NIST Announces 2021 R&D Opportunities for Small Businesses | NIST
NIST Announces 2021 SBIR Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened its…
NIST Releases Updates for Cryptographic Key-Establishment Recommendations: Special Publications 800-56A and 800-56C | NIST
NIST has released updated guidelines for cryptographic key-establishment schemes, which are crucial for secure communication between parties.…
Ringing in a New Way to Measure and Modulate Trapped Light | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new technique using focused lithium-ion beams to non-invasively measure and map the vibration patterns of…
JILA Scientists Create First Dense Gas of Ultracold ‘Polar’ Molecules | NIST
Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and CU-Boulder, have created the first high-density gas of ultracold polar molecules. This…
Einstein Was Right (Again): Experiments Confirm that E= mc2 | NIST
Scientists from NIST, MIT, and ILL have conducted the most precise direct test ever of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2. Using an…
NIST Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory | NIST
NIST researchers have developed a mechanical micro-drum that can store quantum information, potentially revolutionizing quantum computing. The…
NIST Team Supersizes ‘Quantum Squeezing’ to Measure Ultrasmall Motion | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a new quantum squeezing technique that amplifies the motion of a single trapped magnesium ion by a factor of…
CNST and Sandia Researchers Publish a Detailed Review of Electrical Contacts in One and Two Dimensional Nanomaterials | NIST
Researchers from NIST and Sandia have published a detailed review of electrical contacts in one and two-dimensional nanomaterials. They…
NIST Seeks Comments on Draft SP 800-131A Rev. 2: Transitioning the Use of Crypto Algorithms and Key Lengths | NIST
NIST is updating its guidelines for federal agencies to transition to stronger cryptographic keys and more robust algorithms to protect…