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NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 8214 for Comment: Threshold Schemes for Cryptographic Primitives | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST has released a draft document, NISTIR 8214, which explores the concept of threshold schemes for cryptographic primitives.

NIST Researchers Put a New Spin on Atomic Musical Chairs | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers from NIST and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new technique to introduce magnetic impurities into

NIST Physicist Wins OSA’s First Walther Award | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST physicist David Wineland has been selected as the first recipient of the Herbert Walther Award, an international

It’s a Beauty: JILA’s Quantum Crystal is Now More Valuable | NIST
February 3, 2025
Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, have created a denser

NIST Ytterbium Atomic Clocks Set Record for Stability | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST researchers have developed ytterbium atomic clocks that set a new record for stability, with ticks matching to

The First Controllable Atom SQUID | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at NIST have developed the first controllable atom SQUID, a key step in creating “atomtronic” inertial sensors.

Squishy Hydrogels May Be the Ticket for Studying Biological Effects of Nanoparticles | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for studying the

Ultracold Molecules Pave Way for Quantum ‘Super Molecule’ | NIST
February 3, 2025
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, have created ultracold molecules

NIST Scientists Create New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors | NIST
February 3, 2025
NIST researchers have developed a new method to create single-atom transistors using quantum tunneling. The team, led by