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Scientists develop new impact-resistant material based on the exoskeleton of the mantis shrimp.

The update reviews the investigation’s history, shares preliminary findings and highlights potential impacts.

In this role, Sunder will provide leadership and oversight to NIST’s laboratories, which provide vital measurement and research services that underpin technology innovation in the United States.

Broadcast as a free public service, the beacon can be used anywhere an independent source of random numbers would be useful, such as selecting jury candidates or assigning resources through a lottery.

The examples use off-the-shelf commercial technologies, giving organizations valuable starting points.

NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs.

Reliable measurements of the light from our planet can help industries from agriculture to meteorology to mining.

NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate timekeepers.

The ESCAPE report redefines how to save lives in the face of fast-moving wildfires.

In a physics first, a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a way to make beams of neutrons travel in curves. These Airy beams (named for English scientist George Airy), which the team

Targeted changes to content and structure respond to stakeholder needs and make the document easier to use.

This outreach will help ensure that the team’s findings and recommendations lead to improvements to codes, standards and practices that can prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.

NIST researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys.

Researchers hope this material will help usher in a new era of diagnostics and treatments involving the gut microbiome.

NIST’s new standard reference material will help ensure that geoduck clams and other shellfish are safe to eat.

The new algorithm will serve as a backup for the general encryption needed to protect data from quantum computers developed in the future.

Using differential privacy can help organizations glean useful insights from databases while protecting individuals’ data.

The report notes that the team has completed all experimental work on the physical evidence from the building’s structural elements.

This atomic thermometer provides accurate measurements “out of the box” because it relies on the basic principles of quantum physics.

Quantum computers need a "clean" workspace, and a team including scientists at NIST has found a way to make one.