NIST Fellow William D. Phillips Elected to National Academy of Science | NIST
NIST Fellow William D. Phillips, known for his groundbreaking work in laser cooling of atoms, has been elected to the National Academy of…
SRM 3461: An Accurate and Precise Force Calibration Artifact | NIST
NIST has released a new standard reference material (SRM) 3461 for calibrating atomic force microscopy (AFM) cantilevers. The SRM contains…
Two NIST Physicists Win 2007 PECASE Honors | NIST
Two NIST physicists, William Rippard and Raymond Simmonds, have been awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists…
When Atoms Don’t Blend In | NIST
Researchers at NIST and JQI have demonstrated a new method for creating and controlling atomic ions that exhibit a unique property called…
NIST Physicists ‘Squeeze’ Light to Cool Microscopic Drum Below Quantum Limit | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a new method to cool a microscopic mechanical drum to temperatures below the quantum limit, using a technique…
NIST/JQI Researcher Ian Spielman to Receive 2011 Junior BEC Award | NIST
Ian Spielman, a physicist at NIST and the Joint Quantum Institute, has been selected to receive the Junior BEC Award 2011 for his…
NIST Debuts Dual Atomic Clock — and a New Stability Record | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a new ultra-stable atomic clock using ytterbium atoms, achieving a stability record 10 times better than…
Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms | NIST
Scientists at NIST and the University of Maryland have proposed a method to create a supersolid using ultracold gas atoms. A supersolid is a…
Spotlight: A Literal Blast From the Past With NIST Quantum Sensors | NIST
Title: NIST Quantum Sensors Used to Analyze Historic Nuclear Test Debris Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a…