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NIST-Led Standard Evaluates 3D Scanners Critical for ManufacturingScanner runoff event pushes new standard toward the finish line
Mon, 07/09/2018 - 12:01
Story update 7/13/2018: This story was updated with a link to the released version of standard E3125–17. Large-volume 3D laser scanners play an essential role in manufacturing large products (e.g., airplane wings), making measurements for large-…
NIST Updates Risk Management Framework to Incorporate Privacy Considerations Helps organizations assess and manage risks to their information and systems
Mon, 06/11/2018 - 12:01
Augmenting its efforts to protect the nation’s critical assets from cybersecurity threats as well as protect individuals’ privacy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a draft update to its Risk Management Framework (…
A Turning Point for Humanity Redefining the world’s measurement system
Tue, 06/05/2018 - 12:03
I n November 2018, in Versailles, France, representatives from 57 countries are expected to make history. They will vote to dramatically transform the international system that underpins global science and trade. This single action will finally…
Silicon ‘Lenses’ Enable Neutron Beams to See Details Inside ObjectsScanning technique could reveal details from 1 nanometer up to 10 micrometers
Wed, 04/18/2018 - 12:01
You can’t see well without lenses that can focus, whether those lenses are in your eye or the microscope you peer through. An innovative way to focus beams of neutrons might allow scientists to probe the interiors of opaque objects at a size range…
NIST’s ‘Charpy’ Test: A Precise Impact on Industrial Materials Decades-old impact test about to be significantly improved
Tue, 04/10/2018 - 12:01
A decade before an iceberg shattered the hull plates of the Titanic and half a century before a plague of brittle fractures started sinking Liberty ships during World War II, scientists in the United States and France had devised a novel, and…
Join Baldrige Award Winners at the 2018 Quest for Excellence ConferenceApril 8–11, 2018, in Baltimore
Tue, 03/27/2018 - 12:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- If your organization is striving to achieve breakthrough performance and results, the recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award will soon be sharing their role-model best practices at the 30th Anniversary…
Putting Statistics Into Forensic Firearms Identification How good a match is it?
Mon, 02/26/2018 - 12:01
On February 14, 1929, gunmen working for Al Capone disguised themselves as police officers, entered the warehouse of a competing gang, and shot seven of their rivals dead. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is famous not only in the annals of…
Microwave-Based Test Method Helps Inspect 3D Chip DesignsGives chip designers better way to minimize the effects of ‘electromigration’
Wed, 01/24/2018 - 12:01
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a new approach to testing multilayered, 3D computer chips that are now appearing in some of the latest consumer devices. The method may be the answer the…
Baldrige Examiner Application Process Is Now OpenWork with and learn from some of the nation’s best people and organizations
Wed, 11/29/2017 - 12:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- This is an exciting time of the year for the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, as we welcome our newest Baldrige Award recipients to the Baldrige family of role model organizations. We celebrate our award…
Tucking Into NIST’s 3D Printer TestbedResearchers are studying additive manufacturing to give industry users tools to better control the process
Tue, 06/27/2017 - 12:01
Printing 3D metal objects is a booming industry, with the market for products and services worth more than an estimated $2.3 billion in 2015—a nearly fivefold growth since 2010. For this type of manufacturing, a metal part is built up successively…