Enjoy reading through the 40 articles below!
| Title | Published | Summary | Link to Source |
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| NIST Releases Reference Material to Aid Gut Microbiome Research | Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Researchers hope this material will help usher in a new era of diagnostics and treatments involving the gut microbiome. | Read More |
| NIST Researchers Develop Material for Measuring Arsenic in Shellfish | Thu, 13 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT | NIST’s new standard reference material will help ensure that geoduck clams and other shellfish are safe to eat. | Read More |
| NIST Selects HQC as Fifth Algorithm for Post-Quantum Encryption | Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The new algorithm will serve as a backup for the general encryption needed to protect data from quantum computers developed in the future. | Read More |
| NIST Finalizes Guidelines for Evaluating ‘Differential Privacy’ Guarantees to De-Identify Data | Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Using differential privacy can help organizations glean useful insights from databases while protecting individuals’ data. | Read More |
| NIST Report to Congress Provides Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation | Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The report notes that the team has completed all experimental work on the physical evidence from the building’s structural elements. | Read More |
| New Atom-Based Thermometer Measures Temperature More Accurately | Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT | This atomic thermometer provides accurate measurements “out of the box” because it relies on the basic principles of quantum physics. | Read More |
| Novel ‘Quantum Refrigerator’ Is Great at Erasing Quantum Computer’s Chalkboard | Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Quantum computers need a "clean" workspace, and a team including scientists at NIST has found a way to make one. | Read More |
| NIST Database Can Help Increase Recycling of Textiles and Clothing | Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Picture this: You have a bag of heavily used clothes that can no longer be donated taking up space in your closet, so you drop it off at your local recycling center. But what happens to that bag of clothes? You might assume that the clothes would get | Read More |
| Study Highlights Need for Standardized Measurement Methods in Gene Therapy | Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Scientists looked at multiple techniques used to measure the modified viruses deployed in some gene therapy research and treatments. | Read More |
| Biden-Harris Administration Awards Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corporation $285M for New CHIPS Manufacturing USA Institute for Digital Twins, Headquartered in North Carolina | Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that CHIPS for America awarded the Semiconductor Research Corporation Manufacturing Consortium Corporation (SRC) $285 million to establish and operate a CHIPS Manufacturing USA institute headquartered | Read More |
| NIST Develops Genetic Material for Validating H5N1 Bird Flu Diagnostic Tests | Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT | To bolster the nation’s preparedness for a pandemic, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a synthetic, nonhazardous genetic material to support the development and validation of diagnostic tests for the H5N1 virus | Read More |
| PFAS Found in Firefighter Gloves, Hoods and Wildland Gear | Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The amount of PFAS in each sample varied greatly, so it may be possible to design gear that reduces exposure. | Read More |
| 3 NIST Researchers Receive Presidential Rank Awards | Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT | All three were awarded the “Distinguished Rank,” the highest category of Presidential Rank Awards. | Read More |
| NIST Transfers Evidence From Champlain Towers South to Miami-Dade Police Department | Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The National Construction Safety Team has reached an important milestone in its investigation into the 2021 partial collapse of Champlain Towers South. | Read More |
| FACT SHEET: U.S. Department of Commerce & U.S. Department of State Launch the International Network of AI Safety Institutes at Inaugural Convening in San Francisco | Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT | San Francisco, California – Today the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Department of State are co-hosting the inaugural convening of the International Network of AI Safety Institutes, a new global effort to advance the science of AI safety and | Read More |
| Melissa Midzor Named Director of NIST’s Communications Technology Laboratory | Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The lab focuses on advancing communications technology through research and development in core network technologies, next-generation wireless systems, public safety communications, smart infrastructure and spectrum sharing. | Read More |
| AI Can ‘Hear’ When a Lithium Battery Is About to Catch Fire | Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT | NIST researchers have trained AI to detect the telltale sound even in noisy environments. | Read More |
| NIST Awards $15 Million to ASTM International to Establish Standardization Center of Excellence | Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The new center will support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and emerging technologies. | Read More |
| NIST Announces 2024 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence | Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The Baldrige Award was redesigned earlier this year to focus on organizational resilience. | Read More |
| Smart New Laser Technology Can Monitor Greenhouse Gases Faster, More Sensitively | Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT | New laser technology, known as free-form dual-comb spectroscopy, quickly measures gases of interest by homing in on the most information-rich parts of a sample. | Read More |
| NIST Awards Up to $1.5 Million to Support Development of Regenerative Medicine Standards Curricula | Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The awardees will create training programs on the standards, protocols and measurements underpinning the field. | Read More |
| Biden-Harris Administration Announces First CHIPS Commercial Fabrication Facilities Award with Polar Semiconductor, Establishing Independent American Foundry | Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced its first award under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s Funding Opportunity for Commercial Fabrication Facilities of up to $123 | Read More |
| NIST Awards $6 Million to Carnegie Mellon University to Establish an AI Cooperative Research Center | Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The CMU/NIST AI Measurement Science & Engineering Cooperative Research Center will seek to advance AI risk management practices and evaluation approaches through stakeholder partnerships. | Read More |
| NIST Awards $3 Million for Community-Based Cybersecurity Workforce Development | Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The grants of roughly $200,000 each will go to organizations that are working to address the nation’s shortage of skilled cybersecurity employees. | Read More |
| NIST Funds Climate Measurements Center of Excellence at the University of Vermont | Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The agreement includes an award of $2.7 million appropriated by Congress for this purpose. | Read More |
| New Smoke Alarms Are Better at Detecting Fires but Still Beep for Bacon | Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | NIST research in a kitchen fire laboratory shows that updated smoke detectors still produce nuisance alarms during cooking. | Read More |
| NIST Provides Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation | Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | Work continues to determine cause of the 2021 tragedy and to develop science-based recommendations to improve building safety. | Read More |
| NIST’s Long Phan and Marc Levitan Receive Service to America Medal | Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The award recognizes their efforts to develop standards and building codes to make structures resistant to tornadoes. | Read More |
| Now Live: Living Cells Can Be Seen With Infrared Light | Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | NIST researchers use new method to measure biomolecules in live cells. | Read More |
| New Report Highlights Economic Value of Neutron Science to U.S. Industry | Thu, 05 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | Research using neutron beams provides an economic return far larger than the cost of building and operating neutron facilities, according to an economic impact analysis. | Read More |
| Major Leap for Nuclear Clock Paves Way for Ultraprecise Timekeeping | Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT | These clocks could lead to improved timekeeping and navigation, faster internet speeds, and advances in fundamental physics research. | Read More |
| U.S. AI Safety Institute Signs Agreements Regarding AI Safety Research, Testing and Evaluation With Anthropic and OpenAI | Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT | GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Today, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced agreements that enable formal collaboration on AI safety research | Read More |
| Tiny New Lasers Fill a Long-Standing Gap in the Rainbow of Visible-Light Colors, Opening New Applications | Wed, 28 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT | Researchers have created orange, yellow and green lasers tiny enough to fit on a chip. | Read More |
| NIST Releases Second Public Draft of Digital Identity Guidelines for Final Review | Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The guidance aims to ensure security, privacy and accessibility during the identity-proofing process for people accessing government services. | Read More |
| NIST Researchers to Test New Approach for Detecting Cannabis in Breath | Thu, 15 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT | The new approach involves two breath tests separated by a specified time interval. | Read More |
| NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards | Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT | NIST is encouraging computer system administrators to begin transitioning to the new standards as soon as possible. | Read More |
| What Time Is It on the Moon? | Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMT | New lunar time proposal is a first step for Moon GPS. | Read More |
| NIST Participates in White House Summit on Standards for Critical and Emerging Technology | Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT | A new Implementation Roadmap provides recommendations and actions for putting the U.S. standards strategy into effect. | Read More |
| Department of Commerce Announces New Guidance, Tools 270 Days Following President Biden’s Executive Order on AI | Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT | For the first time, Commerce makes public new NIST draft guidance from U.S. AI Safety Institute to help AI developers evaluate and mitigate risks stemming from generative AI and dual-use foundation models. | Read More |
| From Pandemics to Pedicures: NIST Rebuilds World-Class UV Calibration System | Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:00:00 GMT | UV detectors need to be carefully calibrated to ensure that the UV light used is both safe and effective. | Read More |