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Below is a sampling of ways NIST's work impacts industry.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container nist-block"> <h2 class="nist-block__title">Latest Impacts</h2> <div><div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 js-view-dom-id-bfd45cba9b498301927ca0688c8432b9254d8cbb4ab9fbc6596001b82923915e"> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/public-private-partnerships-semiconductor-research" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/public-private-partnerships-semiconductor-research" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2017/05/23/probe_72_2.jpg?itok=hnhMvrW8" width="720" height="360" alt="High-speed amplified probe" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/public-private-partnerships-semiconductor-research"><span>Public-Private Partnerships for Semiconductor Research</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/navigation-through-timekeeping" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/navigation-through-timekeeping" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2017/01/30/time_frequency_atomic_clocks_chip_scale_clock_close_up.jpg?itok=ZGLleDTT" width="720" height="360" alt="Close up of the NIST chip-scale atomic clock" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/navigation-through-timekeeping"><span>Navigation through Timekeeping</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2017/03/20/dscn0014.jpg?itok=pZJCw7c0" width="720" height="360" alt="Photo of NIST scientists with the PSCR Deployable LTE Cell-on-Wheels" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications"><span>First Responder Communications</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/helmet-materials-head-health" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/helmet-materials-head-health" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2018/10/17/15mml013_headhealth_riley_horiz_copyright_earl_zubkoff_lr.jpg?itok=zXufjVRt" width="720" height="360" alt="Scientist puts material down below a tube. Background: computer screen" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/helmet-materials-head-health"><span>Helmet Materials for Head Health </span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/flow-meters-natural-gas-delivery" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/flow-meters-natural-gas-delivery" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2019/11/21/blue_ball_horiz.jpg?itok=EagBBEUt" width="720" height="360" alt="Photo of NIST scientist with the big blue ball covered in thermal insulation." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/flow-meters-natural-gas-delivery"><span>Flow Meters for Natural Gas Delivery</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/lightweight-materials-automobiles" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/lightweight-materials-automobiles" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2017/02/02/lightweighting_lab.jpg?itok=roEJiUSc" width="720" height="360" alt="Researchers at the NIST Center Lightweighting Lab" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/lightweight-materials-automobiles"><span>Lightweight Materials for Automobiles</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/benchmarks-biologic-drugs" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/benchmarks-biologic-drugs" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/mml/bmd/mab_banner-fw_2.png?itok=Ha6KYLOt" width="720" height="360" alt="the NIST monoclonal antibody" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/benchmarks-biologic-drugs"><span>Benchmarks for Biologic Drugs</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/commercial-building-fire-protection" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/commercial-building-fire-protection" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/photogallery/the_station_nightclub.jpg?itok=bQ02PBbc" width="720" height="360" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/commercial-building-fire-protection"><span>Commercial Building Fire Protection</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="tablet:grid-col-4"> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/cybersecurity-framework" class="nist-teaser nist-teaser--grid"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220202171430/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/cybersecurity-framework" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220202171430im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/720w_x_360h/public/images/2019/03/27/cloud_computing.jpg?itok=9oHv1MXf" width="720" height="360" alt="Computer scientist Murugiah Souppaya investigates security techniques for protecting virtuallized computing environments and cloud computing systems. 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