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National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
Parent Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce |
Related agencies:Weights and Measures Division |

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Saving Seconds Saving Lives NIST Funded Challenge Crowns Winners in 3D Tracking Technology

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jan 11,2024

Firefighters test location tracking technology during a training exercise . Credit: J . Grasso/NIST In emergency response scenarios , every second counts , and the ability to pinpoint a first responder’s precise location within building structures can be . [ . . . ]

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NIST Identifies Types of Cyberattacks That Manipulate Behavior of AI Systems

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jan 06,2024

An AI system can malfunction if an adversary finds a way to confuse its decision making . In this example , errant markings on the road mislead a driverless car , potentially making it veer into oncoming traffic . [ . . . ]

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NIST Tool Will Make Math Heavy Research Papers Easier to View Online

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jan 05,2024

For decades , scientists creating papers that feature mathematical formulas have generally used LaTeX , a language designed to produce printed pages in static form , such as PDFs . A tool developed at NIST can turn these papers into web pages , which can . [ . . . ]

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NIST Awards Funding to 8 Universities to Advance Standards Education

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Jan 04,2024

GAITHERSBURG , Md . — The U . S . Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) has made eight awards totaling $1 , 156 , 973 to support standards education in undergraduate and graduate curricula . [ . . . ]

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Live Christmas Trees Affect Indoor Air Chemistry NIST Researchers Find

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dec 24,2023

NIST researchers placed a common type of Christmas tree in a sealed chamber for 17 days to monitor and measure the chemicals it emits . These chemicals , called volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ) , give that pine smell and can react with ozone to form by . [ . . . ]

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NIST Calls for Information to Support Safe Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dec 21,2023

GAITHERSBURG , Md . — The U . S . Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) has issued a Request for Information ( RFI ) that will assist in the implementations of its responsibilities under the recent Executive Order on . [ . . . ]

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

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dec 21,2023

GAITHERSBURG , Md . — The U . S . Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) has awarded nearly $3 million to 15 small businesses in nine states under the Small Business Innovation Research ( SBIR ) Program . [ . . . ]

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NIST Offers Draft Guidance on Evaluating a Privacy Protection Technique for the AI Era

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dec 13,2023

Evaluating any claim to differential protection requires examining every component of the differential privacy pyramid . Its top level contains the most direct measures of privacy guarantees , including epsilon , which is a numerical value of how strong . [ . . . ]

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NIST Develops Human Urine Standard for More Accurate Diagnosis of Kidney Disease

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dec 09,2023

NIST bioanalytical chemist Ashley Beasley Green leads the urine albumin standardization program and developed the standard reference material ( SRM ) for albumin in human urine . The SRM will improve the accuracy of measurements for diagnosing and manag . [ . . . ]

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NIST Releases for Public Comment Draft Guidance on March In Rights

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dec 09,2023

GAITHERSBURG , Md . — The U . S . Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST ) released for public comment its Draft Interagency Guidance Framework for Considering the Exercise of March - In Rights , a tool to help agencies . [ . . . ]

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