New Technique for Measuring DNA Damage Could Improve Cancer Therapy and Radiological Emergency Response Summary NIST researchers have developed a nanopore-based method that detects radiation-induced DNA damage quickly and with…
NIST Finalises ‘Lightweight Cryptography’ Standard to Protect Small Devices Summary NIST has published its Ascon-based lightweight cryptography standard (NIST SP 800-232) to secure resource-constrained devices such as IoT endpoints, RFID…
New NIST Reference Material to Strengthen Quality Control for Biological Drugs Summary NIST has released SRM 1989: Monodisperse Irregularly Shaped Epoxy-Based Particles, a new standard reference material designed to help…
NIST Consortium and Draft Guidelines Aim to Improve Security in Software Development Summary The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), via its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), has…
NIST Makes First Detection of Cannabis in Breath From Edibles Summary Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,…
NIST’s Alex Maranghides Receives Service to America Medal Article Date: 2025-07-17 Summary Alexander (Alex) Maranghides of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named a 2025 Samuel…
NIST Releases Trove of Genetic Data to Spur Cancer Research Summary NIST has released a comprehensive, multi-terabyte genomic dataset from a pancreatic cancer cell line whose donor explicitly consented to…
NIST Engineers Design 5 New Ways to Connect Concrete Pieces for More Resilient Buildings Summary Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and physically…
NIST Issues Broad Agency Announcement for Proposals to Advance Microelectronics Technologies Summary The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under its CHIPS…
In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway Summary A NIST-led theory paper in Physical Review Letters describes a practical way to make entangled quantum sensors more robust…
