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NIST Adds 52,000 Chemical Fingerprints to Its Mass-Spectra Library
The 2026 update expands two reference collections used to identify unknown substances in laboratories, manufacturing and forensic work.
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Gaithersburg, Maryland
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NIST Aug. 19 Lab Tour Opens NanoFab and Million-Pound Force Machine
Registration closes Aug. 12 for the Gaithersburg anniversary tour, which is limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents age 12 and older.
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Five Fabric Squares Are NIST's New Test for Smarter Textile Recycling
RGTM 10279 gives laboratories the same five blind samples to scan, classify and compare—an effort to make AI-assisted textile sorting measurable across facilities.
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NIST's Looping Laser Mixed Metals That Usually Separate in 3D Printing
The team rewrote printer controls to stir a tiny molten pool, then used synchrotron X-rays to watch the new alloy solidify in under a second.
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NIST Resin Standard Aims to Make 3D-Print Curing Reproducible
Reference Material 8047 gives photopolymer laboratories a shared resin for measuring how light exposure controls cure depth and layer bonding.