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Donna Le, Nicholas Dagalakis, Jason J. Gorman, Jae M. Yoo
We describe the use of appropriate type simple resistor and capacitor (RC) compensators, which properly connected to a power amplifier, can improve the dynamic
Enumeration of bacterial colonies in an agar plate is simple in concept, but automated colony counting is difficult due to variations in colony color, size
The goal of the Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to establish a methodology for
This paper discusses the breakthroughs in science and engineering that have brought fire testing technology to its current state of maturity and provides
To enable unprecedented imaging X-ray spectroscopy, scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are
As mobile devices proliferate, incorporating a host of integrated features and capabilities, their use can be seen everywhere in our world today. Mobile
Mobile devices incorporating cellular capabilities are ubiquitous and contain a wealth of personal information useful in criminal cases, civil disputes
As mobile devices proliferate, incorporating a host of integrated features and capabilities, their use can be seen everywhere in our world today. Mobile
Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Steven E. Cook, Lisa Warfield
This is the agenda for the four Standing Committees of the National Conference on Weights and Measures - 94th Interim Meeting. This meeting will be held at the
Ronald G. Dixson, Jon R. Pratt, Vincent A. Hackley, James E. Potzick, Richard A. Allen, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Michael T. Postek, Herbert S. Bennett, Theodore V. Vorburger, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Robert L. Watters
A new era of cooperation between North American National Measurement Institutes (NMIs) was ushered by the National Research Council of Canada Institute for
We present an inexpensive and simple data acquisition platform for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) designed to acquire and characterize fast digital or
The proliferation of proprietary design info exchange formats is causing high costs to manufacturers. The standards solution is offered as both attainable and
The NIST Spectroscopic Properties of Atoms and Atomic Ions Database provides listings of prominent air or vacuum emission wavelengths for neutral atoms and
Plans, organizes, and manages the placement of technical experts from NIST, or selected by NIST, in key U.S. embassies and missions to provide technical advice
Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Martin J. Stevens, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
When one makes squeezed light by downconversion of a pulsed pump laser, many temporal / spectral modes are simultaneously squeezed by different amounts. There
Dean C. Ripple, Anatoly Pokhodun, Peter Steur, Gregory F. Strouse
Working Group 1 of the Consultative Committee for Thermometry (CCT) has recommended methods for estimating the uncertainties of fixed-point temperatures
Dean C. Ripple, Bernd Fellmuth, Joachim Fischer, Graham Machin, PPM Steur, Osamu Tamura, Rod D. White
The Consultative Committee for Thermometry has asked Working Group 1 to coordinate a task group formulating an assessment and possible work plan for the next
A comparison between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Research Council (NRC) Josephson Voltage Standards (JVS) was
The oscillating, or repeating, signal that is the basis for constructing all signals is a voltage that exactly follows simple periodic sine and cosine functions
Around the world there is a growing awareness that the environmental impact from manufacturing needs to be minimized. Concerns about issues from toxic materials
The world's metrology and legal metrology infrastructure abounds with organizations that play differing roles such as measurement research, standards, and
Kensei Ehara, Hiromu Sakurai, Akira Yabe, Naoko Tajima, Kevin Coakley
The aerosol particle mass analyzer (APM) classifies aerosol particles according to their mass-to-charge ratio (Ehara et al., 1996). Particle mass can be
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) provides an open framework for communicating the characteristics and impacts of IT vulnerabilities. CVSS consists
This document attempts to interpret the history and rationale behind changes made in the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) from version 1 to version 2