research for sustainable battery life cycles is of utmost importance to reach net zero carbon emissions (European Commission, 2023b) as well as several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), for example: 30%
Li Piin Sung, Rachel Cook, Chunlei Fan, YueJin Li, Sara Rostampour
Polyethylene terephthalate has been widely used in the packaging industry. Degraded PET micro(nano)plastics could pose public health concerns following release into various environments. This study focuses on PET degradation under ultraviolet radiation
Ishi Keenum, Nancy Lin, Alshae Logan, Adam Gushgari, Nishita D'Souza4, Joshua Steele, Devrim Kaya, Lydia Gushgari
Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has emerged as a valuable tool for public health, allowing a greater understanding of disease prevalence in communities. With historical significance in monitoring polio transmission,1 WBS gained further prominence in
A workshop in methane super emitter and consensus standards was held in January 2024. This workshop brought together measurement teams, regulators, and a wide range of federal agencies. The use of remote sensing measurement systems on drones, aircraft, and
Thomas Thurman, Asa Trainer, Allison Barnard Feeney, Rosemary Astheimer, Martin Hardwick, Mikael Hedlind
In the model-based enterprise (MBE) paradigm, enterprises are fueled by the digital thread, an authoritative, integrated information flow that connects all phases of the product life cycle. The digital thread enables use of data-driven processes to build
Michael Dunaway, Thomas Roth, Edward Griffor, David A. Wollman
This document provides a strategy and a project plan for the Global Community Technology Challenge, a federal smart cities program led by the Smart Connected Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S
Carolyn Burdette, Elena Wood, Jerome Mulloor, Michael Nelson, Blaza Toman, Aaron Urbas
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1955a Homocysteine in Frozen Human Serum is intended for use in validating homocysteine measurement procedures used by in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, reference laboratories, and clinical laboratories in the United
Zack Buck, Newell Moser, May Ling Martin, Nicholas Derimow, Damian Lauria, Enrico Lucon, Douglas Stalheim, Peter Bradley, Matthew Connolly
Hydrogen is known to cause premature failure in various steel infrastructures due to effects of embrittlement, which is particularly detrimental to ferritic steel structures such as pipelines and pressure vessels. Therefore, understanding the
Clay Davis, Antonio Possolo, Stefanie Trapmann, Stephen L.R. Ellison, Angelique Botha, Jiang Zheng
The number of reference materials (RMs), including certified reference materials (CRMs) with assigned or certified qualitative properties, has steadily increased in recent years. In response, the Technical Committee for Reference Materials of the
Sofia Sotiriadou, Eleftheria Ntonti, Marc Assael, Richard A. Perkins, Marcia L. Huber
This paper presents new wide-ranging correlations for the viscosity of ethene based on critically evaluated experimental data. The viscosity correlation is valid from the triple point to 580 K and up to 195 MPa pressure. The average absolute percentage
Janathan Campbell, Neil Almond, Y Bae, Ravneet Bhuller, Andrea Briones, S-Y CHO, Megan Cleveland, Thomas Cleveland, Francis Galaway, Hua-Jun He, U Herbrand, Jim Huggett, Sarah Kempster, Ibolya Kepiro, Afifa Khan, Edward Kwee, Wilson Li, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Luise Luckau, Caterina Minelli, M Ryadnov, I Searing, Lili Wang, Alexandra Whale, Julian Braybrook
Viral vectors are agents enabling gene transfer and genome editing and have widespread utility across the healthcare and biotechnology sectors. In January 2023, the International Bureau for Weights and Measures' Consultative Committee for Amount of
Debra Ellisor, Amanda Moors, Jennifer Hoguet, Jennifer Ness, Amanda Capuano, Olivia Franco
The Biospecimen Science Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Biorepository has been responsible for the curation, maintenance, and preparation of biological specimens at cryogenic temperatures since 2002. The team's expertise
Michael F. Link, Rileigh Robertson, Andrew Shore, Behrang Hamadani, Christina Cecelski, Dustin Poppendieck
Devices using 222 nm germicidal ultraviolet light (GUV222) have been marketed to reduce virus transmission indoors with low risk of occupant harm from direct UV exposure. GUV222 generates ozone, an indoor air pollutant and oxidant, under constrained
David Pamies, Jason Ekert, Marie-Gabrielle Zurich, Olivier Frey, Sophie Werner, MONICA PIERGIOVANNI, Benjamin Freedman, Adrian Keong, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Hendrik Erfurth, Peter Loskill, Pelin Candarlioglu, Shan Wang, Thomas Hartung, Sandra Coecke, Glyn Stacey, Marcel Leist
Cell culture technology has seen great innovations and progress in the 21st centuryClassical single-cell and monolayer models have been replaced by more complex 3D models (e.g., reaggregates, spheroids, organoids) to improve the predictivity of in vitro
Michael F. Link, Rileigh Robertson, Dustin Poppendieck
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, air cleaning technologies were promoted as useful tools for disinfecting public spaces and combating airborne pathogen transmission. However, no standard method exists to assess potentially harmful byproduct formation
In this letter we examine the organization of the traditional base units and defining constants established in the 2019 redefinition of the international system of units (SI). For the next redefinition of the SI, which will accompany the anticipated
Benjamin Standfield, Eric Holterfield, Russell Waddell
Among the chief topic areas of Industry 4.0, digital thread technology offers the opportunity for increased productivity, efficiency, and traceability throughout a product's lifecycle. While the basic concept of digital thread is easy to realize by
Greta Babakhanova, Carl Simon Jr., Eugenia Romantseva
Biofabricated tissue-engineered constructs have the potential to transform personalized medicine. However, characterizing these constructs post-fabrication and throughout preclinical use remains challenging. On December 1, 2022, the National Institute of