Teaching the Next Generation of Scientists: PML Reaches out at USA Science and Engineering Festival | NIST
NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) participated in the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC, offering…
Need Entangled Atoms? Get ‘Em FAST! With NIST’s New Patent-Pending Method | NIST
NIST physicists have developed a new method to create quantum entanglement among atoms much faster than current methods. The technique, which…
NIST Physicist Wins OSA’s First Walther Award | NIST
NIST physicist David Wineland has been selected as the first recipient of the Herbert Walther Award, an international honor recognizing his…
Squishy Hydrogels May Be the Ticket for Studying Biological Effects of Nanoparticles | NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for studying the biological effects of…
Ultracold Molecules Pave Way for Quantum ‘Super Molecule’ | NIST
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, have created ultracold molecules by pairing individual…
NIST Scientists Create New Recipe for Single-Atom Transistors | NIST
NIST researchers have developed a new method to create single-atom transistors using quantum tunneling. The team, led by Richard Silver, used…
CNST Researchers Demonstrate Low-Noise, Chip-Based Optical Wavelength Converter | NIST
Researchers at NIST’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have developed a low-noise optical wavelength converter using…
NIST Invites Applications for the 2014 Standards Services Curricula Development Program | NIST
NIST is offering funding to develop curricula that incorporate standards and standardization content at colleges and universities. The goal is…
Theorists Close In on Improved Atomic Property Predictions | NIST
Scientists at NIST and Indiana University have made the most accurate predictions ever for a fundamental property of lithium using a new…