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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Preliminary Terms with Infinera to Support Development of Semiconductor Technology Important for Communications and National Security | NIST
February 3, 2025
The Biden-Harris Administration has signed a preliminary agreement with Infinera to provide up to $93 million in funding

Temperature Control Improves NIST X-ray Detector | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST researchers have developed an advanced X-ray detector that uses a quantum-level sensor known as a transition edge

Jacob Taylor, NIST Physicist, Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Public Service | NIST
February 3, 2025
Jacob Taylor, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), received a major service award

Getting a Critical Edge on Plutonium Identification | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at NIST and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new transition-edge sensor designed to identify the

NIST Physicist Named Outstanding Young Scientist of 2010 by Maryland Academy of Sciences | NIST
February 3, 2025
Ian Spielman, a physicist at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership between NIST and the University of Maryland),

Spotlight: Researcher Sae Woo Nam Speeds Up Our World With Photon Detection | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at NIST, led by scientist Sae Woo Nam, have developed a highly sensitive device for detecting individual

NIST/JILA Fellow Jan Hall Shares 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics | NIST
February 3, 2025
Jan Hall of NIST and JILA shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering work in laser

Controllable Mode Competition in a Phonon Laser | NIST
February 3, 2025
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have successfully

Three NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Early Career Awards | NIST
February 3, 2025
Three researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have received the Presidential Early Career Awards