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A Paradigm Shift in Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance: Measuring the Transition Between Antibiotic Susceptibility and Resistance With the exception of our own
Our goal is to develop combinatorial library approaches for measuring and optimizing the effect of substrate chemical functionalization on the structure and
Combinatorial methods can reduce costs for software testing, and have significant applications in software engineering: Combinatorial or t-way testing is a
The main objective in this project is to implement a flexible and programmable research testbed that can support deployment of a wide ranging sensory device
Building systems commissioning processes applied at the design phase and throughout the building life cycle have been shown to effectively improve performance
The Performance-based Engineering Research for Multi-hazards (PERFORM) Structural Testbed will enable large-scale research on the performance of structures
Community resilience has emerged as a way to reduce the direct and indirect costs due to natural, technological, and human-caused hazard events. There continues
Our research focuses on the development of novel sensing platforms using cold atomic gases and atomic beams. Laboratory-scale cold atom apparatuses provide some
We are developing a scalable infrastructure for strontium optical-lattice clocks based on integrated photonics. This research results in new technologies to
NIST is developing a portal to enable researchers to mine high-quality proteomic data from phylogenetically diverse species to identify advantageous biological
Initially the Comparative Mammalian Proteome Aggregator Resource (CoMPARe) Program will generate proteomic data from sera from 25 different species that
Photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles have a bright and stable fluorescence and are promising candidates for use in bio-imaging, cell staining and drug
NIST participated in an international comparison of standards for absorbed dose to water for 60Co gamma radiation at radiation-processing dose levels organized
A Complex System is any structure, process, organization, or organism characterized by a large number of interconnected components whose micro-interactions lead
The heterogeneity of the four elements in a TiAl(NbW) SRM 2061 alloy were determined from five specimens with WD-EPMA (wavelength dispersive – electron probe
All of the plutonium isotopes, which have a very high biotoxicity, are man-made and result from various nuclear activities. Plutonium-241 is a very low-energy
An international measurement comparison for a 99Tc solution hosted by National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the UK, (CCRI(II)K-2. 99Tc comparison) was completed
Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are needed to develop and validate method analysis, and also for quality monitoring of established radioanalytical
A bilateral comparison was conducted between NIST and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to support international efforts for harmonizing radiation
Comparisons for the national standards of air kerma from therapy level and radiation protection gamma-ray beams were conducted by the NIST and the Bureau