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News from New York

NIST Awards Over $1.2 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Cybersecurity, Biopharmaceuticals, Semiconductors and More

May 15, 2024

The awards will fund research and development of new products relating to cybersecurity, quantum computing, health care, semiconductor manufacturing and other...

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NIST Awards $3.6 Million for Community-Based Cybersecurity Workforce Development

April 3, 2024

The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to 18 education and community organizations that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled...

NIST Special Publication on WIM Systems Used in Law Enforcement Applications

April 1, 2024

Introduction According to the 2021 Fact Sheet: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, one in five miles of U.S. highways and major roads and over 45,000 bridges...

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NIST and NSF Award Nearly $7.1 Million to 15 Universities to Support Disaster Resilience

January 18, 2024

The grants will fund research that will improve the ability of buildings, infrastructure and communities to withstand severe natural hazards.

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NIST Awards Nearly $3 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing, Drug Development and More

December 19, 2023

The grants will go to 15 small businesses in nine states under NIST's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

AI Can Accurately Predict Potentially Fatal Cardiac Events in Firefighters

July 11, 2023

Training a machine-learning model with real-life data from firefighters was key.

New York State Annual Weights and Measures Association Meeting and Training School

June 30, 2023

NIST OWM had the opportunity and pleasure to attend the New York State Annual Weights and Measures Association and Training School the week of June 12-16, held...

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Spotlight: Graduate Student Sam Walker Found Her Place in Space With NIST Detectors

March 31, 2023

NIST researcher Samantha Walker builds time machines. Not like in the movies, but her technology can help astronomers see the earliest light in our universe.

NIST Awards Funding to Small Businesses to Advance Technologies for COVID Response, Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

September 20, 2022

NIST has awarded more than $7 million in funding to 23 U.S. small businesses in 14 states.

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NIST Awards Funding to 5 Universities to Advance Standards Education

September 22, 2022

NIST has made five awards totaling nearly $500,000 to support standards education in undergraduate and graduate curricula.

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