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Regulatory and health agencies in the US, Canada, and Europe regularly identify suspected carcinogenic or toxic compounds as emerging contaminants. After health
The American Industry/Government Emissions Research (AIGER) Consortium is working to facilitate the automobile industry meeting more stringent 2003 Federal Tier
The Environmental Chemical Sciences Group has developed isotope dilution microwave induced combustion sector-field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Reference radiation beams using a tungsten target and silver, rhodium, molybdenum and aluminum filters at 20 kVp to 50 kVp were developed to model digital
A significant portion of the manufacturing research in NIST’s Engineering Laboratory (EL) focuses on facilitating efficiency improvements in the production and
The Newtonian constant of gravitation G is one of the most fundamental constants of classical physics. Recent measurements of G are in disagreement, with
Conventional fingerprint capture technologies for criminal justice have steadily evolved over the past 3 decades in the following progression: inked fingers on
The exponential increase in wireless data transmission from smartphones has led to the saturation of the sub-6 GHz bands forcing providers to explore the use of
NIST cooperates with the three services (Air Force, Navy, and Army) to realize a uniform night vision goggle (NVG) calibration system with low measurement
Accurate prediction of the time to failure (service life) for polymeric materials is needed to support precise life cycle costs and sustainability assessments
Marine animal health is affected by various stressors, including disease and anthropogenic pollution. NIST assists NOAA Fisheries and associated collaborators
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 Ballistics Toolmark Research Database is an open-access research database of bullet and cartridge case toolmark data. This database will: foster the
NIST has been involved in archiving biological and environmental specimens for over 40 years through multiple projects of the former National Biomonitoring
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
NOTE: The information provided on this page is maintained for archival information. Please visit the “ NIST Cloud Computing Forensic Science” project page for
Our goal is to enable industrial acquisition of combinatorial and high-throughput measurement approaches for polymeric materials research and development
NIST provides data resources related to adsorption of both gases and liquids on solid adsorbents through the NIST Data Resources for Adsorption Science and
NIST supports the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) as a Biomarker Reference Laboratory by efficiently validating the
NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT) consist of evaluations of the accuracy of latent matching using features marked by experienced human
Genome editing technology has revolutionized the ability to make targeted changes to an animal’s genome ( intentional genomic alterations or IGAs ), offering
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