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News from New York

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NIST Awards Nearly $3 Million to Small Businesses to Advance Semiconductor Manufacturing, Drug Development and More

December 19, 2023

The grants will go to 15 small businesses in nine states under NIST's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

AI Can Accurately Predict Potentially Fatal Cardiac Events in Firefighters

July 11, 2023

Training a machine-learning model with real-life data from firefighters was key.

New York State Annual Weights and Measures Association Meeting and Training School

June 30, 2023

NIST OWM had the opportunity and pleasure to attend the New York State Annual Weights and Measures Association and Training School the week of June 12-16, held

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Spotlight: Graduate Student Sam Walker Found Her Place in Space With NIST Detectors

March 31, 2023

NIST researcher Samantha Walker builds time machines. Not like in the movies, but her technology can help astronomers see the earliest light in our universe.

NIST Awards Funding to Small Businesses to Advance Technologies for COVID Response, Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

September 20, 2022

NIST has awarded more than $7 million in funding to 23 U.S. small businesses in 14 states.

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NIST Awards Funding to 5 Universities to Advance Standards Education

September 22, 2022

NIST has made five awards totaling nearly $500,000 to support standards education in undergraduate and graduate curricula.

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NIST Awards Nearly $4 Million to Support Metals-Based Additive Manufacturing

July 26, 2022

The grants will help address current and future barriers to widespread adoption of metals-based additive manufacturing through measurement science research.

Over 20,000 Propane Cylinders Tested Nationwide!

June 29, 2022

In the summer of 2021, the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) partnered with the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) and States to develop

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 Awards More Than $4 Million to Small Businesses for Innovations in AI, Wildfire Forecasting and More

October 1, 2020

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded 19 small businesses in 12 states a total