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A biweekly news digest from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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JULY 16, 2024
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Tornadoes Are Deadly. These New Building Codes Will Save Lives.
NIST research has led to the first building code standards that include provisions for tornado resilience.
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NIST’s New Hemp Reference Material Will Help Ensure Accurate Cannabis Measurements
The new reference material will help producers and state regulators verify that cannabis products are accurately labeled.
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How Do You Measure Greenhouse Gases?
Each greenhouse gas absorbs specific colors of light, creating a unique “fingerprint” that can be used to detect it in the atmosphere.
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You Don’t Learn This in School: My Experience as a NIST Summer Intern
The most important thing George Sellers remembers from his student internship is the power of persistence in research.
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This month is Plastic Free July. To celebrate, we’re spotlighting NIST researcher Ashley Hartwell, an early-career engineer. Ashley studies ways to reduce waste and recycle efficiently. Learn more on LinkedIn.
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EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS |
In cooperation with the National Science Foundation, NIST will host the 7th annual symposium featuring the Disaster Resilience Grant Research Program recipients on Aug. 20-21, 2024. Register now for this virtual event.
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MORE NEWS FROM NIST |
The Department of Commerce and Natcast, the operator of the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), announced the processes for selecting the first three R&D facilities funded through the CHIPS and Science Act.
Particle collision experiments are essential to uncovering the basic building blocks of our universe. A NIST researcher collaborated on a proposed technique for quantum simulations of collisions of quarks and mesons.
The Department of Commerce issued a notice of intent to open a competition for new R&D activities related to advanced techniques for housing multiple chips in a single package.
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 Tornadoes are destructive, and not just because of wind speeds. The unique qualities of tornadic winds make them more likely to peel roofs off houses. In this video on YouTube, NIST tornado expert Marc Levitan explains what makes these winds so disastrously different and how buildings can be designed to withstand them.
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For Good Measure
Hemp and marijuana both come from the cannabis plant, with the main difference being the proportion of the psychoactive compound THC they contain. These two cannabis products have different uses as well as different legal status in federal and state laws. As described in this issue, our new hemp reference material will, among other things, help producers and regulators ensure that these cannabis products are accurately labeled. As the market for cannabis products is growing, NIST is doing a lot of work on them, including measuring THC in the breath of cannabis smokers and helping labs distinguish between hemp and marijuana, as well as measuring the THC and CBD compounds in these products.
—Ben P. Stein, Managing Editor
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