Meramec Instrument Transformer Co. needed to diversify and develop more products to sell with a goal of becoming the leader in the industry. With the help of their local economic development director, they were connected with Missouri...

Find out more about how the National Institute of Standards and Technology is playing a pivotal role in helping to define the measurements and standards needed to ensure the promise of precision medicine.

The NIST Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Standards Lab recently received the Governor's Award for High-Impact Research for advancing the forefront of biomedical imaging by developing a broad suite of calibration “phantoms” to enable...

If a disaster hits your community, will you be prepared? Are your leaders asking the right questions and taking the right steps to make sure your community could recover quickly and completely? Learn more about the flexible and adaptable...

You may have heard of first and second-hand smoke but did you know about third hand and after smoke? NIST scientists have measured how much chemical airborne emissions we are exposed to once a cigarette but has been “extinguished." Learn...

NIST Fellow and DNA expert John Butler describes his work in DNA forensic science, how NIST standards enable accurate DNA measurements to be made, how NIST methods helped ID victims of 9/11, how he got interested in forensics, and how...

Technological advances demand a new era of measurement science. NIST has answered that call with NIST on a CHIP and is looking to partner with industry, academia, and other government agencies to take their devices from the lab to the...

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), more than 200 home fires each year start with a Christmas tree. See what can happen if fire starts in a tree that hasn’t been watered. For Christmas tree safety tips, visit...

In today’s manufacturing world, women play a much larger role than they have in the past. Whether they are creative, analytical or process-oriented, there is a place in manufacturing for women. From leadership in the front office to...

This is the story of how an idea turned into a product that changed the motorcycle industry, launched a company in Idaho, and positioned a mechanical engineer intern to become the President and CEO. With the assistance of TechHelp, the...

NIST materials scientist John Royer explains the science behind “oobleck” – and other shear-thickening fluids – in this NIST in 90 (seconds) video, potentially putting an end to a long-running scientific debate. Royer is the lead author...

In their first adventure, the SI Superheroes (aka the International League of Measurement Units) use the power of measurement to help a stranded soccer player get home.

American manufacturing, once seen as the world’s icon of industrialization and then as a symbol of decline, is once again changing. Rethinking Manufacturing is the story of two young individuals who are on the cutting edge of that...

NIST research reveal that context plays a critical factor in why users click or don’t click on a phishing email. Why do phishing emails remain so effective at disrupting our computer networks?
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Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (AMI), a client of the Maine MEP (the MEP Center in Maine and part of the MEP National Network), is the industry’s leading expert in the manufacture of high performance textiles for extreme temperature...

NIST researchers demonstrate techniques for screening illegal drugs for the synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are causing a spike in overdose deaths. More