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Manufacturing GDP Returns to Pre-Recession Levels, Employment Remains Down 10 %

January 24, 2020

Each year, the NIST Applied Economics Office assembles a report that examines public data on US manufacturing. The most recent report identified that US

NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Guidance for the National Cybersecurity Online References (OLIR) Program: Draft NISTIR 8278

January 24, 2020

In a general sense, an informative reference indicates how one document relates to another document. The National Cybersecurity Online Informative References

New NIST Tool for Estimating Manufacturing Industry Costs (Beta version)

January 24, 2020

It might seem that estimating manufacturing industry costs (e.g., total machinery maintenance costs for all manufacturers) would be easy and have a great deal

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Wildland Data Logistics Network: Always there with delay

January 21, 2020

Since 2000, an average of 72,000 wildfires per year have cleared seven million acres of land in the United States. 2015 was the largest wildfire year in

New Tool to Account for Uncertainty

January 20, 2020

Cost examinations often run into the challenge of data uncertainty, where variables in the calculation (e.g., price of gasoline) will fluctuate over the study

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Spotlight: Young Jong Lee

January 18, 2020

What are you made of? With a new measurement technique from NIST’s Young Jong Lee, scientists can answer that question on the cellular level with 100 times more

Building Secure Microservices-Based Applications Using Service-Mesh Architecture: Draft SP 800-204A is Available for Comment

January 17, 2020

As microservices-based applications are increasingly adopted within large enterprises and cloud-based environments, there is a need for a dedicated, scalable

NIST Releases Version 1.0 of Privacy Framework

January 16, 2020

Our data-driven society has a tricky balancing act to perform: building innovative products and services that use personal data while still protecting people’s

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Spotlight: Greta Babakhanova

January 15, 2020

Meet Greta Babakhanova, a postdoctoral researcher here at NIST with boundless drive and a passion for reducing human suffering. It’s an ambitious goal that, for

NIST Publishes "A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Emerging Blockchain Identity Management Systems"

January 14, 2020

Traditional identity management has typically involved the storing of user credentials (e.g., passwords) by organizations and third parties, which often results

Assessing Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) Programs: NIST Releases Draft SP 800-137A for Comment

January 13, 2020

Federal agencies, under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars and memoranda

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Spotlight: Silicon-28 in Quantum Computers

January 11, 2020

Silicon, found everywhere from the brick in your fireplace to the sand between your toes at the beach, also forms the basis of microchips in conventional

NICE Released the Winter 2019-20 eNewsletter

January 9, 2020

The Winter 2019-20 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the

NIST Releases Second Draft of NISTIR 8259, "Recommendations for IoT Device Manufacturers"

January 7, 2020

An incredible variety and volume of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are being produced. Manufacturers can help their customers by improving how securable the

What to Catch at the PSCR Booth During CES 2020

December 30, 2019

In January, NIST's Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division will exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for the fourth time. Division staff

NIST Study Suggests Universal Method for Measuring Light Power

December 20, 2019

Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published a

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Counting Photons Is Now Routine Enough to Need Standards

December 20, 2019

Since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built its first superconducting devices for counting photons (the smallest units of light) in

NIST Study Evaluates Effects of Race, Age, Sex on Face Recognition Software

December 19, 2019

How accurately do face recognition software tools identify people of varied sex, age and racial background? According to a new study by the National Institute

Spotlight: NCNR Microwave Instrument Installation

December 18, 2019

Deep inside the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), scientists assembled a new instrument to explore materials that could be important for quantum

A New Playbook for Interference

December 17, 2019

Particles can sometimes act like waves, and photons (particles of light) are no exception. Just as waves create an interference pattern, like ripples on a pond

NIST Publishes SP 800-189, Resilient Interdomain Traffic Exchange: BGP Security and DDoS Mitigation

December 17, 2019

In recent years, numerous routing control plane anomalies such as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), prefix hijacking, and route leaks have resulted in denial of

NIST Releases Data to Help Measure Accuracy of Biometric Identification

December 12, 2019

New biometric research data — ranging from fingerprints to facial photographs and iris scans — is now available from the National Institute of Standards and

The Spectronn SiFi Router

December 12, 2019

Resilient communications and computing are key metrics for public safety applications and services. If the transmission of mission-critical data relies solely

Tracking Lab-Grown Tissue With Light

December 12, 2019

Someday, doctors would like to grow limbs and other body tissue for soldiers who have lost arms in battle, children who need a new heart or liver, and many

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