Browsing: Innovation
Credit: Aleksey Matrenin/Shutterstock When a major storm or wildfire hits, the headlines focus on the disaster. At NIST, we study…
Credit: M. King/NIST When you go to a medical appointment, does the doctor look at you while you talk? Or…
For the past decade, Taking Measure has told the stories behind the groundbreaking research we do at NIST. Our goal…
NIST researcher Jim Cline displays the X-ray diffraction SRM while standing in front of the goniometer used to certify it.…
The 2010 flooding in Tennessee introduced Christina Gore to the concept of community resilience — the way a community responds…
Credit: R. Wilson/NIST In an emergency, knowing exactly where a first responder is can mean the difference between life and…
Credit: Tolmachov Vision/Shutterstock From blood tests to mammograms, doctors need reliable measurements to make informed decisions about their patients’ health…
NIST physicist Laura Sinclair works to link an atomic clock on Mount Blue Sky to a location outside Boulder, Colorado,…
Credit: NIST In honor of NIST’s 125th anniversary this year, anonymous donors commissioned a piece of music to honor NIST…
Kelly Sauerwein is a physical scientist with the Special Programs Office at NIST. Credit: M. King/NIST As a person who…