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5 Concepts Can Help You Understand Quantum Mechanics and Technology — Without Math!

January 28, 2025

Tara Fortier

Quantum is everywhere, and you can understand the basic quirks of life at the quantum level … no math required.

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Cybersecurity Careers Go Beyond Coding

September 30, 2024

You don’t have to be a coder or have a technical background to work in cybersecurity. Learn about the career stories of three of our NIST cybersecurity professionals.

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Facing the Facts to Keep Our Biometrics Secure

September 24, 2024

Mei Lee Ngan

As facial recognition has become more common — from opening your smartphone to identifying yourself at a national border — NIST’s work in facial recognition has become more high-stakes.

Miles Walker poses smiling in front of the spiral staircase in the NIST library.

‌A Summer of Studying Cybersecurity — and Human Error’s Role in Attacks

August 6, 2024

Miles Walker

A NIST intern spent his summer researching cybersecurity — and the human errors that can jeopardize it.

Demystifying Quantum: It’s Here, There and Everywhere

March 26, 2024

Tara Fortier

It’s time to celebrate World Quantum Day! But what is quantum, anyway? A NIST physicist answers your questions.

Melinda Kleczynski poses sitting at her desk, with a monitor showing data and graphs behind her.

From Diamonds in Your Computer to Safer Medications, NIST Researchers Look at What’s Next for 2024 and Beyond

December 18, 2023

Our up-and-coming researchers look ahead to 2024 and beyond — and tell us how their work will impact the world.

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Minimizing Harms and Maximizing the Potential of Generative AI

November 8, 2023

Elham Tabassi

As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become more commonly used, we must think carefully about the impact on people and society.

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Stay Safe and Secure Online During Cybersecurity Awareness Month — and All Year

October 17, 2023

Chad Boutin

For advice you can use about online security and privacy, check out these tips from NIST experts.

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My Research Can Help Protect You — and Your Company — From Hackers Trying to Steal Your Money and Information

September 29, 2023

Shanée Dawkins

During Cybersecurity Awareness Month, learn how NIST is helping organizations improve their phishing training - keeping all of our information safer.

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Agents of Contrast, Software Runaway Hit, Our Early Universe: A Sample of Stories on NIST Social Media

August 16, 2023

Riley Wilson

Curious? It’s time to get you caught up on a few of the summer happenings at NIST.

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A Summer of Science: NIST Interns’ Stories of Their Time in the Lab

July 20, 2023

From measuring UV light to working on virtual reality software, a summer at NIST is not your average internship.

Under the orange lights of a clean room, Katarina Cicak, wearing a coverall and safety glasses, displays tiny chips in a plastic box.

From Escaping a War to Becoming a Mom of 3 at Once, Science Has Always Been There for Me

June 14, 2023

Katarina Cicak

I learned as a young adult not to get attached to material things; they can be gone in an instant. But there were some things I knew no one could take — an education and my love of science.

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Under Pressure: Blaise Pascal, the Barometer and Bike Tires

May 23, 2023

Sandy Ressler

On his 400th birthday, we celebrate the scientist whose name is the unit of measurement for air, bike and car tire pressure. You should read it. No pressure.

Jeanne Quimby crouches next to a rack of computer equipment with many different colored cord connections.

Being a Mom Helps Me Protect Our Communication Infrastructure

April 20, 2023

Jeanne Quimby

Jeanne Quimby's kids are the reason she came up with her team’s idea for how to detect cybersecurity events on our U.S. critical communication infrastructure.

NIST's Andrew Wilson holds an ion trap in his lab in Boulder, Colorado. Behind him are screens depicting dots.

From GPS to Laser Pointers, Quantum Science Is All Around Us

March 24, 2023

Andrew Wilson

Ahead of World Quantum Day this week, we asked Andrew Wilson, who leads NIST’s Quantum Physics Division, to explain just what exactly quantum science is and why it matters.

NIST researcher Justyna Zwolak reads a book about Ada Lovelace to her young daughter

Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial Intelligence

March 14, 2023

Justyna Zwolak

During Women’s History Month, I am remembering Ada Lovelace’s contributions and thinking about the impact she had on me as a scientist and mathematician.

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Brain-Inspired Computing Can Help Us Create Faster, More Energy-Efficient Devices — If We Win the Race

March 10, 2023

Advait Madhavan

The most energy-efficient device in the world is your brain, and NIST researchers are using the brain as an inspiration to create the next generation of computer circuits.

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Powerful AI Is Already Here: To Use It Responsibly, We Need to Mitigate Bias

February 9, 2023

Apostol Vassilev

As the power of AI grows, businesses, governments and the public will have to manage AI’s impact on society.

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Data in Demand: How the U.S. Navy’s Bandwidth Can Boost Your Data Speed

January 20, 2023

Melissa Midzor

What would we do if the world ran out of room in the radio-frequency spectrum? It’s something NIST and our partners are working to prevent through spectrum sharing.

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Cruising Toward Self-Driving Cars: Standards and Testing Will Help Keep Autonomous Vehicles Moving Safely on the Road

January 17, 2023

Edward Griffor

NIST and its partners in government and industry are working toward replicating the vital aspects of human driving and building a supporting infrastructure.

Researcher Brandon Lane making adjustments inside the large 3D printer

Technology That Will Change Our World in 2023 and Beyond: Manufacturing Innovation

January 3, 2023

Pravina Raghavan

The director of NIST’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership looks ahead to the most transformative technology taking hold in the manufacturing world.

John Kitching leans over a table in the lab, using tweezers to point to part of a chip-scale device in a clear plastic box.

NIST’s Researchers Look Ahead to High-Tech Trends in 2023 and Beyond

December 22, 2022

They study topics that impact all of us, from indoor air quality to cybersecurity.

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Hurricane Maria Recollections, Software Nostalgia, The Brothers Engineering: A Sample of Stories on NIST Social Media

November 2, 2022

Riley Wilson

The work happening at NIST can often be described as more than simply “work.”

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AMO for All: How Online Portals Are Democratizing the Field of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

October 24, 2022

Barry Schneider

Portals allow less-experienced researchers to do real calculations without knowing how to build the code themselves.

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Teaching Computers to Read ‘Industry Lingo’ — Technical vs. Natural Language Processing

October 21, 2022

Michael Sharp

People generally are very good at learning and translating context and intent. Computers, however, are not.

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