1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 Chip-scale Refrigerators Cool Bulk Objects | NIST Researchers at NIST have developed tiny chip-scale refrigerators that can cool large objects to extremely low temperatures. The refrigerators,…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 NIST Publishes NISTIR 8268, Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process | NIST NIST has published a status report on the first round of its lightweight cryptography standardization process. The report details the…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 A Measurement First: NIST ‘Noise Thermometry’ System Measures Boltzmann Constant | NIST Researchers at NIST have developed a new method for measuring the Boltzmann constant using electronic noise in resistors. This “noise…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 Scientists Tame ‘Hip Hop’ Atoms | NIST Scientists at NIST have developed a new method for precisely placing individual atoms on a crystal surface, a crucial step in building…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 JQI Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots | NIST Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have developed a new method to create entangled photons using quantum dots. By applying a…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 NIST Leader Presents Quantum Network Testbed Connectivity Needs to Interagency Group | NIST NIST Presents Quantum Network Testbed Connectivity Requirements to Federal Standards Group NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division Chief…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 Novel Material May Demonstrate Long-Sought ‘Liquid’ Magnetic State | NIST Researchers have discovered a novel material, nickel gallium sulfide (NiGa2S4), that may demonstrate a highly unusual “liquid”…
2 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 NIST’s Next-Generation Atomic Clocks May Support Official Timekeeping | NIST NIST’s experimental next-generation atomic clocks, based on ytterbium, strontium, aluminum, and mercury atoms, have reached a level of…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 Yikes! NIST Sensor Measures Yoctonewton Forces Fast | NIST Researchers at NIST have developed a highly sensitive force sensor using a crystal of 60 beryllium ions cooled to near absolute zero. The…