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NIST Offers 19 Ways to Build Zero Trust Architectures
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/06/nist-offers-19-ways-build-zero-trust-architectures
Published: June 11, 2025 12:00
The examples use off-the-shelf commercial technologies, giving organizations valuable starting points.
NIST and Partners Use Quantum Mechanics to Make a Factory for Random Numbers
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/06/nist-and-partners-use-quantum-mechanics-make-factory-random-numbers
Published: June 11, 2025 12:00
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.
New NIST Standard Helps Deliver the Right Dosage of Cancer-Fighting Drugs
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/06/new-nist-standard-helps-deliver-right-dosage-cancer-fighting-drugs
Published: June 3, 2025 12:00
NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs.
NIST Moonlight Data Will Help Satellites Get a More Accurate Look at Earth
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/05/nist-moonlight-data-will-help-satellites-get-more-accurate-look-earth
Published: May 20, 2025 12:00
Reliable measurements of the light from our planet can help industries from agriculture to meteorology to mining.
New Atomic Fountain Clock Joins Elite Group That Keeps the World on Time
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/04/new-atomic-fountain-clock-joins-elite-group-keeps-world-time
Published: April 28, 2025 12:00
NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate timekeepers.
NIST Updates Critical Wildfire Evacuation and Sheltering Guidance
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/04/nist-updates-critical-wildfire-evacuation-and-sheltering-guidance
Published: April 24, 2025 12:00
The ESCAPE report redefines how to save lives in the face of fast-moving wildfires.
NIST’s Curved Neutron Beams Could Deliver Benefits Straight to Industry
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/04/nists-curved-neutron-beams-could-deliver-benefits-straight-industry
Published: April 17, 2025 12:00
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
NIST Updates Privacy Framework, Tying It to Recent Cybersecurity Guidelines
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/04/nist-updates-privacy-framework-tying-it-recent-cybersecurity-guidelines
Published: April 14, 2025 12:00
Targeted changes to content and structure respond to stakeholder needs and make the document easier to use.
Champlain Towers South Investigation Team Provides Update to Structural Engineers
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/04/champlain-towers-south-investigation-team-provides-update-structural
Published: April 11, 2025 12:00
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.
Rare Crystal Shape Found to Increase the Strength of 3D-Printed Metal
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/04/rare-crystal-shape-found-increase-strength-3d-printed-metal
Published: April 7, 2025 12:00
NIST researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys.