NIST scientists Greg Hoth (left) and Vladislav Gerginov work on NIST-F4, NIST’s new cesium fountain clock. Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards …
Spherical Retarding Field Analyzer Under the lid: Animation shows the interior of a spherical retarding field analyzer, with sample at the center. The sample can be rotated so that an electron beam can strike it at different angles. Using an electron beam …
Credit: DMSC The 2025 MBE Summit was hosted at MxD headquarters in Chicago, IL, April 15 - 18. NIST's Rosemary Astheimer organized technical content in conjunction with the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium. The event emphasized the exchange of …
Residents were overtaken by fire during their evacuation of the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California. A small town may only have one or two major outbound roads. Temporary Fire Refuge Areas can increase the likelihood of survival if those roads become …
NIST plans to hold the 6th PQC Standardization Conference from September 24-26, 2025 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In August 2024, we published the first 3 post-quantum cryptographic standards, and work continues on additional needed standards to provide …
When an ordinary beam of neutrons strikes the team’s silicon grating, the millions of scored lines on the grating convert the neutrons into an Airy beam, whose wavefront travels along a parabolic path. The triangular shapes on the detector match the …
Credit: B. Hayes/NIST One lecture in an undergraduate quantum physics class changed my life forever. It was 2001, and the professor introduced the idea that physicists could use quantum particles to build a new kind of superpowerful computer. I was so …
Credit: ctl In April 2025, MxD hosted the 2025 Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) & Quality Information Framework (QIF) Summit at its Chicago, Illinois headquarters, in collaboration with NIST and the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC). The event …
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST How can society benefit from the use of personal data while also protecting individual privacy? Five years after debuting guidelines that can help organizations balance these goals, the National Institute of Standards and Technology …
NCST Slab-beam-column test timelapse This time-lapse video of a test at the University of Minnesota shows how a full-scale replica of a reinforced concrete slab, beam and column from the Champlain Towers South building would perform under certain …
The quasicrystals found in this study form the corners of 20-sided shape called an icosahedron. To prove that he found an icosahedron, Andrew Iams had to rotate the sample under his microscope to show that it had fivefold, threefold and twofold rotational …
NIST researcher Julie Haney studied people who have smart home devices and learned that participants had concerns about these devices but continued to use them out of convenience. Credit: R. Wilson/NIST From thermostats to baby monitors, “smart” or “ …
Credit: ctl On 16 April 2025, NIST researcher Michael Dunaway and colleagues organized and led a workshop on “Whole Community Preparedness for Smart, Connected Cities” at the TechConnect Smart Cities Conference in San Antonio, TX. This event was the second …
Credit: ctl NIST researcher Rick Candell delivered a keynote presentation at the plenary session of the Avnu Alliance Plugfest in Malaga, Spain on April 8, 2025. The Avnu Alliance is a consortium of member organizations working together to create an …
Credit: ctl NIST researcher Dr. Edward Griffor co-organized the London Healthcare Innovation Forum on April 3, 2025 at London’s Canary Wharf in the United Kingdom. With over 250 participants, this event brought together clinicians, entrepreneurs, and …
One of the major updates to CSF 2.0 is the creation of the Govern Function, highlighting the importance of ensuring cybersecurity capabilities support the broader mission through Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Governance is the process of determining …
NIST researcher Leroy Jia is working to create a computer model of the human esophagus — in hopes of helping people with esophageal conditions. Credit: M. King/NIST A rare but painful disorder can make it difficult for people to swallow food. The symptoms …
Credit: Crissy Robinson/NIST As part of the JARVIS workshop series, the 6th Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) workshop will be held as an in-person only event at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) located at 9700 …
NIST researcher Alexander Kramida manages the Atomic Spectra Database. This database helps experts bring you computer chips, lighting and more. Credit: M. King/NIST Everything we know about the universe comes from light. Cosmologists learn about the …
A unit of RM 8048 consists of four vials each from two dietary pools: omnivore and vegetarian. Credit: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a human stool reference material that will help scientists accurately measure …
