New Measurement Will Help Redefine International Unit of Mass | NIST
NIST researchers have made their most precise measurement yet of Planck’s constant, an important value in science that will help…
Dehmer to Head NIST Physical Measurement Lab | NIST
Dr. Joseph L. Dehmer has been appointed as the new Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) at the National Institute of…
Quantum Computers May Have Higher ‘Speed Limits’ Than Thought | NIST
NIST researcher Stephen Jordan has proposed that quantum computers may not be limited by the energy of their underlying physical system,…
NIST’s ‘Nanotubes on a Chip’ May Simplify Optical Power Measurements | NIST
NIST has developed a novel chip-scale instrument using carbon nanotubes that could simplify absolute measurements of laser power, particularly…
A Sub-femtosecond Stop Watch for ‘Photon Finish’ Races | NIST
Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute have developed a new technique to measure the travel time of photons with sub-femtosecond precision.…
NIST ‘Noise Thermometry’ Yields Accurate New Measurements of Boltzmann Constant | NIST
NIST researchers have made highly accurate measurements of the Boltzmann constant, a fundamental scientific value that relates energy to…
Slippery When Stacked: NIST Theorists Quantify the Friction of Graphene | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed software to simulate the friction of graphene at the atomic level. The study found that graphene’s…
NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters ‘Selection Round’ | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has narrowed down the field of potential post-quantum cryptography algorithms to 15…
A Spin Wave Detective Story: NIST Researchers Verify Surprising Behavior in a 2D Magnet | NIST
Researchers at NIST have discovered that a signal previously thought to be caused by lattice vibrations in 2D magnets is actually due to…