<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:og="http://ogp.me/ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:schema="http://schema.org/" xmlns:sioc="http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns#" xmlns:sioct="http://rdfs.org/sioc/types#" xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.nist.gov/"> <channel> <title>News and Events Feed by Topic</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/topics</link> <description/> <language>en</language> <atom:link href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/standards/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/> <item> <title>2064 Calibration Method Validation</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/08/2064-calibration-method-validation</link> <description> This 2-hour webinar on Calibration Method Validation will examine the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 requirements for selection of calibration methods and for method validation and provide guidance on developing a process for validating a new or modified </description> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874906</guid> </item> <item> <title>2066 Fundamentals of Metrology</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/07/2066-fundamentals-metrology</link> <description> Course Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to the concepts of measurement systems, units, good laboratory practices, data integrity, measurement uncertainty, measurement </description> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874901</guid> </item> <item> <title>2063 State Laboratory Annual Submission Process</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/07/2063-state-laboratory-annual-submission-process</link> <description> The State Laboratory Annual Submission Process webinar provides guidance on how to successfully submit all required materials to develop a complete and timely Recognition Application according to NIST Handbook (HB) 143, State Weights and Measures </description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874896</guid> </item> <item> <title>2065 Volume Metrology Seminar</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/07/2065-volume-metrology-seminar</link> <description> The 5-day OWM Volume Metrology Seminar is designed to enable metrologists to apply fundamental measurement concepts to volume calibrations. A large percentage of time is spent on hands-on measurements, applying procedures and equations discussed in </description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874891</guid> </item> <item> <title>2062 Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/06/2062-documenting-traceability-and-calibration-intervals</link> <description> This 2-hour webinar covers the essential elements of metrological traceability and the documentary evidence required to support traceability and calibration intervals. It uses NISTIR 6969, GMP 11, and GMP 13 as the baseline for instructions and also </description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874886</guid> </item> <item> <title>2059 Basic Uncertainty Concepts</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/05/2059-basic-uncertainty-concepts</link> <description> This 2-hour webinar provides a very basic introduction to uncertainty calculations and reporting using the 8-step process published in NIST SOP 29 (NISTIR 6969), beginning with some definitions and concepts from the Guide to the Expression of </description> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874881</guid> </item> <item> <title>2058 Document Control and Record Keeping</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/02/2058-document-control-and-record-keeping</link> <description> Course Description This 2-hour webinar will introduce the fundamentals of Laboratory Management System Document Control and Record Keeping that are necessary to successfully implement ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Learning Objectives At the end of this session </description> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874876</guid> </item> <item> <title>2056 Fundamentals of Metrology</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/04/2056-fundamentals-metrology</link> <description> Course Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to the concepts of measurement systems, units, good laboratory practices, data integrity, measurement uncertainty, measurement </description> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874276</guid> </item> <item> <title>2057 Mass Metrology Seminar</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/03/2057-mass-metrology-seminar</link> <description> Course Description The two-week Mass Metrology Seminar is a "hands-on" seminar that incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70 percent demonstrations and laboratory work in which the participant performs measurements by applying procedures </description> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874271</guid> </item> <item> <title>2055 Fundamentals of Metrology</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2026/01/2055-fundamentals-metrology</link> <description> Course Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to the concepts of measurement systems, units, good laboratory practices, data integrity, measurement uncertainty, measurement </description> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1874261</guid> </item> <item> <title>An RM for Temperature and Enthalpy Calibration of Differential Scanning Calorimeters</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/rm-temperature-and-enthalpy-calibration-differential-scanning-calorimeters</link> <description> A new Reference Material (RM) has been developed for the temperature and enthalpy calibration of differential scanning calorimeters (DSCs). The addition of this new RM expands the applicable range of NIST’s DSC-related calibration standards to </description> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Katherine Elliott</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873926</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST and University Researchers Present Online Tool to Support IEEE Standards at 2024 IECON</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/nist-and-university-researchers-present-online-tool-support-ieee-standards</link> <description> NIST researcher Dr. Eugene Song, Dr. Helbert da Rocha (University of Beira Interior, Portugal), and collaborators demonstrated an online tool called the IEEE 1451 Playground at the 2024 IEEE IECON conference. The tool, which provides interactive </description> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873211</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Researcher and Team Present on IoT Sensor Networks at 2024 IEEE IECON</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/nist-researcher-and-team-present-iot-sensor-networks-2024-ieee-iecon</link> <description> NIST researcher Dr. Eugene Song and Prof. Hiroaki Nishi (Keio University, Japan) presented a research paper titled “Security for IEEE P1451.1.6-based Sensor Networks for IoT Applications” at the 2024 IEEE IECON conference. Their presentation received </description> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873206</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Leaders Address the 21st International ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications in Tunisia</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/nist-leaders-address-21st-international-acsieee-international-conference</link> <description> NIST researcher leaders Edward Griffor, Tao Zhang, and Abdella Battou addressed the 21 st International ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications ( AICCSA 2024 ) in Sousse, Tunisia, held on 22-26 October 2024. The </description> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873201</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Industrial Wireless Team Meets with NEMA Welding Group</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/nist-industrial-wireless-team-meets-nema-welding-group</link> <description> On November 18, 2024, the NIST Industrial Wireless Research Team, led by NIST research leader Rick Candell, met with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) arc welding group to discuss the impacts of welding equipment on the </description> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873196</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Researchers Meet with NHTSA Experts to Share Approaches to Assessment of Automated Vehicle System Performance</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-researchers-meet-nhtsa-experts-share-approaches-assessment-automated</link> <description> Measurement science and standards are needed to support the safe and predictable operation of future automated vehicles (AVs), and to realize their potential to significantly impact our daily lives and improve competitiveness and well-being in our </description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873186</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Hosts Second Stakeholder Workshop on Digital Twins</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-hosts-second-stakeholder-workshop-digital-twins</link> <description> On January 14, 2025, NIST held the second of three stakeholder workshops in its ongoing series on Digital Twins, building upon the initial workshop held in October 2024. This workshop centered on advancing the conversation about standards and </description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873181</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Researcher Provides Insights on IoT Sensor Devices Interoperability Testing Framework</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-researcher-provides-insights-iot-sensor-devices-interoperability</link> <description> NIST researcher Dr. Eugene Song and Mr. Sridhar Kowdley from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&amp;amp;T) co-presented on Public Safety Systems at the IEEE IoT Cybersecurity Assessment Program Helps Ensure IoT </description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873171</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Associate Receives IEEE Standards Association Lifetime Achievement Award</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-associate-receives-ieee-standards-association-lifetime-achievement</link> <description> NIST’s Mr. Kang B. Lee, a long-time NIST staff member and currently an associate with the Industrial Wireless Systems Project team after his retirement, was honored with the 2024 IEEE Standards Association Lifetime Achievement Award “ for three </description> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rachel Kotary</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1873161</guid> </item> <item> <title>Open Industrial Digital Ecosystem Summit</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/04/open-industrial-digital-ecosystem-summit</link> <description> The Open Industrial Digital Ecosystem Summit is an annual event bringing together thought leaders, experts, practitioners, developers, and users of standards for data semantics. The event is co-hosted by the Systems Integration Division of the </description> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Pauline Truong</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1872861</guid> </item> <item> <title>2025 MBE &amp;amp; QIF Summit Update</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/2025-mbe-qif-summit-update</link> <description> The 2025 MBE &amp;amp; QIF Summit event is returning to MxD (Manufacturing x Digital) headquarters in Chicago, IL, April 15 - 17, 2025. The 2025 event will bring the growing pains of collaborating in a decentralized environment to light. Experts will share </description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 - Sun, 06 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Rosemary Astheimer</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871746</guid> </item> <item> <title>Spotlight: NIST Dives In to Help Measure Ocean Color</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/11/spotlight-nist-dives-help-measure-ocean-color</link> <description> Thanks to a collaboration between NASA and NIST, a new ocean color sensor buoy has been deployed off the western coast of Australia. </description> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sarah Henderson</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871741</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: Proficiency Testing Program for U.S. State Weights and Measures Laboratories</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/10/nist-owm-info-hour-proficiency-testing-program-us-state-weights-and</link> <description> This Info Hour will provide attendees with an overview of OWM’s proficiency testing (PT) program, describe how the program operates, and demonstrate the vital role it plays in evaluating the competency and traceability of participating laboratories’ </description> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871411</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: OWM Study Results on the Use of a Portable Digital Density Meter as a Field Inspection Device</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/09/nist-owm-info-hour-owm-study-results-use-portable-digital-density-meter</link> <description> The current NIST Handbook 133 test procedure for testing liquid food packages uses a gravimetric method to determine the density of the liquid. Determining the density gravimetrically can be very time-consuming and could result in reduced inspections </description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871401</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: Tips and Tools for Navigating the PDF Electronic Version of NIST Handbooks</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/06/nist-owm-info-hour-tips-and-tools-navigating-pdf-electronic-version-nist</link> <description> Date: June 12, 2025 Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time OWM Technical Contact: Isabel Chavez Baucom Add to Calendar This is the last year (2025) that NIST Handbooks 44, 130, and 133 will be printed in hard copy. In this informational session, we </description> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871396</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: OWM&amp;#039;s Role Within NCWM and U.S. Weights and Measures System</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/05/nist-owm-info-hour-owms-role-within-ncwm-and-us-weights-and-measures</link> <description> NIST Office of Weights and Measures will provide a clear understanding of our role within the NCWM and the Weights and Measures system in the United States. NIST OWM has a statutory responsibility to promote “cooperation with the states in securing </description> <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871391</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: EVSE Metrology Training Program</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/04/nist-owm-info-hour-evse-metrology-training-program</link> <description> Learn about the JOET-supported effort at the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) to develop an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) metrology training program. An overview of the JOET/OWM collaboration and its role in meeting the 97% uptime </description> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871386</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: Overview and Discussion of Mathematical Agreement in Determining Net Weight with Regard to Tare Operations</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/03/nist-owm-info-hour-overview-and-discussion-mathematical-agreement</link> <description> This Info Hour is intended for members of the Weights and Measures community who are responsible for regulating, designing, or evaluating weighing instruments. Date: March 20, 2025 Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time OWM Technical Contact: Jan </description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871381</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM Info Hour: Overview and Discussion on Emerging Legal Metrology Device Technology</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/02/nist-owm-info-hour-overview-and-discussion-emerging-legal-metrology</link> <description> This Info Hour will provide an overview and facilitate a discussion on legal metrology devices that incorporate emerging technologies and the challenges associated with their use. This discussion will encompass devices that utilize measurement </description> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871376</guid> </item> <item> <title>Legal Metrology: Maintaining Our Trust in Measurements</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/legal-metrology-maintaining-our-trust-measurements</link> <description> Without realizing it, metrology and its associated standards and services play a big role in our daily lives. We buy groceries that are weighed or measured. Prepackaged products are weighed or measured during production. Medicine at the pharmacy is </description> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Katrice A. Lippa</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871356</guid> </item> <item> <title>Building a Path Forward for Meaningful Cannabis Breathalyzer Realization</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/04/building-path-forward-meaningful-cannabis-breathalyzer-realization</link> <description> We are bringing together participants from government, forensic laboratories, industry, academia, law enforcement agencies, and standards organizations to foster an open and candid discussion for a broad view of the path forward to realize meaningful </description> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Crissy Robinson</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871266</guid> </item> <item> <title>NVLAP NIST Handbook 150-2 New Release</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nvlap-nist-handbook-150-2-new-release</link> <description> In October 2024, the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) released a revised version of NIST Handbook 150-2 , which represents the technical requirements for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Calibration </description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871241</guid> </item> <item> <title>A New ASTM E617 Standard and What It Means for NIST Handbook 105-1</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/new-astm-e617-standard-and-what-it-means-nist-handbook-105-1</link> <description> One of OWM's main responsibilities is to harmonize international and national documentary standards with those used by the U.S. weights and measures community. Therefore, in 2019, OWM worked with the weights and measures community that regularly uses </description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871236</guid> </item> <item> <title>Coming in June 2025: Combined RMAP Training Event in Portland, Oregon</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/coming-june-2025-combined-rmap-training-event-portland-oregon</link> <description> Every five years, NIST OWM gears up to host a Combined Regional Measurement Assurance Program (C-RMAP) training event with a state host with all six RMAP regions in attendance at once. The 2025 C-RMAP will be held in Portland, Oregon, on June 1 – 5 </description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871161</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST OWM and KEBS: Building Metrology Capacity for the RMOs</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-owm-and-kebs-building-metrology-capacity-rmos</link> <description> NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) are currently conducting an interlaboratory mass comparison as part of a larger, multifaceted mass metrology training program being developed by Dr. Ombati Nyangau </description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871156</guid> </item> <item> <title>OWM Completes Pilot Test of a “Blended” Course on Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/owm-completes-pilot-test-blended-course-retail-motor-fuel-dispensers</link> <description> In October 2024, NIST OWM completed a pilot test of a “blended” course on Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers (RMFDs) thanks in large part, to Paul Floyd, Director of Louisiana Weights and Measures, and a select group of his experienced staff. A blended </description> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yvonne A. Branden</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1871151</guid> </item> <item> <title>ANSI/NIST-ITL Update Workshop</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2025/04/ansinist-itl-update-workshop</link> <description> Join us in Rockville for a directed discussion of the ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2025 standard update at the NIST NCCoE Facility. We will review, discuss, and vote on the results of the expert working groups, including adding support for contactless </description> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate> <dc:creator>Crissy Robinson</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1870721</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Develops Genetic Material for Validating H5N1 Bird Flu Diagnostic Tests</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-develops-genetic-material-validating-h5n1-bird-flu-diagnostic-tests</link> <description> To bolster the nation’s preparedness for a pandemic, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a synthetic, nonhazardous genetic material to support the development and validation of diagnostic tests for the H5N1 virus </description> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Megan King</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1870606</guid> </item> <item> <title>NIST Offers New Calibration Service for Wavemeters</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/nist-offers-new-calibration-service-wavemeters</link> <description> For more than three decades, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has calibrated the wavelengths of lasers used in industry, academia, and government laboratories. NIST has now expanded its service to include the calibration of </description> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Pamela L Corey</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1870286</guid> </item> <item> <title>Best Practices for Uniform Unit Pricing: An Update to NIST SP 1181 and NIST Handbook 130 Regulations</title> <link>https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/best-practices-uniform-unit-pricing-update-nist-sp-1181-and-nist-handbook</link> <description> To help shoppers everywhere get the best value for their money, the NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) convened a unit price working group comprised of regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumer group stakeholders and produced the </description> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Katrice A. Lippa</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.nist.gov/node/1869606</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>