Bose-Einstein Condensate: A New Form of Matter | NIST
In 1995, researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and CU-Boulder, created the first Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) – a new form of…
Quantum Computers May Be Easier to Build Than Predicted, NIST Work Suggests | NIST
NIST scientist Emanuel Knill has proposed a new architecture for quantum computing that could make building quantum computers easier than…
NIST Scientists Wineland and Nesbitt Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences | NIST
Two NIST scientists, David Wineland and David Nesbitt, have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Wineland, a…
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…