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Deficient Facilities Adversely Affect National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Mission, With Economic, National Security, and Safety Impacts, Says New Report
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s facilities should be modernized to ensure that the agency can continue to deliver measurement science and standards that advance U.S. innovation ...
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National Institute of Standards and Technology - Technical.ly
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a federal agency within the Department of Commerce. Its self-professed mission is “to promote US innovation and industrial competitiveness ...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Braces for Mass Firings
Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.
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Testing Weed And Hemp More Accurately: National Institute of Standards and Technology Develops Reference Material - MSN
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed and is now selling hemp reference material to more accurately measure key components in cannabis products. Various studies ...
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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models | WIRED
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new instructions to scientists that partner with the US Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) that eliminate mention ...
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Trump admin’s NIST layoffs jeopardize AI safety and CHIPS Act
National AI safety group and CHIPS for America at risk with latest Trump administration firings Almost 500 employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology could lose their jobs in new ...
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How the federal government is tracking changes in the supply of street drugs - MIT Technology Review
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new harm reduction initiative is helping prevent needless deaths. In 2021, the Maryland Department of Health and the state police were ...
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Why you need to water your Christmas tree (Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology via Storyful) - MSN
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is reminding everyone of the importance of keeping Christmas trees watered this holiday season. (Credit: National Institute of Standards and ...
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NIST releases three encryption standards to prepare for future quantum attacks - FedScoop
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has officially released three new encryption standards that are designed to fortify cryptographic protections against future cyberattacks by quantum ...
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Trump cuts threaten a measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devices - NPR
The Atomic Spectroscopy Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides the definitive measurements of atomic spectra. Spectra are specific sets of colors emitted by ...
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NIST proposes barring some of the most nonsensical password rules
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the federal body that sets technology standards for governmental agencies, standards organizations, and private companies, has proposed ...