Credit: Narong Khueankaew/Shutterstock Greg Scace, a research engineer at NIST, was visiting a friend on the West Coast around 2000. The friend made a mean cappuccino each morning, and Scace got hooked. He decided he wanted to start making his own. Being …
NCST investigators monitor the progress of a structural engineering test in June 2025 as part of the Champlain Towers South investigation. Credit: NIST The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will provide updates on its building failure …
A colorized electron microscope image shows lipid nanoparticles containing a cancer drug. The amount of drug contained depends on the size of each nanoparticle. NIST researchers have developed a new analysis to better understand how the useful properties …
NIST physicist Yicheng Shi displays the equipment used to distribute entangled photons. Credit: Megan King In early 2025, special signals wended their way through a fiber-optic highway strung above the streets and sidewalks of the Maryland suburbs. The …
NIST researcher Erica Romsos’ research is helping to make Rapid DNA technology more effective. Credit: Megan King/NIST If you’ve ever watched a crime show or movie, you probably know that DNA can be a vital part of public safety and police work. In those …
Credit: amgun/Shutterstock GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a …
Credit: NIIMBL The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) is pleased to announce Project Call 10.1 for technology and workforce development projects. NIIMBL expects to launch a combined $8 million of project …
Sufficiently powerful quantum computers could expose all our personal information, financial transactions, and business and government secrets. NIST researcher Andrew Regenscheid is working to get ahead of the issue. Credit: M. King/NIST From our bank …
Credit: Adobe stock Measurement Gap: The absence of characterized reference material to support the detection of sesame allergen and the validation of testing methods. NIST Initiative: We are developing a Sesame Reference Material (RM) to serve as a …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Commerce today announced the signing of 7 letters of intent to provide $874 million in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act. These incentives will support innovative domestic technologies to dramatically …
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for 14 Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers to improve U.S. industrial competitiveness by …
Technical ceramics — unlike those used in more common applications, such as pottery — are ideal for medical and dental implants. Credit: A. Boss/NIST 3D printing has matured from a speculative sci-fi fantasy into a practical tool. Plastic is the most …
As a result of the historic deal related to U.S. and Taiwan Trade and Investment announced in January 2026, TSMC has just announced an incremental $100 billion investment for a total of $265 billion in the U.S. This investment will result in four …
A side-by-side comparison of a typical water heater system and the new system invented at NIST. A heat exchanger allows the water tank to be safely heated to a higher temperature, killing certain bacteria such as Legionella. Credit: Brandon Hayes/NIST It’s …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office announced today the signing of a Direct Funding Agreement with Robert Bosch Semiconductor LLC (“Bosch”) for up to $225 million in incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act. The award …
A new NIST research-grade test material is part of an effort to help the textile industry better identify and sort textiles and fabrics. Credit: NIST Though more than half of all clothing and other textiles are suitable for recycling, most of them aren’t …
Credit: Carolyn Burdette/NIST Summer is here, which means people are taking out their fishing gear and heading to the water. If you’ve gone fishing before, you may have seen a fish consumption advisory posted nearby. Because fish can accumulate …
NIST Director Arvind Raman Credit: Brandon Hayes/NIST WASHINGTON — Arvind Raman was sworn in on June 30, 2026, as the fifth under secretary of commerce for standards and technology and the 18th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology …
Supervisory Engineering Technician Asia Robertson and Engineering Technician Quonte Little weld pieces of the time capsule. Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST As we celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary this year, NIST experts are working to preserve our …
The Quantum Manufacturing Engineering Center (QMEC) will focus on accelerating the manufacture of scalable, high-performance quantum components and systems, for example by advancing enabling technologies such as cryostats and lasers. Specialized cryogenics …
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