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33 Local Employees Earn DOC Awards | NIST
February 3, 2025
The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded 33 NIST employees with Gold and Silver Medal Awards, the highest

Ytterbium Gains Ground in Quest for Next-Generation Atomic Clocks | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST researchers have made significant progress in developing a next-generation atomic clock using ytterbium atoms, which could be

Three’s a Charm: NIST Detectors Reveal Entangled Photon Triplets | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have achieved a breakthrough in quantum entanglement by directly entangling

A Quantum Mechanical ‘Tune Up’ for Better Measurement | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST physicists have developed a new quantum technique that could significantly improve the measurement accuracy of atomic clocks

NIST Unveils Atom-based Standards for Measuring Chip Features Under 50 Nanometers | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST, in collaboration with SEMATECH and industry partners, has developed new test structures that enable reliable measurement of

NIST Demonstrates ‘Teleportation’ of Atomic States for Quantum Computing | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST physicists have successfully demonstrated “quantum teleportation” of atomic states, transferring key properties of one atom to another

Energizer Atoms: JILA Researchers Find New Way to Keep Atoms Excited | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at JILA have discovered a new way to keep atoms in an excited state longer by using

NIST Signs Cooperative Agreement with U-Albany Nano College | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST and University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding

NIST Physicists Benchmark Quantum Simulator with Hundreds of Qubits | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST physicists have developed a quantum simulator capable of simulating interactions among hundreds of quantum bits (qubits), a