NIST Physicists Use Light To Make Ultrasmall Nanostructures | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a new method using light to create ultrasmall metallic nanostructures, potentially revolutionizing computer…
Measuring Tiny Forces with Light | NIST
Researchers at NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory have developed two types of force-measurement devices that use laser light to…
Stunt Doubles: Ultracold Atoms Could Replicate the Electron ‘Jitterbug’ | NIST
Researchers at NIST have proposed an experiment using ultracold atoms to replicate the “jitterbug” motion of electrons predicted…
Draft Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes: NIST IR 8214C ipd Available for Public Comment | NIST
NIST has released an initial public draft of their First Call for Multi-Party Threshold Schemes, seeking public comments on the document. The…
Researchers Probe the Properties of Novel “Topological Insulators” | NIST
Researchers from NIST, the University of Maryland, and Seoul National University have developed a new method to control the energy levels at…
From Supernova to Smoke Ring: Recent Experiments Underscore Weirdness of the Bose-Einstein Condensate | NIST
Researchers at NIST and the University of Colorado have observed two fascinating phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), a state of…
Noisy Pictures Tell a Story of ‘Entangled’ Atoms, JILA Physicists Find | NIST
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado, have discovered that patterns of noise in images of ultracold…
NIST Awards Nearly $3.9 Million for 2017 Small Business Innovation Research Program | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded nearly $3.9 million in grants to 21 small businesses through its Small…
Certification and Accreditation Process for Federal Information Systems Transformed | NIST
NIST has released a revised draft of its Special Publication 800-37, focusing on transforming the federal government’s information…