An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
The American Industry/Government Emissions Research (AIGER) Consortium is working to facilitate the automobile industry meeting more stringent 2003 Federal Tier
Building on a successful first-year Strategic and Emerging Research Initiatives (SERI) project NIST and Autonomous Vehicles (see 2022 NIST AV workshop and
NIST is embarking on a new effort to develop a plan for an autonomous vehicle program. The goal of the effort is to assess areas of support towards the
The NIST Chemistry WebBook is a site on the Internet ( http://webbook.nist.gov/) that provides convenient access to a variety of physical and chemical property
Our goal is to enable industrial acquisition of combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for polymeric materials research and development
Flow cytometry is used to analyze individual cells to understand the proteins, nucleic acids and other biomolecules they have or produce, and to analyze groups
NOW AVAILABLE The NIST monoclonal antibody (NISTmAb) reference material, RM 8671, is intended for use in evaluating the performance of methods for determining
On August 1, 2023, the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) and the National Conference on Weights and Measures ( NCWM ) signed a new
The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS
The NIST Standard Reference Photometer (SRP), developed jointly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), has provided an infrastructure for the
NIST Standard Reference Database 173 Last Update to Data Content: August 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4M88Q The Standard Reference Simulation Website is
NIST has developed an integrated measurement services program for forensic and cannabis testing laboratories to help ensure the quality of routine analysis
Two NIST programs provide calibration gas standards with NIST analyses and concentration value assignment: the Standard Reference Material (SRM) program and the
The Noise Thermometry Project is applying quantum-based voltage waveform synthesis to a precision measurement of Boltzmann's constant k B by developing a
NIST Synchrotron beamline characterization of advanced semiconductor materials structure, chemical, electronic, and strain properties has been an ongoing
Electrochemical processes are ubiquitous. Man-made processes such as energy production by solar cells and battery charging and discharging are examples of
The sizing and counting of subvisible particles in the size range 2 μm to 100 μm is an essential component of product quality assurance in therapeutic protein
A collaborative team working to establish the science and technology of networks for superconducting quantum computers by demonstrating the world’s first
This project aims to develop rigorous measurements and methodology needed for determining optical and electrical properties of advanced materials that might be
We study how material properties, surface topography, and contaminants affect the distribution of light scattered from surfaces. Our aim is to support industry
NIST works to identify, research, and document improvements to current and next-generation detection systems. Emphasis is placed on performance characterization
NIST and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have collaborated to develop SRMs to meet the expanding needs for exposure science measurements of
As devices become smaller, more complex, and more highly integrated, interfaces are increasingly important and limiting. The ability to accurately predict
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is pleased to announce that the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has