Scientists have found elevated mercury levels in dolphins throughout the Southeast since 2007. Sources: Bryan, Damseaux, Griffin, Stavros, Woshner. Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST In a study with potential implications for the oceans and human health, scientists …
NIST researcher Thomas P. Forbes is working to ensure 3D drug printers work as designed. Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST Chocolate-flavored pills for children who hate taking medicine. Several drugs combined into one daily pill for seniors who have trouble …
NIST engineer Kumar Arumugam examines the tabletop Kibble balance before its delivery to the U.S. Army. Credit: J. Lee/NIST Bringing its cutting-edge invention to the larger world for the first time, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST …
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce and Rocket Lab, the parent company of space power provider SolAero Technologies Corp., have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $23.9M …
Dr. Laurie Locascio, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director, visited New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) client Theta Plate Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico on May 30, 2024. Theta Plate, a third- …
Credit: N. Hanacek, B. Hayes/NIST GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a collaborative project to adapt NIST’s digital identity guidelines to support public benefits …
Illustration shows a pump laser (green) exciting a photonic-crystal resonator (ring with periodic corrugations), which produces a special kind of microcomb that generates precise frequencies of light (rainbow of colors) at short near-infrared wavelengths. …
Research done at NIST is more than a measurement or a simple calculation. Whether it’s researchers using a unique test instrument to mimic instantaneous moments that happen in a fraction of a second or monitoring greenhouse gases during a rare event, the …
Credit: CTL NIST held a virtual workshop in September 2023 on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles, attracting over 600 attendees from industry, academia, and government. NIST has now published the workshop report, NIST Internal …
Credit: iStock/thitivong June 1, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Supply Chain Optimization and Intelligence Network (SCOIN), a two-year pilot program …
If a person (in this case, a NIST staff member) changes facial expression or wears and then removes eyeglasses, all six of the algorithms NIST evaluated give age estimates that vary around the person’s true age. With frames extracted from a cellphone video …
Auxetics defy common sense. Unlike conventional materials, which narrow when pulled lengthwise, they widen when pulled lengthwise. Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Imagine pulling on the long ends of a rectangular piece of rubber. It should become narrower and …
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new testing, evaluation, validation and verification (TEVV) program intended to help improve understanding of artificial intelligence’s capabilities and impacts. Assessing Risks and …
The CHIPS for America Research and Development (R&D) Office and Natcast, the operator of the CHIPS for America National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), will host a webinar to discuss the NSTC Roadmap, a summary of Natcast’s RFI on Prototyping …
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board will hold an open meeting on Thursday, June 27, 2024 via webinar from 12:30 – 5:00 p.m ET. The primary purpose of this meeting is to provide …
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Absolics, an affiliate of the Korea-based SKC, have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $75 million in direct funding under …
Before becoming the director of NIST, Laurie Locascio spent many years in the lab. She is one of NIST’s most prolific inventors. Credit: ©Robert Rathe Before she was the director of NIST, Laurie E. Locascio invented materials that make us healthier. One …
Credit: Courtesy of Rebecca Jacobson Did you see the northern lights recently? NIST’s cesium fountain clocks did. Coronal mass ejections on the Sun sent waves of highly energized particles crashing into the Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend of May 10. …
Today, as the AI Seoul Summit begins, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo released a strategic vision for the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI), describing the department’s approach to AI safety under President Biden’s leadership. …
