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Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

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Advanced Atomic Clock Makes a Better Dark Matter Detector

November 12, 2020

JILA researchers have used a state-of-the-art atomic clock to narrow the search for elusive dark matter, an example of how continual improvements in clocks have

New Airflow Videos Show Why Masks With Exhalation Valves Do Not Slow the Spread of COVID-19

November 10, 2020

Many people wear masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, masks with

Rendering of a building made by a 3D point cloud

Using Lasers to Save Lives

November 6, 2020

Scenario: you’re driving to your new job at a university campus and using your Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled smartphone to tell you—and your car—how

NIST “Playbook” Helps Communities with Resilience Planning

November 4, 2020

Local officials, businesses, and residents who want to make their communities more resilient to hazard events – natural or otherwise – now can get

Draft FIPS 201-3 and Workshop: Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

November 3, 2020

NIST requests comments on Draft Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201-3, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

A woman in lab coat, safety glasses and a mask stands at a lab bench weighing samples.

NIST Researchers Advance Efforts to Accurately Measure Glyphosate Pesticide in Common Foods

November 2, 2020

Pesticides help farmers increase food production, reduce costly damage to crops, and even prevent the spread of insect-borne diseases, but since the chemicals

Room Temperature Conversion of CO₂ to CO: A New Way to Synthesize Hydrocarbons

November 2, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could

IEEE ICC2021 International Workshop on Spectrum Sharing

October 30, 2020 - June 18, 2021

Call for Papers Due to the ever-increasing demands on wireless communications and limited spectrum resources, spectrum sharing (SS) is being developed as a key

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes: NIST SP 800-208

October 29, 2020

NIST announces the release of Special Publication (SP) 800-208, Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes . This publication supplements FIPS 186

Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations: NIST Publishes SP 800-53B

October 29, 2020

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53B, Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations, provides security and privacy control baselines for the

NIST Offers ‘Quick-Start’ Guide for Its Security and Privacy Safeguards Catalog

October 29, 2020

If you’ve ever tried to set up a home entertainment system by poring over a thick manual, you might appreciate the manufacturer also providing you with a quick

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Spotlight: Ran Tao's Investigation Into the Flow of Our World

October 27, 2020

To make a difference in the world, understand the flow, but don’t go with it. The work that NIST guest researcher Ran Tao conducts in rheology, the study of how

New NICE Strategic Plan Includes Focus on Discovery of Cybersecurity Careers, Transforming Learning, and Modernizing Talent Management

October 27, 2020

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) today released the NICE Strategic Plan at the annual NICE Conference and Expo 2020. The event is

Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure: NIST SP 800-209

October 26, 2020

Storage infrastructure—along with compute (encompassing OS and host hardware) and network infrastructures—is one of the three fundamental pillars of Information

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Guidance, Develops GPS-Free Backup for Timing Systems

October 23, 2020

Taking another step toward strengthening the nation’s critical infrastructure, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted guidelines

An Empirical Study on Flow-based Botnet Attacks Prediction: NIST Technical Note 2111

October 22, 2020

Today, NIST is publishing NIST Technical Note (TN) 2111, An Empirical Study on Flow-based Botnet Attacks Prediction. In the era of the Internet of Things

Cybersecurity Profile for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services: Draft NISTIR 8323 Available for Comment

October 22, 2020

NIST has released Draft NISTIR 8323, Cybersecurity Profile for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services, for public review and

Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

News and Updates

Advanced Atomic Clock Makes a Better Dark Matter Detector

New Airflow Videos Show Why Masks With Exhalation Valves Do Not Slow the Spread of COVID-19

Using Lasers to Save Lives

NIST “Playbook” Helps Communities with Resilience Planning

Draft FIPS 201-3 and Workshop: Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

NIST Researchers Advance Efforts to Accurately Measure Glyphosate Pesticide in Common Foods

Room Temperature Conversion of CO₂ to CO: A New Way to Synthesize Hydrocarbons

IEEE ICC2021 International Workshop on Spectrum Sharing

Recommendation for Stateful Hash-Based Signature Schemes: NIST SP 800-208

Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations: NIST Publishes SP 800-53B

NIST Offers ‘Quick-Start’ Guide for Its Security and Privacy Safeguards Catalog

Spotlight: Ran Tao's Investigation Into the Flow of Our World

New NICE Strategic Plan Includes Focus on Discovery of Cybersecurity Careers, Transforming Learning, and Modernizing Talent Management

Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure: NIST SP 800-209

Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: NIST Releases Draft Cybersecurity Guidance, Develops GPS-Free Backup for Timing Systems

An Empirical Study on Flow-based Botnet Attacks Prediction: NIST Technical Note 2111

Cybersecurity Profile for the Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Services: Draft NISTIR 8323 Available for Comment

A novel, low-cost method detects nanoscale contaminants during manufacture of semiconductor devices

Natural Disaster Preparations May Aid Businesses’ Pandemic Response

Spotlight: Callie Higgins Solidifies Her Place in the World of Photopolymerization

A Billion Tiny Pendulums Could Detect the Universe’s Missing Mass

What Laser Color Do You Like?

Spotlight: The Scope of Yamali Hernandez's Impact at NCNR and NIST

Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): NISTIR 8286

Upcoming NIST Publications on Cybersecurity for Public Safety

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