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Published on November 1, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

NIST Industrial Wireless Team Supports Kick-off of the ASTM F45.04 Task Group on Mitigation of Interference in Wireless ...

Credit: ctl NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Research Lead Dr. Richard (Rick) Candell participated in the kick-off meeting for the ASTM F45.04 System Communication and Interoperability for Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems committee’s task group …

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Published on November 1, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

NIST Researchers Give Presentation on High-reliability Industrial Wireless Communications at IECON 2024

Credit: ctl At the 50th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2024), Dr. Richard (Rick) Candell presented a collaborative effort between NIST and Intel, showcasing key advancements in industrial communications. The …

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Published on October 31, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex as the first CHIPS for America R&D Flagship Facility ...

Today, the Department of Commerce and Natcast, the operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), announced the expected location for the first CHIPS for America research and development (R&D) flagship facility. The CHIPS for America …

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Published on October 30, 2024 - 21:52 GMT

CHIPS R&D CARISSMA Program Proposers' Day

Logistics When: Friday, November 15, 2024 What: Hybrid meeting for potential applicants to the CHIPS AI/AE for Rapid, Industry-informed Sustainable Semiconductor Materials and Processes (CARISSMA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Where: In-person at …

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Published on October 30, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Opens $100 million Competition to Accelerate R&D and AI Technologies for Sustainable Semiconductor ...

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for activities that will use cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous experimentation (AE) technologies to support the long-term viability of next- …

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Published on October 29, 2024 - 22:08 GMT

NIST Wins Multiple CyberScoop 50 Awards

Credit: Shutterstock NIST’s Cherilyn Pascoe and Ron Ross, as well as the Post Quantum Cryptography Standards project team have been selected as winners of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 Awards. The winners were chosen in recognition of their important work in …

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Published on October 29, 2024 - 21:06 GMT

Second Series of Workshops on Measurements and Standards for Advanced Therapy

Regenerative medicine, including cell and gene therapy, provides an unprecedented potential to treat or cure previously intractable diseases, such as cancer and rare genetic diseases. Advances in diagnostics and manufacturing technologies, measurements, …

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Published on October 29, 2024 - 16:44 GMT

Safety Moon Shot: How Fire Research Cut Deaths by Half in a Generation

In 2017, NIST demonstrated how an overly dry Christmas tree could be engulfed by flames in seconds, turning a lovely yuletide setting into a deadly menace. Credit: F. Webber/NIST In the 1970s, NASA researchers developed a device that could detect smoke on …

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Published on October 28, 2024 - 13:41 GMT

Workshop on Standards for Robot Absolute Accuracy and Performance Assessment

Credit: NIST This workshop aims to foster collaboration and innovation on the topic of absolute accuracy and performance assessment for industrial robots. As a part of fostering these collaborations, this workshop hopes to identify 1) current/future …

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Published on October 25, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

NIST Announces 14 Candidates to Advance to the Second Round of the Additional Digital Signatures for the Post-Quantum Cryptography ...

The first four algorithms NIST has announced for post-quantum cryptography are based on structured lattices and hash functions, two families of math problems that could resist a quantum computer's assault. Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST After over a year of …

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Published on October 23, 2024 - 14:27 GMT

What’s in a Name? The Magnetic Weber

Credit: B. Viana/NIST/Shutterstock Dr. Wilhelm Weber gets the distinction of having the unit of magnetic flux, the weber, named in his honor. Magnetic flux measures the total magnetic field that passes through a surface. (Wondering how to pronounce “weber …

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Published on October 21, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Hemlock Semiconductor to Significantly Expand U.S. Production ...

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $325 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS …

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Published on October 19, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Social Spotlight: Engineered Cells as a Shoebox

Credit: NIST Scientists often face a challenge in explaining their highly technical research to the general public. NIST chemical engineer Sam Schaffter, who studies nucleic acid computing and RNA-based strand displacement, made a go at it using the arts …

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Published on October 18, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Opens Funding Competition for Up to $1.6 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Semiconductor Advanced Packaging ...

Credit: A. Kim/NIST Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) funded by the CHIPS and Science Act to enable the United States semiconductor industry to adopt innovative new advanced packaging flows for …

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Published on October 17, 2024 - 23:07 GMT

NIST Scientists Use DNA Origami on a Chip to Detect Biomolecules

The DNA hinge. Double stranded DNA (blue) in an 8-4-8 structure form the top and bottom of the hinge, joined at the rear by eight single stranded DNA (purple). The hinge is held closed by a pair of linked DNA strands (dark and light green) called a lock …

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Published on October 17, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Infinera to Support Development of Semiconductor Technology Important ...

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the Department of Commerce and Infinera have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $93 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. Through …

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Published on October 16, 2024 - 16:30 GMT

Cybersecurity Careers Go Beyond Coding

Credit: LOFTFLOW/shutterstock.com You don’t have to be a coder or have a technical background to work in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a diverse and fast-evolving career field. Cybersecurity professionals work in threat analysis, project management, law …

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Published on October 15, 2024 - 16:04 GMT

NIST Awards $15 Million to ASTM International to Establish Standardization Center of Excellence

Credit: Have a Nice Day Photo/Shutterstock GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $15 million for a center of excellence to support U.S. engagement in international …

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Published on October 15, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

NCCoE receives recognition from Montgomery County for significant role in advancing cybersecurity awareness and education

Credit: NIST/NCCoE On October 15, 2024, NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) was presented with an official proclamation by Montgomery County Executive Mr. Marc Elrich at the Cybersecurity Connections Event in Rockville, Maryland. …

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Published on October 15, 2024 - 12:00 GMT

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Wolfspeed to Solidify U.S. Technological Leadership in Silicon ...

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce and Wolfspeed, Inc. have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) to provide up to $750 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science …

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