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NIST is releasing a publication that will help organizations prepare better against potentially destructive attacks to the collection of hardware and firmware
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined derivatives of two surplus materials—wood pulp and dried-up pieces of an
The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference is accepting proposals for its annual conference which will be
Nobody really knows what plant roots are doing when they’re at home. Digging up a plant exposes the roots, but destroys the soil’s natural fabric. Information
NIST is building an infrastructure for advanced data integration and management that promotes scientific innovation in the biological, chemical, and materials
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting the public’s help in making the personal information in large databases safe for
What had been a peaceful and productive mission for the six men aboard the Russian space station Mir, including U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger, nearly became a
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been developing a novel way of measuring laser power. Their device, called the
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In an advance that could shrink many measurement technologies, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have
NIST released Cloud Computing Service Metrics Description (NIST Special Publication 500-307), a document that proposes a framework to identify and characterize
NIST released NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 7511 Revision 5, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements, the
When the universe was very young – about a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang – it underwent a sudden explosive expansion
NIST has updated the federal agency organizational codes specified in Special Publication (SP) 800-87, Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally
NIST released IREX IX Part One Performance of Iris Recognition Algorithms (NISTIR 8207), a report describing the results of a study evaluating the performance
Cryptography experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are kicking off an effort to protect the data created by innumerable tiny
Alan Band, an electrical engineer at NIST for more than 25 years who won the Institute’s Colleagues’ Choice award and was celebrated for his ability to mentor
The NIST Flammability Reduction group recently commissioned a second cone calorimeter for use in its cone calorimetry lab.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.1 of its popular Framework for
NIST has updated two publications on cryptographic key-establishment schemes—procedures that result in secret keying material being shared among different
At the heart of every electronic weighing instrument is a device called a load cell, which takes a mechanical force and turns it into an electronic signal
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continue to pioneer new antenna measurement methods, this time for future 5G wireless
A workshop to take place April 23-24, 2018 on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland will explore the measurement and standards needs of stakeholders across