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The nation should bolster research and development of systems that distribute accurate time via fiber-optic cable and radio as part of the effort to back up GPS...
Disclaimer: Any mention of commercial products within NIST web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST. The...
COVID-19 is still circulating in the U.S. and may once again gain traction as families and friends gather indoors over the holidays. There are several measures...
People who live near the Great Lakes might go there to enjoy a swim or a boat ride. But if you’re visiting from the National Institute of Standards and...
NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division recently released the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program - 2022 (PSIAP-2022) funding...
Mechanical engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just finished calibrating several dozen large metal masses, which will be...
JILA researchers have tricked nature by tuning a dense quantum gas of atoms to make a congested “Fermi sea,” thus keeping atoms in a high-energy state, or...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released two draft publications on enterprise patch management for public comment. Patching is a...
From domestic sludge to hydrogen in titanium, we have many different types of standard reference materials (SRMs) to ensure that industry, academia and...
In August, 38 students, researchers, and industry professionals came together to participate in the 2021 ASME-CIE Hackathon. The theme of this year’s hackathon...
CyberSeek™ Expands Resources on Careers, Credentials and Training as the Need for Cybersecurity Professionals Grows Across the US Today at the at the NICE...
Across the federal agencies are a multitude of federal labs that conduct research in various scientific and technical areas that benefit the general public and...
The newest generation of lithium-ion batteries now under development promises a revolution in powering cell phones, electric vehicles, laptops and myriad other...
Sugars not only provide nourishment in the food you eat but can also act as biomarkers for detecting disease. When certain types of simple sugars, such as...
NISTIR 8286A, Identifying and Estimating Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management, provides an in-depth discussion of the concepts introduced in NISTIR...
In some ways, NIST’s Angela Robinson is a born cryptographer; it just took her a while to realize it. From elementary school onward, Angela felt fascinated by...
The University of Texas at Arlington’s TMAC (formerly the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center has served as...
Chelsea Greene is an Electronics Engineer with the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division and has been with NIST since 2018. In this role, she...
The iEdison platform was designed in the 1990’s by the National Institute of Health as a means for awardees of federal funding to report their inventions...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Request for Information on People’s Republic...
NIST MEP will host a virtual information forum about the fiscal year (FY) 2022 State Center Competition Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) scheduled to be...
Zack Valdez’s story is one of family, self-discovery, research and advocacy. Growing up in Dallas, Zack’s childhood was shaped by his multicultural family of...
NIST researchers and collaborators recently published the paper, A Framework for the Composition of Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)...
A recent Propmodo article, Middleware Needs Standardization to Hold Smart Buildings Together, points out that sensor data in smart buildings and smart cities...
In October 2021, NIST published Distributed Energy Resource Security: Potential Guidelines and Research Topics. This NIST Tech Note addresses an effort to...