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NIST Names Joannie Chin as Director of Its Engineering Laboratory

December 20, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected Joannie Chin to lead its Engineering

Sneezes, Rain Clouds and Ink Jets: NIST Improves the Ability of Optical Microscopes to Measure the Volume of Microdroplets

December 20, 2021

Sneezes, rain clouds, and ink jet printers: They all produce or contain liquid droplets so tiny it would take several billion of them to fill a liter bottle

With Fuzzy Nanoparticles, Researchers Reveal a Way to Design Tougher Ballistic Materials

December 13, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia Engineering have discovered a new method to improve the toughness of

Pravina Raghavan poses with the American flag behind her.

NIST Names Pravina Raghavan New Director of Manufacturing Extension Partnership

December 7, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected Pravina Raghavan as the new director of

NIST Awards More Than $3.5 Million to High-Tech Small Businesses to Support Innovations in Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

December 7, 2021

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $3.5 million in funding to 17

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NIST Names Joannie Chin as Director of Its Engineering Laboratory

Sneezes, Rain Clouds and Ink Jets: NIST Improves the Ability of Optical Microscopes to Measure the Volume of Microdroplets

With Fuzzy Nanoparticles, Researchers Reveal a Way to Design Tougher Ballistic Materials

NIST Names Pravina Raghavan New Director of Manufacturing Extension Partnership

NIST Awards More Than $3.5 Million to High-Tech Small Businesses to Support Innovations in Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

Department of Commerce Establishes Industrial Advisory Committee for Microelectronics

NIST Recommends Steps to Boost Resilience of U.S. Timekeeping

Streamlined NIST Tool Could Help Homeowners, Renters Reduce Airborne Exposure to COVID

NIST Releases Great Lakes Sediment Material for Measuring Organic Pollutants

Energizer Atoms: JILA Researchers Find New Way to Keep Atoms Excited

New NIST Reference Material Helps Manufacturers Better Assess Their Biological Drug Products

NIST Seeks Information on Chinese Participation in the International Standards Development Process

NIST Seeks Public Input on Consumer Software Labeling for Cybersecurity

NIST Awards 5 Universities With Key Funding to Develop Standards Curricula in Manufacturing, Maritime Design and More

NIST’s Callie Higgins Wins Service to America Medal

Oct. 25, 2021, Update on NIST’s Champlain Towers South Investigation

NIST Draft Publication Addresses Removing Barriers for Voters With Disabilities

NIST, Collaborators Develop Sensitive New Way of Detecting Transistor Defects

JILA’s Comb Breathalyzer Is Now a Thousandfold More Sensitive to Disease Biomarkers

Oct. 4 Update on the NCNR: Root Cause Analysis and Safety Review Submitted to NRC

A Smart Use for Doping: Implanted Atoms Create Unique Electrical IDs That Distinguish Bona Fide Devices From Forgeries

Draft California Fire Code Includes NIST Tool to Evaluate Wildfire Hazard

Groundbreaking Technique Yields Important New Details on Silicon, Subatomic Particles and Possible ‘Fifth Force’

NIST/JILA Fellow Jun Ye Wins Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Department of Commerce Establishes National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee

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