No Liquid Helium, But Still Extremely Cool | NIST
NIST scientists have developed a compact, low-power cooling system for superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) that…
Photons by the Numbers | NIST
NIST researchers are developing a new method to generate and count specific numbers of photons with high accuracy, which could have numerous…
Three NIST Researchers Win 2008 PECASE Honors | NIST
Three NIST scientists win prestigious PECASE awards Three researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been…
Fundamental Constants: The Latest . . . and the Last? | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the 2014 recommended values of fundamental physical constants,…
Piece of Cake: Arrays of Long Nanotubes May Help Measure Terahertz Laser Power | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays (VANTAs) that can accurately measure absolute output power for…
Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new, simplified process for creating high-quality, water-soluble quantum dots using a microwave reactor.…
Five at NIST Honored with Flemming Awards | NIST
Five NIST researchers have been selected as recipients of the prestigious 2012 Arthur S. Flemming Awards, which recognize outstanding…
Flemming Awards Received by Four NIST Researchers | NIST
Four NIST researchers received prestigious Arthur S. Flemming Awards on June 6, recognizing their outstanding contributions to science and…
Spotlight: The Bucket Brigade for Atomic Physics and the Electron Dipole Moment | NIST
Title: NIST Researchers Develop “Bucket Brigade” for Atomic Physics Research NIST/JILA researchers have created a novel instrument…