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First responders need to respond to incidents, communicate, and perform operations even when networks are out of service due to malicious attacks, natural
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at
Physicists have demonstrated a new way to obtain the essential details that describe an isolated quantum system, such as a gas of atoms, through direct
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards that are moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and
Drs. Mauro Zammarano, William M. Pitts, Anthony Hamins, and Richard Gann of the Flammability Reduction Group submitted comments for consideration to the State
Dr. Mauro Zammarano has been selected to deliver a keynote presentation at this year’s European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials (FRPM19). Dr
Standards Beget Reliable Devices The mobile phones we use – whether iPhone or Android – become available to us after a series of tests. Technology laboratories
The NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program has funded R&D grants in several research organizations under its Public Safety Innovation
It has been called the world’s most perfect food, and there’s unequivocal evidence that it can fight off disease and build better baby brains. But even after
Ordinarily, you won’t encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor’s office or you point one at your forehead when you’re
The White House has released a new Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce. The Executive Order will implement programs that will grow and
Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in two, changing its intensity or altering
On March 22, 2019, the Secretary of Commerce approved Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules.
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information about technical standards and
On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a preliminary draft practice guide, SP 1800-15, Securing Small-Business and Home Internet
Look at an astronomical marvel like the Cat’s Eye Nebula at right, with an average gas temperature about twice as hot as the surface of the Sun. It seems
We entrust our lives to software every time we step aboard a high-tech aircraft or modern car. A long-term research effort guided by two researchers at the
Eight years ago, NIST researchers developed a groundbreaking microscope that uses a narrow beam of low-energy lithium ions, rather than a beam of light or
NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-163 Revision 1, Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications, is an important update to NIST guidance on mobile application
NIST has completed the initial check of all algorithm submission packages received in response to the August 27, 2018 Request for Nominations for Lightweight
NIST researchers have explored in unprecedented detail a new breed of catalysts that allow some chemical reactions, which normally require high heat, to proceed