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NIST Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST has developed a miniaturized atomic magnetometer that can measure magnetic activity in the human brain. The sensor,

High-Efficiency Photon Source Brings Day of Reckoning Closer for a Famous Quantum Test | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at NIST and JQI have developed a high-efficiency photon source that could bring a definitive test of

Researchers Validate Simplified Lateral Force Calibration Technique for Atomic Force Microscopy | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers from NIST have validated a simpler method for calibrating lateral sensitivity in atomic force microscopes (AFMs) that

NIST Physicists Show ‘Molecules’ Made of Light May Be Possible | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at NIST have made progress in creating “molecules” of light, a significant step towards building complex structures

NIST Physicists Boost ‘Entanglement’ of Atom Pairs | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST Physicists Achieve Breakthrough in Quantum Entanglement Purification NIST researchers have made a significant breakthrough in quantum physics

Gold Nano Anchors Put Nanowires in Their Place | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at NIST have developed a new method for growing well-aligned semiconductor nanowires using gold nanoparticles as anchors.

NIST Requests Round Two Comments on its Cryptographic Standards Process | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST, the U.S. standards and technology institute, is seeking public feedback on its revised draft document outlining the

Sixty-Four Staff Members Earn Departmental Bronze and Other NIST Awards | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST Recognizes 64 Staff Members for Quantum and Other Advancements The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Increases the Speed of Superconducting Circuits by Advancing Josephson Junction Barrier Technology | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST researchers have developed a new type of Josephson junction that could significantly increase the speed and density