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News and Updates

Cell towers broadcast signals through two trees, one of which has green leaves while the other is bare. A cellphone behind the greenery indicates a poorer signal than the phone behind the bare tree.

NIST Helps Next-Generation Cell Technology See Past the Greenery

January 4, 2022

As 5G technology gets fully implemented over the next several years, cellphones and other wireless tech will grow more powerful with increased data flow and

Latest Values of Fundamental Constants Published

July 13, 2021

Four scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported the latest values for the fundamental constants of nature on June

Woman uses gas analysis mass spectrometer at NBS for chemical analysis of gas or vapor mixtures

NIST Adds New 'Fingerprints' to Chemical Identification Database

June 17, 2020

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its database of chemical fingerprints, called mass spectra, that are used to identify

Projects and Programs

Trusted AI framework for a new class of Standard Reference Materials and Data with exquisitely characterized uncertainty for billions of properties

Ongoing

A new collaboration between NIST's Human Genomics Team, Mass Spectrometry Data Center, and Information Technology Laboratory to use and develop artificial

Genome in a Bottle

Ongoing

Consortium hosted by NIST dedicated to authoritative characterization of benchmark human genomes. Sign up for General GIAB and Analysis Team email lists. Public

External RNA Controls Consortium

Completed

RNA Spike-in Controls for Gene Expression

Precursor Material Qualification

The lack of repeatable process outcomes from additive manufacturing (AM) has been broadly acknowledged as an impediment to widespread implementation. While most

Publications

Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) Data from 1999-2010

December 17, 2021

Author(s)

Nathan Mahynski, Jared Ragland, Stacy Schuur, Rebecca Pugh, Vincent K. Shen

The multi-entity, long-term Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has collected eggs from various avian species throughout the North Pacific

Performance assessment of DNA sequencing platforms in the ABRF Next-Generation Sequencing Study

September 9, 2021

Author(s)

Justin Zook, Jonathan Foox, Christopher E. Mason

Assessing the reproducibility, accuracy and utility of massively parallel DNA sequencing platforms remains an ongoing challenge. Here the Association of

Ultraviolet Radiation Technologies and Healthcare Associated Infections: Standards and Metrology Needs

August 20, 2021

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, C Cameron Miller, Richard Martinello, Norman Horn, Michael T. Postek, Troy Cowan, Yaw S. Obeng, John J. Kasianowicz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted an international workshop on ultraviolet-C (UV-C) disinfection technologies on January 14 – 15

CODATA Recommended Values of the Fundamental Physical Constants: 2018

June 30, 2021

Author(s)

Eite Tiesinga, Peter Mohr, David B. Newell, Barry Taylor

We report the 2018 self-consistent values of constants and conversion factors of physics and chemistry recommended by the Committee on Data of the Interna-

Software

ThermoML Opener

February 1, 2017

PurposeA tool for direct viewing of ThermoML files which include data and metadata. ThermoML files conform to the new XML-based ThermoML IUPAC standard