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Terri McAllister Receives the ASCE Mujumdar Resilience Award

Dr. McAllister is being recognized for her contributions to the advancement of resilience.

ACMD Seminar: The Power of Computational Imaging: From Theory to Application

Selin Aslan Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Koç University Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT) In...

Integrating Mass Spectrometry Techniques into Radionuclide Metrology

NIST is working to strengthen its expertise in activity measurements with additional measurement techniques. As many of its calibration and reference material

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Basic Metrology: Measurement and Evaluation of Nuclear Data

Nearly every measurement or calculation in nuclear science relies on nuclear data to obtain a final result. Decay corrections for radioactivity measurements

NIST Team Develops Technique to Stabilize the Phase of Weak Light Signals in Quantum Network

July 18, 2025

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken a crucial step forward in building a large-scale quantum communications

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Shaping the Future of Connectivity: NIST CTL Builds on IEEE 3388

July 23, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Communications Technology Laboratory (NIST CTL) Industrial Wireless Systems (IWS) Team is advancing the next

New NIST reference material to support mRNA therapeutics

July 14, 2025

Messenger RNA ( mRNA)-based therapies require a careful assessment of Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs) using various analytical techniques, to ensure

NIST Shares Preliminary Findings From Hurricane Maria Investigation

July 14, 2025

As NIST’s National Construction Safety Team nears the end of its investigation, it has released a video update that highlights significant milestones and

A man wearing a yellow hardhat and fire-resistant jacket points to burnt frame of a window.

NIST’s Alex Maranghides Receives Service to America Medal

July 17, 2025

The award recognizes Maranghides for 25 years of work investigating devastating wildfires in the United States and creating actionable guidelines on how to save

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MixMaSTR DNA Validation Software

MixMaSTR: A Software Package for Designing and Interpreting Forensic DNA Validation Studies.

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2077 Overview of Mass Metrology Principles for AFRIMETS

Wed, Aug 13 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm UTC (7:00 - 9:00am EDT)

This 2-hour webinar will provide a basic overview of mass metrology principles for the participants within the AFRIMETS

NCAL: Thermal Imaging Systems

Thermal imaging systems are available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. These cameras can be used to measure adiabatic heating during mechanical

NCAL: Uniaxial Test Machines

A variety of uniaxial test machines are available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. These include servo-hydraulic and screw-driven test frames

NCAL: Intermediate Strain Rate Test Machine

An intermediate strain rate test machine is available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. The actuator for this test machine can move at speeds up

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NIST Releases Trove of Genetic Data to Spur Cancer Research

July 16, 2025

NIST and collaborating institutions have released extensive data about the genome of pancreatic cancer cells.

Glenn Bell is Awarded the 2025 IStructE Gold Medal

Since 1922, IStructE’s Gold Medal has been awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of structural engineering. It is

2025 NIST-NSF Disaster Resilience Research Grant Symposium

Tue, Aug 12 2025, 10:00am - 5:00pm EDT

In cooperation with the National Science Foundation, the Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, will host the

Alexander Maranghides Receives the 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal

For decades of important research into how fires that occur in communities adjacent to wildlands spread, what can be done to prevent them

2025 - Resolve Award---Lili Wang

The Resolve Award celebrates individuals who uplift the world through science. Lili Wang of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory was

2024 ASA Founders Award - Julia Sharp

The American Statistical Association’s Founders Award recognizes members who have rendered distinguished service to the association and

NIST LabCAS: Data Driven Science Architecture and Resource

NIST Laboratory Catalog and Archive Service (LabCAS) is a data management and processing system designed to capture, document, search, integrate, and analyze

Julia Sharp elected Vice President of the American Statistical Association

Julia Sharp has been elected to serve as Vice President of the American Statistical Association (ASA). During her tenure, she seeks to use

ACMD Seminar: Elastic Functional Bayesian Model Calibration

Derek Tucker Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Statistical Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 3:00-4:00...

ACMD Seminar: Transmission lines, quantum and classical

Stephen Sorokanich Quantum Fellow at Air Force Research Laboratories, Information Institute Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2...

Jeff Voas appointed IEEE Security & Privacy Editor-in-Chief

Congratulations to Jeff Voas on his selection as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Security & Privacy. Jeff is honored to continue helping NIST staff

Metric Meal (Option 2)

Keywords: Activity, Base Unit, Classroom, Collaboration, Defining Constant; Derived Unit, Education, Formal; Game, Individual, Informal...

Everyday Objects (Option 1)

Keywords: Activity, Base Unit, Classroom, Collaboration, Defining Constant; Derived Unit, Education, Formal; Game, Individual, Informal...

Research Under Pressure: NIST Scientists Make Definitive Measurement of the Optical Pascal

June 26, 2025

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have overcome a key obstacle to measuring gas pressure with a

Building Trust in Forensic Science: Footwear Analysis

NIST statisticians are improving forensic science by questioning how evidence is interpreted and creating tools to support examiners.

Machine Learning and Threshold Analysis of Sensor Data for Cooktop Fire Prevention

Cooking equipment is involved in nearly half of home fires in the United States, with cooktop fires the leading cause of deaths and injuries in cooking-related