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Published on December 19, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Award with SK hynix to Advance U.S. Technological Leadership and Expand ...

Media Contact: Hannah Robinson, hannah.robinson [at] chips.gov (hannah[dot]robinson[at]chips[dot]gov) Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded SK hynix up to $458 million in direct funding under the …

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Published on December 17, 2024 - 20:14 GMT

Cybersecurity for Smart Inverters Webinar

Join us for the Cybersecurity for Smart Inverters webinar! This session will focus on the final version of NIST IR 8498, which provides seven practical cybersecurity guidelines for small-scale solar inverter implementations. The webinar aims to share NIST’ …

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Published on December 17, 2024 - 17:00 GMT

PFAS Found in Firefighter Gloves, Hoods and Wildland Gear

A firefighter’s protective clothing is composed of three distinct layers made of different textiles. In response to concerns about the gear possibly exposing firefighters to PFAS chemicals — several of which have been linked to cancer — NIST researchers …

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Published on December 17, 2024 - 09:21 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with GlobalWafers to Support Domestic Production of Silicon Wafers

Media Contact: Hannah Robinson, hannah.robinson [at] chips.gov Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce issued direct funding awards to GlobalWafers America, LLC (GWA) and MEMC LLC (MEMC), subsidiaries of …

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Published on December 16, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Two Publications Now Available for Public Comment | Genomic Data Profile and Threat Modeling Workflow White Paper

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released two new draft publications to help organizations address cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with processing genomic data. Both drafts are open for public comment through 11: …

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Published on December 13, 2024 - 13:08 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Bosch to Advance U.S. Supply Chain Resiliency of Crucial ...

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Bosch have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $225 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. The …

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Published on December 12, 2024 - 14:37 GMT

NCCoE Cybersecurity Connections Event – Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture

Event Location National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850 Description Join us for an in-person ‘Cybersecurity Connections’ Event and Networking Lunch! Hosted in partnership with the Maryland Department of …

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Published on December 12, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

NIST Researchers and Collaborators Receive Best Paper Presentation Award at 2024 IEEE IECON

Credit: CTL Dr. Martin Serrano, Amelie Gyrard, and Eoin Jordan, in collaboration with NIST researchers Eugene Song, Tom Roth, and David Wollman, received a best paper presentation award at the 2024 IEEE IECON international conference for the team’s …

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Published on December 11, 2024 - 19:21 GMT

Pirouetting Molecules Can Help Us Learn About the History of the Universe

Molecules behave a lot like the little balls in the lottery machine — they move around randomly. That’s ideal for lottery machines but challenging for working with tiny molecules! Credit: Kolonko/Shutterstock O God! Can I not grasp Them with a tighter …

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Published on December 10, 2024 - 14:25 GMT

Department of Commerce Awards CHIPS Incentives to Micron for Idaho and New York Projects and Announces Preliminary Memorandum of ...

CHIPS Award Will Support Micron’s 20-year Manufacturing Vision to Expand Leading-Edge DRAM Production in Idaho and New York CHIPS PMT Would Support Expansion of Virginia Facility to Onshore Important Memory Production Today, the Biden-Harris …

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Published on December 6, 2024 - 11:57 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announce Preliminary Terms with Coherent, SkyWater, and X-Fab to Advance U.S. Supply Chain Security

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce signed three separate preliminary memoranda of terms (PMT) under the CHIPS and Science Act to provide up to $33 million in proposed direct funding to Coherent, up to $16 …

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Published on December 5, 2024 - 20:04 GMT

3 NIST Researchers Receive Presidential Rank Awards

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Three senior research scientists at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have received 2024 Presidential Rank Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for career civil servants in …

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Published on December 5, 2024 - 13:27 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with Absolics and Entegris to Support Development of Advanced ...

Media Contact: Maddy Broas, madeline.broas [at] chips.gov (madeline[dot]broas[at]chips[dot]gov) Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s …

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Published on December 4, 2024 - 14:06 GMT

Talk NISTy to Me: When Everyday Words Take On Different Meanings in Measurement Science

Right now, the U.S. and Germany have different approaches to defining, or “realizing” as the researchers call it, the kilogram. Here, NIST researcher Darine Haddad looks on as German researcher Beatrice Rodiek places a sphere on NIST’s highly accurate …

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Published on December 4, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Open for Public Comment | NIST Guidance on Implementing Zero Trust Architecture

The NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the initial public draft of the practice guide, Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture (NIST SP 1800-35), for public comment. This publication outlines results and best practices …

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Published on December 2, 2024 - 23:34 GMT

Just for KICS!

Sensors capable of detecting individual photons of visible light have become essential for applications ranging from imaging faint galaxies to quantum computing and DNA sequencing. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) …

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Published on November 26, 2024 - 11:12 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Award with Intel to Advance U.S. Leading-Edge Chip Capacity and Create Tens ...

Media Contact: Maddy Broas, madeline.broas [at] chips.gov (madeline[dot]broas[at]chips[dot]gov) Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Intel Corporation up to $7.865 billion in direct funding under …

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Published on November 25, 2024 - 15:38 GMT

NIST Cybersecurity Framework Community Profiles Workshop

The NIST NCCoE is hosting a Community Profiles Workshop December 10, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. ET. The main objective of this event is to share updates from the NCCoE Framework Resource Center and to continue the discussion regarding Community Profiles resources …

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Published on November 25, 2024 - 13:49 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS Incentives Awards with BAE Systems, Inc., and Rocket Lab to Expand Production of Chips ...

Media Contact: Maddy Broas, madeline.broas [at] chips.gov (madeline[dot]broas[at]chips[dot]gov) Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized two separate awards under the CHIPS Incentives Program’s …

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Published on November 21, 2024 - 21:49 GMT

NIST Transfers Evidence From Champlain Towers South to Miami-Dade Police Department

Using a magnifying glass, a NIST researcher carefully examines a hard drive collected from the site of the Champlain Tower South collapse. Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST The National Construction Safety Team has reached an important milestone in its investigation …

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