NIST Detector Counts Photons With 99 Percent Efficiency | NIST
NIST scientists have developed the world’s most efficient single photon detector, capable of counting individual particles of light with…
NIST Team Shows Tiny Frequency Combs Are Reliable Measurement Tools | NIST
NIST researchers have developed the first miniaturized optical frequency synthesizers using three silicon chips, enabling precise control of…
Electron Spin Transport Demonstrated for First Time in an Organic Device | NIST
Researchers at NIST have demonstrated electron spin transport in an organic device for the first time, a key step towards developing organic…
Bose-Einstein Condensate: A New Form of Matter | NIST
In 1995, researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and CU-Boulder, created the first Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) – a new form of…
NIST Accepting Proposals for Fundamental Measurement Grants | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking proposals for its Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP), which…
Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process: NISTIR 8369 | NIST
NIST has released a status report on the second round of its lightweight cryptography standardization process, which aims to select one or…
Scientists Build First ‘Frequency Comb’ To Display Visible ‘Teeth’ | NIST
Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and NIST in the US have developed the first optical frequency comb that displays visibly…
NIST Scientists Develop Novel CT Scan Device for Integrated Circuits | NIST
NIST researchers have developed a compact, tabletop device capable of producing 3D X-ray CT images of integrated circuits, allowing for…
Quantum Computers May Be Easier to Build Than Predicted, NIST Work Suggests | NIST
NIST scientist Emanuel Knill has proposed a new architecture for quantum computing that could make building quantum computers easier than…