NIST’s Next-Generation Atomic Clocks May Support Official Timekeeping | NIST
NIST’s experimental next-generation atomic clocks, based on ytterbium, strontium, aluminum, and mercury atoms, have reached a level of…
Novel Material May Demonstrate Long-Sought ‘Liquid’ Magnetic State | NIST
Researchers have discovered a novel material, nickel gallium sulfide (NiGa2S4), that may demonstrate a highly unusual “liquid”…
NIST Leader Presents Quantum Network Testbed Connectivity Needs to Interagency Group | NIST
NIST Presents Quantum Network Testbed Connectivity Requirements to Federal Standards Group NIST’s Smart Connected Systems Division Chief…
JQI Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots | NIST
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have developed a new method to create entangled photons using quantum dots. By applying a…
Scientists Tame ‘Hip Hop’ Atoms | NIST
Scientists at NIST have developed a new method for precisely placing individual atoms on a crystal surface, a crucial step in building…
A Measurement First: NIST ‘Noise Thermometry’ System Measures Boltzmann Constant | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new method for measuring the Boltzmann constant using electronic noise in resistors. This “noise…
NIST Publishes NISTIR 8268, Status Report on the First Round of the NIST Lightweight Cryptography Standardization Process | NIST
NIST has published a status report on the first round of its lightweight cryptography standardization process. The report details the…
Chip-scale Refrigerators Cool Bulk Objects | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed tiny chip-scale refrigerators that can cool large objects to extremely low temperatures. The refrigerators,…
JILA Researchers Make Coldest Quantum Gas of Molecules | NIST
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, have created the coldest quantum gas of molecules to…