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🎧 Introducing NIST Lofi 🎧

Our curated playlist of chill beats pairs well with finally finishing that thing you've put off.

Listen here: https://t.co/rmB86bslYW

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It’s all fun and games until someone gets a laser in the eye. And unfortunately, in tabletop gaming, this sometimes happens. But a NIST laser expert has helped some Colorado gamers play more safely.

Learn more in our latest Taking Measure blog post: https://t.co/W2ekiHSUyU

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We spotted this on our Maryland campus. Our researchers are anything but sticks in the mud.

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NIST is extending the scope of and calling for new members for the newly renamed NIST AI Consortium. It will focus on AI innovation and adoption, with six task groups concentrating on aspects of AI measurement science and evaluation.

Details at https://t.co/t35K755zn7

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Born to measure things, forced to explain that metrology is not the study of weather.

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Funding Alert: @NIST announced an upcoming $10M opportunity for existing @MFGUSA institutes to develop Technology Transition Roadmaps! Learn More: https://t.co/LvQGkmPsFP

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Researchers at NIST are making single-photon detectors using superconducting materials chilled to near absolute zero. These quantum sensors can detect signals that were previously invisible.

Learn more: https://t.co/ju2MQ6PybS

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You can view a list of all draft @NIST cybersecurity and privacy publications that are open for public comment on the Computer Security Resource Center. Your thoughtful reviews and comments are greatly appreciated and help us improve our publications. https://t.co/uOC96rxHpH

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A NIST researcher has a goal—create a viable alternative to mammograms that is pain-free, highly accurate, and can save even more lives than mammograms do. It’s possible within our lifetimes.

Learn more: https://t.co/WqJqloP5Ec

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Watt’s that? Meet the Kibble balance, formerly known as the watt balance. This exquisitely accurate machine relies on electromechanical power and gravitational forces and turns the precise definition of the kilogram into physical reality.

Learn more: https://t.co/SuKJkuTd0C

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Shooting for the Moon: ultra-stable lasers in dark craters could enable precise lunar navigation and timekeeping.

🔗 https://t.co/TSi8SGMEbY

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Tanya-Brown Giammanco is NIST’s director of Disaster and Failure Studies. The work of her and her team helps make the buildings around us safer.

You can learn more about Tanya’s research here:

https://t.co/tYq5pMmzrl

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NIST researchers recently sent a package of house dust into space, in collaboration with @NOAA and @RhScientific, to help us better understand how space flight and time in space affect materials.

https://t.co/Hkro2UHD8m

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Firefighter gear contains chemicals known as PFAS to resist moisture and heat. A new NIST study shows that wear and tear could change the PFAS levels in firefighter hoods, gloves, and wildland gear.

https://t.co/GBdNHlzXAo

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Recently, @NIST finalized Special Publication (SP) 800-234, High-Performance Computing (HPC) Security Overlay. It tailors 60 security controls from NIST SP 800-53 with supplemental guidance and/or discussion to enhance their applicability in HPC contexts. https://t.co/bW4iONtAu4

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Building safety tip for disasters: Set up weather alerts for your family. Some disasters can strike suddenly, sometimes only giving you minutes to react.

Visit https://t.co/zpoYK4rAsg to set up different types of weather alerts.

#BuildingSafety365 #StrongCommunities

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Here is a translation from your friendly Gen-Z social media team: "To be honest, NIST is underrated."

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Aircraft mechanics use torque wrenches to ensure that bolts and fasteners on planes are correctly tightened, keeping us safe. Measurement tools need to be calibrated, and NIST’s Lego brick-inspired experts are working to improve the process.

🔗 https://t.co/cIownXFyto

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#AIExpoDC attendees: Catch the NIST-hosted panel on using measurement to advance AI innovation and adoption.

🕧 May 6, 12:30-1:30 pm
📍Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 152B

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While celebrating #SmallBusinessWeek, swing by the @NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Corner to access free videos, planning guides, topical resources (CSF, ransomware, phishing), and more to manage your #SMB cybersecurity risks. https://t.co/ogr4g4ZiZQ

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Take a peek inside the NIST Fire Research Lab.

This unique facility is dedicated to understanding how fire behaves and how structures respond to fire. Learn more: https://t.co/uO8ZgFOj9g