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</div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> This will help forensic labs correctly determine whether a seized material is hemp, which is legal in all 50 states, or marijuana, which is a controlled </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/07/rm-measuring-cannabinoids-and-toxic-elements-hemp" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/07/rm-measuring-cannabinoids-and-toxic-elements-hemp" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240721000505im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/07/08/8210-1.jpg?itok=D1NoPMlf" width="100" height="56" alt="8210 packaging" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/07/rm-measuring-cannabinoids-and-toxic-elements-hemp"><span property="schema:name">An RM for Measuring Cannabinoids and Toxic Elements in Hemp</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-07-08T12:00:00Z">July 8, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The Hemp Plant reference material (RM 8210) provides values for cannabinoids and toxic elements in a dried ground hemp plant material to help cannabis and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/07/sim-approval-nist-office-reference-materials-quality-management-system" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a 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class="text-with-summary"> The NIST Office of Reference Materials implements a quality management system (QMS) based on Standard ISO 9001:2015, Guide 31:2015 and relevant requirements of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-partners-gates-foundation-develop-breathalyzers-malaria-and" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-partners-gates-foundation-develop-breathalyzers-malaria-and" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240721000505im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/02/13/grantfund-graphic-v3.png?itok=amqd5dOg" width="100" height="67" alt="Illustration shows a breathalyzer device with a paper report and microscope slides. 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The </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/programs-projects/plastic-pollution-measurement-science" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/plastic-pollution-measurement-science" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240721000505im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/05/14/Plastic%20Pollution%20Measurement%20Science.png?itok=jyaOFqCy" width="100" height="90" alt="Graphic of a globe where the land is light green and the water is light blue. In the Atlantic Ocean portion, there is a graphic overlay representing the breakdown of megaplastics to nanoplastics. Black text wraps around the globe. “Plastic Pollution Measurement Science” around the top, and “sources, transport, fate, quantities, impacts, repurposing” around the bottom" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/plastic-pollution-measurement-science"><span>Plastic Pollution Measurement Science</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Plastics have undoubtedly brought numerous benefits to society, but the issue of plastic pollution has emerged as a significant global environmental challenge </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/programs-projects/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240721000505im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/10/11/Per-%20and%20Polyfluoroalkyl%20Substances.jpg?itok=pjkAWDZ-" width="100" height="67" alt="Photo montage showing fill the airplane with fire-fighting foam, a spilled glass of wine on the tablecloth. Cleaning clothes and furniture from stains, Discarded Fast Food Wrappers Littered on Ground, wateproof jacket with water droplets on it. Jacket using the gore-tex technology." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas"><span>Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> NIST works to improve confidence in measurements and conducts research on PFAS for better human health and the environment. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/programs-projects/nist-food-safety-program" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/nist-food-safety-program" hreflang="en"><img 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href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2024-aoac-method-year-melissa-phillips-and-kate-rimmer"><span>2024 - AOAC Method of the Year---Melissa Phillips and Kate Rimmer</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Melissa Phillips (right) and Kate Rimmer (left) of the Chemical Sciences Division have been honored by the Official Methods Board of AOAC </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/awards/2024-institute-physics-fellow-vinod-tewary" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20240721000505/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2024-institute-physics-fellow-vinod-tewary" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20240721000505im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/07/01/Vinod_Tewary.jpg?itok=zNf_C43S" width="100" height="89" alt="Headshot of a man with short light brown hair and glasses, wearing a button up collared 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