NIST Physicist David J. Wineland Awarded 2007 National Medal of Science | NIST
NIST physicist David J. Wineland has been awarded the 2007 National Medal of Science for his pioneering work in laser cooling and manipulation…
Improved Chip-Scale Color Conversion Lasers Could Enable Many Next-generation Quantum Devices | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed improved chip-scale color conversion lasers that could enable next-generation quantum devices. The new…
NIST’s Cornell Elected to National Academy of Sciences | NIST
Eric Cornell, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences…
NIST Stars in Media’s Top Science and Technology Stories of 2013 | NIST
NIST’s ytterbium lattice atomic clocks, which were the world’s most stable clocks in 2013, were featured in two media lists of the…
Photons Emitted by Quantum Dots Can be Made Indistinguishable Through Quantum Frequency Conversion | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new method to make photons emitted by quantum dots indistinguishable by shifting their frequencies to…
NIST Sensor Experts Invent Supercool Mini-Thermometer | NIST
NIST researchers have developed a tiny superconducting thermometer that can measure temperatures as low as 50 millikelvin, with potential…
Laser Trapping of Erbium May Lead to Novel Devices | NIST
Researchers at NIST have successfully trapped erbium atoms using lasers, a breakthrough that could lead to new devices for telecommunications,…
Challenges with Adopting Post-Quantum Cryptographic Algorithms: Final Version of Cybersecurity White Paper Published | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a final version of a cybersecurity white paper discussing the…
Atomic Beltway Could Solve Problems of Cosmic Gravity | NIST
Scientists at NIST and the University of Maryland have proposed a novel approach to measuring gravity at extremely short distances using a…