Taking Measure

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Creating and Commercializing the NIST RoboCrane

November 3, 2021

The RoboCrane — now hard at work at the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear cleanup sites — is a good example of a successfully commercialized technology invented at the National Institute of Standards

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Post-Quantum Encryption: A Q&A With NIST’s Matt Scholl

October 27, 2021

Quantum computing algorithms seek to use quantum phenomena to perform certain types of calculations much more efficiently than today’s classical, binary, transistor-based computers can. If and when a

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Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling for IoT Devices: A Q&A with NIST’s Katerina Megas

October 21, 2021

The connection of devices, including household devices, to the internet has created a raft of new potential entryways for hackers to invade your home networks and cause chaos and destruction. The

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Clear as Glass: Studying Drug-Delivery Materials as a NIST SURF Student

October 6, 2021

Claire Lamberti

This summer was an interesting one, to say the least. I was in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As my

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Profiles in Manufacturing

October 1, 2021

Jonathan Griffin

Manufacturing is a colossal industry and key pillar of the U.S. economy. It takes millions of workers to keep this juggernaut moving forward every day. Engineers, technicians and machine operators on