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NIST requests public comments on NIST IR 8214C ipd (initial public draft), NIST First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes, for primitives organized into two
The O-RAN Alliance develops hardware and software specifications that allow manufacturers and network operators to mix and match products from different vendors
Just three months ago, NIST’s Technology Partnerships Office (TPO) hosted a virtual program that brought together scientific and technological business
The biosensor, developed by researchers at NIST, Brown University and the French research institute CEA-Leti, identifies biomarkers by measuring how binding
Despite Slowing Economy, Demand for Cybersecurity Workers Remains Strong Today during the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Webinar on Providing Timely and Clear
Portland cement powder is characterized by particle size for use in calibrating instruments, measuring fineness characteristics of portland cement, and other
This standard reference material from NIST will help calibrate procedures for calcium determinations used in clinical analysis and for routine critical
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a popular technique for interrogating surfaces on the micro and nano scales. The most common use for AFM is imaging; however
In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4
NIST is announcing the initial public drafts of NIST SP 800-157r1 (Revision 1), Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials, and
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has released the 2023–2024 Baldrige Excellence Framework® (Business/Nonprofit) : Proven Leadership and Management
Updated: 03/31/23 Charging Your Electric Car: Ensuring Accuracy for EVSEs with Traceable Transfer Reference Meters Owners of electric vehicles are coming to
At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2023, the U.S. survey foot was deemed obsolete and the international foot (i.e., 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly)
NIST is in the process of a periodic review and maintenance of its cryptography standards and guidelines. Currently, we are reviewing the following publication
The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) has long coordinated the accreditation of the State legal metrology laboratories through the OWM Recognition
In December 2022, the BIPM SI Brochure (9 th Edition, December 2022, V2.01) was published to include the four new International System of Units (SI) prefixes
The closeout of the NIST PSCR Pulse Accelerator Program last year brings exciting impacts across the board for public safety, with technology-based businesses
The ability to transmit and manipulate the smallest unit of light, the photon, with minimal loss, plays a pivotal role in optical communications as well as
NIST recognizes the importance of the infrastructure that provides positioning, timing, and navigation (PNT) information to the scientific knowledge, economy