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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Mar 1

    Pioneers of our past: Join us this month in celebrating the women who made their mark throughout NIST’s 120-year-strong legacy.

    Man and woman stand in front of technical equipment in black and white photograph.
    Smiling woman in black and white photograph.
    Sequence of images of a woman wearing personal protective equipment.
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    5 hours ago

    Kate Kapalo, a postdoctoral researcher, is part of a team working to test technology for public safety in simulated emergencies. Read how she got into the field:

    Kate Kapalo wearing virtual reality headset.
    Simulated traffic accident with people lying on the ground in medical head supports.
    Simulated fire in a hallway.
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  3. 5 hours ago

    New opportunity – Supervisory Contract Specialist, located in Gaithersburg, Md. Apply by April 14:

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    5 hours ago

    Business owners, have you heard about 's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program? It encourages domestic to engage in federal research and development that has the potential for commercialization. More details

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  5. 5 hours ago

    In 1992, chemist Kristy Richie and her colleagues developed a DNA profiling standard for accurate DNA forensic analyses, the first biotechnology standard reference material produced by NIST.

    Kristy Richie uses a pipette in a lab.
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    7 hours ago

    . Associate Director Mojdeh Bahar says she has been blessed to lead teams at , & who have taught her what it means to be a true public servant & to care about the greater good.

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  7. 9 hours ago

    We’re not saying our version of the movie would be better than “The Green Lantern,” but...

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  8. 9 hours ago

    “Let those who define the human eye’s might, measure with my power, the candela’s 540 × 10^12 hertz frequency of light.”

    The illustrated SI Superhero Candela holds her wand, which is illuminated in a green glow.
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  9. 10 hours ago

    New opportunity – Safety Technician, located in Gaithersburg, Md. Apply by March 30:

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  10. 10 hours ago

    Meet the ISO standard for measuring the structural properties of graphene, built from a collaboration between NIST and metrology institutes in the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan, China and Germany:

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  11. 11 hours ago

    New opportunity – Physicist, located in Gaithersburg, Md. Apply by March 22:

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  12. Mar 16

    Susan Ballou certainly had a diverse portfolio. During her 20-year career at NIST, she built a foundation for forensic research in: - Trace evidence - Drug examination - Ballistics - Digital evidence - DNA - Fingerprints - Crime scene processing

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  13. Mar 16

    Simulated robots, activate! Software developers, build a robot control system and register to compete in a simulated environment for up to $10,000:

    Simulated factory floor with worker wearing a face mask.
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  14. Mar 16

    FYI: It is now... Tuesday March 16, 2021 10:18am ET For even more precision, keep checking

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  15. Retweeted
    Mar 15

    We did a big thing: 's Risk Management Framework (RMF) website has been REDESIGNED — we even added new resources for implementers! See what's new and what we changed:

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  16. Mar 15

    New opportunity – Writer-Editor, located in Gaithersburg, Md. Apply by March 26:

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  17. Mar 15

    You can win up to $1M and accelerate the development of a nationwide public safety broadband network! Collect public safety radio transmission data for research. Apply by April 6 for the program:

    Text reads: "New funding opportunity. Public safety radio data. Apply for the grant."
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  18. Mar 15

    From 1947-1957, Olga Taussky-Todd served as an NBS technical consultant in algebra, number theory and matrix theory. She developed methods for solving problems on emerging computers, and was later selected as the “Woman of the Year” in 1963.

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    Mar 15

    Today's the launch of an ISO/IEC standard for measuring the structural properties of graphene. In a Comment, Andrew Pollard () & colleagues describe how the new standard will help graphene buyers have confidence in the material they're purchasing

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  20. Mar 15

    New opportunity – Physical Scientist, located in Gaithersburg, Md. Apply by March 19:

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  21. Mar 14

    Care for some pizza π?

    Pizza on the left has cheese forming the symbol for Pi. Pizza on the right is in the shape of the symbol for Pi.
    Pizza has pepperoni slices arranged to form the symbol for Pi.
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