Enjoy reading through the 40 articles below!
| Title | Published | Summary | Link to Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIST Researchers Develop More Accurate Formula for Measuring Particle Concentration | Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The new method will be useful in various fields, including nanomedicine, food science, environmental science and advanced manufacturing. | Read More |
| NIST Awards Over $1.8 Million to Small Businesses Advancing AI, Semiconductors, Additive Manufacturing and More | Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The winning projects were competitively selected following a call for innovative proposals that address technical needs related to NIST’s research areas. | Read More |
| NIST Guidelines Can Help Organizations Detect Face Photo Morphs, Deter Identity Fraud | Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Face morphing software, which combines photos of different people into a single image, is being used to commit identity fraud. | Read More |
| NIST Finalizes ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Standard to Protect Small Devices | Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Four related algorithms are now ready for use to protect data created and transmitted by the Internet of Things and other electronics. | Read More |
| NIST to Provide Updates on Construction Safety Team Investigations in September Advisory Committee Meeting | Wed, 06 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The public meetings will include updates on NIST’s investigations into the impacts of 2017’s Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico and the 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida. | Read More |
| New NIST Reference Material to Strengthen Quality Control for Biological Drugs | Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Impurities in these drugs can cause undesirable immune responses in patients and can significantly drive up costs for drug manufacturers. | Read More |
| NIST Consortium and Draft Guidelines Aim to Improve Security in Software Development | Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | NIST is soliciting comments from the public on the draft until Sept. 12, and the agency is planning a virtual event to showcase the project and gather feedback on Aug. 27. | Read More |
| NIST Makes First Detection of Cannabis in Breath From Edibles | Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Currently there are no reliable roadside tests to determine when a person consumed cannabis or how intoxicated they are as a result. | Read More |
| NIST’s Alex Maranghides Receives Service to America Medal | Thu, 17 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The award recognizes Maranghides for 25 years of work investigating devastating wildfires in the United States and creating actionable guidelines on how to save lives and property. | Read More |
| NIST Releases Trove of Genetic Data to Spur Cancer Research | Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | NIST and collaborating institutions have released extensive data about the genome of pancreatic cancer cells. | Read More |
| NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World | Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | This new result contributes to the international effort to define the second with a much greater level of accuracy than before, enabling new scientific and technological advances. | Read More |
| NIST Shares Preliminary Findings From Hurricane Maria Investigation | Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | As NIST’s National Construction Safety Team nears the end of its investigation, it has released a video update that highlights significant milestones and preliminary findings. | Read More |
| New NIST Method Precisely Measures Radioactivity in Tiny Samples | Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT | This development could support improved cancer treatments, nuclear fuel reprocessing for advanced reactors and other fields. | Read More |
| Bioinspired Materials Can Take a Punch | Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Scientists develop new impact-resistant material based on the exoskeleton of the mantis shrimp. | Read More |
| NIST Releases Extensive Video Update on Champlain Towers South Investigation | Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The update reviews the investigation’s history, shares preliminary findings and highlights potential impacts. | Read More |
| NIST Names Shyam Sunder Associate Director for Laboratory Programs | Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT | In this role, Sunder will provide leadership and oversight to NIST’s laboratories, which provide vital measurement and research services that underpin technology innovation in the United States. | Read More |
| NIST and Partners Use Quantum Mechanics to Make a Factory for Random Numbers | Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Broadcast as a free public service, the beacon can be used anywhere an independent source of random numbers would be useful, such as selecting jury candidates or assigning resources through a lottery. | Read More |
| NIST Offers 19 Ways to Build Zero Trust Architectures | Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The examples use off-the-shelf commercial technologies, giving organizations valuable starting points. | Read More |
| New NIST Standard Helps Deliver the Right Dosage of Cancer-Fighting Drugs | Tue, 03 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT | NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs. | Read More |
| NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth | Tue, 20 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Reliable measurements of the light from our planet can help industries from agriculture to meteorology to mining. | Read More |
| New Atomic Fountain Clock Joins Elite Group That Keeps the World on Time | Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT | NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate timekeepers. | Read More |
| NIST Updates Critical Wildfire Evacuation and Sheltering Guidance | Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT | The ESCAPE report redefines how to save lives in the face of fast-moving wildfires. | Read More |
| NIST’s Curved Neutron Beams Could Deliver Benefits Straight to Industry | Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT | In a physics first, a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a way to make beams of neutrons travel in curves. These Airy beams (named for English scientist George Airy), which the team | Read More |
| NIST Updates Privacy Framework, Tying It to Recent Cybersecurity Guidelines | Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT | Targeted changes to content and structure respond to stakeholder needs and make the document easier to use. | Read More |
| Champlain Towers South Investigation Team Provides Update to Structural Engineers | Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT | This outreach will help ensure that the team’s findings and recommendations lead to improvements to codes, standards and practices that can prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future. | Read More |
| Rare Crystal Shape Found to Increase the Strength of 3D-Printed Metal | Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT | NIST researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. | Read More |
| 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 |