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"Shrinkflation" is now a common term to describe how consumer products are sold at the same price, but contents have been slightly reduced. Consumers can use an
The purpose of the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) initiative is to create security configuration baselines for Information Technology
If quantum computers and networks are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one
With the plans for integrating biometrics into many areas of government and public life, the importance of usability research has increased. As we began to
NIST is Working with other USG agencies and industry to develop and maintain the standards, test program, deployment guidance and test and measurement tools
Thermodynamics emerged during the 1800s to describe large, classical systems, such as steam engines, and equilibrium. In contrast, quantum, small classical, and
Structural engineers are increasingly using Performance-Based Seismic Engineering (PBSE), instead of building code-based prescriptive procedures, in the design
We develop and deploy portable vapor sampling instruments to collect detailed chemical information in the field, in sampling situations where the laboratory is
We develop and evaluate dynamic headspace sampling methods to capture and concentrate vapors from single components (solid or liquid) to determine vapor
The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program is analyzing the feasibility of cost-effective, vehicle mounted satellite infrastructure links in order
NIST is developing the tools to define and verify high-performance indoor air quality (IAQ) as well as the broader indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in low
Building ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ) performance must account for many new challenges related to sustainability and resilience goals, including
The monitoring of wildlife and broodstock health through endocrine assessments is essential to understanding reproduction and stress. Collecting blood samples
The Multimodal Information Group's (MIG) video analytics program includes several activities contributing to the development of technologies that extract
The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) project develops and integrates state-of-the-art computational materials science tools into a user
Compared with conventional, physical measurements, the cost of computational modeling continues to drop. This has driven many industries to incorporate