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Nissan TD engine

The Nissan TD engine is a family of overhead-valve diesel engines produced by Nissan from the mid-1980s, from the 2.3-liter TD23 four to the 4.2-liter TD42 six.

Nissan Teana

Nissan Teana (ティアナ), a mid-size Nissan sedan sold 2003–2020 in Japan across J31, J32, and L33 generations, sharing the FF-L platform with the Altima, Maxima, and Renault Samsung SM5, and continuing in China with a Huawei HarmonySpace 5.0 cockpit.

Nissan Tiida (ティーダ)

The Nissan Tiida (ティーダ) is a compact car Nissan launched in Japan in 2004, sold in North America as the Versa, with over 2.8 million sold.

Nissan Titan

The Nissan Titan is a full-size pickup truck Nissan built for the North American market from the 2004 through 2024 model years, its first full-size pickup, discontinued after a 20-year run.

Nissan Vanette (日産・バネット)

Nissan Vanette (日産・バネット) is a series of compact vans, trucks, and minivans sold by Nissan from 1978, including the Vanette Serena minivan and, from 2009, the NV200 Vanette.

Nissan VG engine

The Nissan VG engine is a family of 60-degree V6 petrol engines produced by Nissan from 1983 to 2004, powering vehicles such as the Pathfinder, Maxima, and 300ZX.

Nissan Violet (日産・バイオレット)

Nissan Violet, sold as the Datsun Violet and Nissan Auster, was a compact sedan built in Japan from 1973 to 1982, winning the Safari Rally four years running.

Nissan VK engine

The Nissan VK engine is a family of aluminum DOHC V8 gasoline engines built by Nissan from the early 2000s for Infiniti and Nissan flagship vehicles.

Nissan VQ engine

The Nissan VQ engine is a family of all-aluminum, 60-degree DOHC V6 gasoline engines that Nissan introduced in 1994 in displacements from 2.0 to 4.0 liters.

Nissan VR engine

The Nissan VR engine family is a series of all-aluminum twin-turbo V6 road engines made by Nissan, from the 3.0-liter VR30DDTT to the 3.8-liter VR38DETT used in the GT-R.

Nissan X-Trail (日産・エクストレイル)

The Nissan X-Trail (日産・エクストレイル) is a compact crossover SUV produced by Nissan since 2000 and sold in 95 countries, marketed as the Nissan Rogue in North America.

Nissan Xterra

The Nissan Xterra, known as the Nissan Paladin, is a five-seat, body-on-frame off-road SUV that Nissan produced from 2000 to 2015 as an affordable truck-based alternative to crossovers.

Nissan YD engine

The Nissan YD engine is a family of four-cylinder automotive diesel engines built by Nissan, produced in 2.2-liter (YD22) and 2.5-liter (YD25) versions that powered the Navara, Pathfinder, and NV350 Caravan.

Nissan Z-car

The Nissan Z-car, sold in Japan as the Fairlady Z, is a line of rear-wheel-drive sports cars built by Nissan since 1969, starting with the Datsun 240Z.

Nissen hut

The Nissen hut, also called the Nissan hut, is a prefabricated military hut of curved corrugated steel, invented in 1916 by Peter Norman Nissen to house troops near the front line in the First World War.

Nisshinbo Holdings

Nisshinbo Holdings (日清紡ホールディングス) is a Japanese diversified industrial group headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Founded in 1907 as a cotton spinner, it now spans wireless communications, microdevices, and automobile brakes.

Nissim Calderon

Nissim Calderon (1933–2020) was an American polymer scientist and Goodyear research executive who discovered the olefin metathesis reaction in 1964 and was named the 2020 Charles Goodyear Medalist.

Nissui

Nissui Corporation (株式会社ニッスイ), known until December 2022 as Nippon Suisan Kaisha, is a Japanese seafood and food company headquartered in Tokyo with fishing, aquaculture, packaged foods, and fine chemicals businesses.

NIST AI Risk Management Framework

The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) is a voluntary framework issued by NIST in 2023 to help organizations manage risks of artificial intelligence.

NIST Center for Neutron Research

The NIST Center for Neutron Research is a national user facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, whose research reactor provides neutron beams to more than 3,000 U.S. researchers each year.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a voluntary, risk-based framework published by NIST to help organizations understand, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risk, first released in 2014.

NIST Intelligent Systems Division

The NIST Intelligent Systems Division is a research division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology developing measurement science and standards for robotics in U.S. manufacturing.

NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization

The NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization is a U.S. competition-like process since 2016 selecting quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, producing standards FIPS 203, 204, and 205 in August 2024.

NIST Privacy Framework

The NIST Privacy Framework is a voluntary enterprise risk management tool from NIST for managing privacy risk, first released in 2020 and structured like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

NIST Special Publication 800-53

NIST Special Publication 800-53 (SP 800-53) is a catalog of security and privacy controls for information systems, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Nitash Balsara

Nitash P. Balsara is a chemical engineer who has been a professor at UC Berkeley since 2000 and studies block copolymer electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries; he co-founded the battery companies Seeo and Blue Current.

Niterra

Niterra Co., Ltd. (日本特殊陶業株式会社), founded in 1936 as NGK Spark Plug, is a Nagoya-based Japanese manufacturer of automotive ignition products, exhaust sensors, and technical ceramics.

Nithya Ramanathan

Nithya Ramanathan is a computer scientist who co-founded Nexleaf Analytics in 2009, a nonprofit whose ColdTrace temperature sensors protect vaccine supplies in India, Kenya, and other countries.

NiTiHf high-temperature shape memory alloy

NiTiHf is a ternary nickel–titanium shape memory alloy in which hafnium raises actuation temperatures above 100 °C, offering higher work output than NiTi at far lower cost than platinum-based alternatives.

Nitin P. Padture

Nitin P. Padture is an American materials scientist and engineer, Otis E. Randall University Professor at Brown University, known for perovskite solar cells and gas-turbine ceramic coatings.