NIST Physicist William Phillips Wins 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics | NIST
NIST physicist William Phillips wins 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics – Shares award with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji for work on…
JILA Researchers See Signs of Interactive Form of Quantum Matter | NIST
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, have made a breakthrough in understanding the complex…
33 Local Employees Earn DOC Awards | NIST
The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded 33 NIST employees with Gold and Silver Medal Awards, the highest honors from the department. The…
Ytterbium Gains Ground in Quest for Next-Generation Atomic Clocks | NIST
NIST researchers have made significant progress in developing a next-generation atomic clock using ytterbium atoms, which could be more stable…
Three’s a Charm: NIST Detectors Reveal Entangled Photon Triplets | NIST
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have achieved a breakthrough in quantum entanglement by directly entangling three photons…
NIST Unveils Atom-based Standards for Measuring Chip Features Under 50 Nanometers | NIST
NIST, in collaboration with SEMATECH and industry partners, has developed new test structures that enable reliable measurement of device…
NIST Demonstrates ‘Teleportation’ of Atomic States for Quantum Computing | NIST
NIST physicists have successfully demonstrated “quantum teleportation” of atomic states, transferring key properties of one atom…
Energizer Atoms: JILA Researchers Find New Way to Keep Atoms Excited | NIST
Researchers at JILA have discovered a new way to keep atoms in an excited state longer by using a dense quantum gas of atoms to create a…
NIST Signs Cooperative Agreement with U-Albany Nano College | NIST
NIST and University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to…