NIST Boulder Lab Building Renamed for Katharine Blodgett Gebbie | NIST
In December 2015, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) renamed its main Boulder laboratory building to honor Katharine…
NIST Physicist Honored for Measuring Forces between Ultra-cool Atoms | NIST
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) honored NIST physicist Paul D. Lett for a measurement technique used in quantum…
Three NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Early Career Awards | NIST
Three researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have received the Presidential Early Career Awards for…
Controllable Mode Competition in a Phonon Laser | NIST
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have successfully demonstrated a…
NIST/JILA Fellow Jan Hall Shares 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics | NIST
Jan Hall of NIST and JILA shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering work in laser precision, specifically the development of…
Spotlight: Researcher Sae Woo Nam Speeds Up Our World With Photon Detection | NIST
Researchers at NIST, led by scientist Sae Woo Nam, have developed a highly sensitive device for detecting individual particles of light, known…
NIST Physicist Named Outstanding Young Scientist of 2010 by Maryland Academy of Sciences | NIST
Ian Spielman, a physicist at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership between NIST and the University of Maryland), received the Outstanding…
Getting a Critical Edge on Plutonium Identification | NIST
Researchers at NIST and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new transition-edge sensor designed to identify the specific isotopes…
Jacob Taylor, NIST Physicist, Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Public Service | NIST
Jacob Taylor, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), received a major service award for his theoretical…