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…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 NIST Mini Sensor May ‘Change the Way We Live’ | NIST NIST has developed a tiny, highly sensitive magnetic sensor about the size of a grain of rice. The atomic magnetometer requires little power…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 NIST Staff Honored in 2006 Presidential Rank Awards | NIST Five NIST staff members have been recognized with 2006 Presidential Rank Awards for their exceptional public service contributions. The…
1 Min Read onFebruary 3, 2025 NIST, Collaborators Develop Sensitive New Way of Detecting Transistor Defects | NIST Researchers at NIST and collaborators have developed a new method to detect and count defects in transistors, which are crucial for…