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Revealing statistically robust strain rate effects on mechanical performance of pristine single fiber aramids

August 10, 2026
Author(s)
Atik Faisal, Alexander Landauer, Walter Adamy, Dumbari Kabari, Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard, Amanda Forster, Amy Engelbrehcht-Wiggans
High-performance synthetic fibers, especially aramid fibers, are widely used for body armor applications for their strength, stiffness, and excellent strength-to-weight ratio. Among those, Kevlar and Twaron (hereafter Aramid A and Aramid B, respectively)

Workshop Report on Technologies and Use Cases for Smart Standards

August 10, 2026
Author(s)
Jacob Collard, Spencer Breiner, Eswaran Subrahmanian
This document reports the activities of a workshop held at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) on March 19–20, 2026 on the topic of Technologies and Use Cases for Smart Standards. The workshop was jointly organized by the Information

Methods for Estimating Fe Redox in Mesoamerican Jadeite Jade

August 5, 2026
Author(s)
Edward P. Vicenzi, Thomas Lam, Evan Jahrman, Bruce Ravel, Melinda Dyar, Jamie Weaver
Green jadeite has been selectively mined and used by Mesoamerican Indigenous cultures for centuries, with the green hues resulting from interactions among various chromophores, including Cr3+, Fe3+, and Fe2+. This study employed Fe K-edge X-ray absorption

Transit Cybersecurity Framework Community Profile

August 5, 2026
Author(s)
CheeYee Tang, Alex Alshtein, Eileen Division, Matt Hardison, Emma Holt, Christina Sames, Hillary Tran
The transit Cybersecurity Framework Community Profile is a Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) Community Profile developed to support United States-based transit agencies. This "Transit Profile" is aligned with transit sector priorities and best practices and

Communications Technology Laboratory Spectrum Science Roadmap

August 4, 2026
Author(s)
Jason Coder, Duncan McGillivray, Miller Higgins, Paige Walker
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) developed the Spectrum Science Roadmap to prioritize future investments in spectrum science research that align with high-priority stakeholder needs and

Quantum Wave Atom Transforms

August 3, 2026
Author(s)
Marianna Podzorova, Yi-Kai Liu
This paper constructs the first efficient implementation of a quantum wavelet packet transform with a 'parabolic scaling' tree structure, sometimes called a quantum wave atom transform. Classically, wave atom transforms are used to construct sparse

Workshop Summary Report for "Cyber AI Profile" Hybrid Workshop

August 3, 2026
Author(s)
Katerina Megas, Barbara Cuthill, Christina Sames, Julie Snyder
This report summarizes the discussion at the January 2026 "Cyber AI Profile Workshop", which focused on the NIST IR 8596 Preliminary Draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Artificial Intelligence (Cyber AI Profile). The workshop gathered

Workshop Summary Report for "Cyber AI Profile" Hybrid Workshop #1

August 3, 2026
Author(s)
Katerina Megas, Julie Nethery Snyder, Bronwyn Patrick
This report summarizes the discussion at the April 2025 "Cyber AI Profile Workshop" in which NIST sought feedback toward the development of a NIST Cybersecurity Framework Community Profile for AI. The Cyber AI Profile will provide guidelines for managing

Human-Centered Cybersecurity Guidelines and Resources Concept Paper

July 30, 2026
Author(s)
Julie Haney, Jody Jacobs, Julio Poveda Gomez, Ozioma Okehielem, Rosanna Guadagno, Arun Vishwanath
This concept paper introduces NIST's goal to publish guidelines and resources to assist organizations and professionals in addressing the human aspects of cybersecurity, collectively known as human-centered cybersecurity.

Opioid sensing at point-of-need

July 29, 2026
Author(s)
Thinh Bui, Edward Sisco, Kyle Chapkin, Wenqi Zhu, Junyeob Song, Dhruv Forma, Anthony Kearsley, Henri Lezec
The opioid epidemic, headlined by synthetic fentanyl, is a growing international concern that has especially garnered great attention in the United States at all levels of government. As a federal agency, the National Institute of Technology (NIST) was

Effects of Roof Age on Asphalt Shingle Performance During High Wind Events

July 28, 2026
Author(s)
Wesam Mohamed, Rachel Kovar, Franklin Lombardo, Tanya Brown-Giammanco
This manuscript aims to examine whether roof age affects the level of roof cover damage observed under relatively similar hurricane wind speeds. This manuscript reports the results of an observational study of damaged asphalt roof shingles after Hurricane

First international comparison of three different tabletop Kibble balances from 1 mg to 10 g

July 27, 2026
Author(s)
Johannes Konrad, Kumar Arumugam, Norbert Rogge, Christian Rothleitner, Hugo Gasca-Aragon, Leon Chao, Stephan Schlamminger, Suren Vasilyan, Thomas Frohlich
An international comparison of three tabletop Kibble balances for the calibration of small mass standards is reported. Two independently manufactured sets of OIML E$_1$ accuracy class weights with nominal values of \SI1}\milli\gram}, \SI50}\milli\gram},

librla: A library of randomized linear algebra routines

July 27, 2026
Author(s)
Zydrunas Gimbutas, Adrianna Gillman
Randomized linear algebra algorithms have become a vital tool for a variety of areas including fast direct solvers, reduced order modeling, and data science. Additionally, randomized linear algebra provides useful tools for solving total least squares

Reference model for lithium-based traction battery recovery: NIST TLB-R Model

July 27, 2026
Author(s)
Matthew Triebe, Katherine Morris, Jamie Weaver
Traction batteries, or electric-drive battery pack systems, rely on critical materials and minerals that are vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, making recovery and recycling crucial to reducing reliance on raw, mined resources and bolstering domestic

The need for standardization and improved open (meta)data practices in metaproteomics

July 26, 2026
Author(s)
Tim Van Den Bossche, Kay Schallert, Jean Armengaud, Zhibin Ning, Daniel Figeys, Pratik Jagtap, Benoit Kunath, Lucia Grenga, Juan Antonio Vizcaino, Benjamin Neely, Leyuan Li, Drik Benndorf, Nico Jehmlich, Paul Wilmes, Robert Hettich, Jana Seifert, Sergio Uzzau, Mary Lipton, Manuel Kleiner, Magnus Arntzen, Lennart Martens, Robert Heyer
Metaproteomics enables functional insight into microbial communities by identifying and quantifying proteins in complex samples. Yet, heterogeneous analytical workflows and the lack of standardization across experimental and bioinformatics stages hinder

Certification of Standard Reference Material(R) 3223: Inorganic Constituents in Cigarette Tobacco Filler

July 22, 2026
Author(s)
Lee Yu, Colleen Bryan Sallee, Korina Menking-Hoggatt, Debra Ellisor, James Fort, Jennifer Hoguet, Jenna Klingsick, Amanda Moors, Jennifer Ness, James Yen, Naudia Gray, Richard Pappas
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 3223 Inorganic Constituents in Cigarette Tobacco Filler is intended for use in the validation of procedures and methods for the determination of inorganic

Site-Specific Glycosylation Profiling of Protein Subunit and Inactivated Virus Vaccines

July 22, 2026
Author(s)
Zachary Goecker, Meghan Burke Harris, Yi Liu, Yuri Mirokhin, Sergey Sheetlin, Guanghui Wang, Dmitrii Tchekhovskoi, Xiaoyu Yang, Stephen Stein
Background/Objectives: Glycosylation can affect vaccine antigen structure and function, making site-specific glycan characterization relevant to antigen quality and comparability. However, quantitative approaches for comparing glycan microheterogeneity

Supporting molecular detection of A(H5N1) through development and characterization of RNA reference materials

July 22, 2026
Author(s)
Eileen Moran, Monique Hunter, Jason Kralj, Kristine Gierz, Julia Frederick, Jimma Liddell, Lisa Keong, Bo Shu, John Barnes, Jasmine Chaitram, Marie Kirby, Todd Davis, Stephanie Servetas, Scott Jackson, Peter Vallone, Megan Cleveland
In 2024, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated an interagency collaboration to bolster preparedness in the event of a pandemic scenario due to high pathogenicity avian
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