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The NIST Genome Editing Consortium seeks feedback on terms and definitions specific to genome editing. The purpose of this project is to encourage the use of a
Scientists have demonstrated a way for police to quickly and safely test whether a baggie or other package contains illegal drugs without having to handle any
Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced plans to update the Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Today, the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science
Today, the Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier, sent a letter to the U.S. research community
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 1800-24, Securing Picture Archiving and Communication
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of nearly $4 million in grants
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made four (4) additional
JILA physicists have demonstrated a novel atomic clock design that combines near-continuous operation with strong signals and high stability, features not
Get Involved in National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week, brought to you by the National Initiative for
2019 NICE Conference & Expo November 18 - 20, 2019 Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, AZ We are excited to share with you this year's agenda! Click the image
Science stinks.
So thought Megan Harries as she measured drops of putrescine and cadaverine — the chemicals that give decomposing corpses their distinctive
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross recently appointed four new members to the Judges’ Panel and two new members to the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige
Protecting our privacy while keeping the digital wheels of society turning may feel mutually exclusive at times, but a new tool from the National Institute of
The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), part of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has
NIST seeks comments on the Preliminary Draft of the NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management (“Preliminary Draft”
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) i s excited to announce two Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) documents have been
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of sensor that uses atoms to receive commonly used
This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and those
Question: How many measurement scientists does it take to screw in an LED lightbulb? Answer: For researchers at the National Institute of Standards and
NIST would like to announce the 32 candidates that will be moving on to the 2nd round of the NIST LWC Standardization Process. The second-round candidates of
Given the nature of interconnected networks and the use of the internet to share information, the protection of sensitive data can become difficult if proper
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one (1) additional
The 104th International Association for Identification (IAI) Educational Conference was held August 11-17 in Reno, Nevada. IAI is the oldest and largest