Getting Better All the Time: JILA Strontium Atomic Clock Sets New Records | NIST
JILA’s strontium atomic clock has achieved unprecedented precision, maintaining timekeeping accuracy for 15 billion years –…
PML Uses Combined Optical Techniques to Provide Important Answers on Graphene Structures | NIST
Researchers at NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory have developed a non-destructive method to characterize…
Measuring the Temperature Dependence of Current Spin Polarization in Permalloy | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new method to measure current spin polarization in Permalloy (Ni80Fe20) over a wide temperature range.…
Bringing the World Closer to Revised Measurement System, Scientists Update Four Key Fundamental Constants | NIST
The International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system, is set to undergo a major revision with updated values for four fundamental…
‘Quantum Radio’ May Aid Communications and Mapping Indoors, Underground and Underwater | NIST
Researchers at NIST have demonstrated a new quantum-based communication method using low-frequency magnetic radio signals that could enable…
NIST Awards Nearly $3.9 Million for 2017 Small Business Innovation Research Program | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded nearly $3.9 million in grants to 21 small businesses through its Small…
Noisy Pictures Tell a Story of ‘Entangled’ Atoms, JILA Physicists Find | NIST
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado, have discovered that patterns of noise in images of ultracold…
From Supernova to Smoke Ring: Recent Experiments Underscore Weirdness of the Bose-Einstein Condensate | NIST
Researchers at NIST and the University of Colorado have observed two fascinating phenomena in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), a state of…
Researchers Probe the Properties of Novel “Topological Insulators” | NIST
Researchers from NIST, the University of Maryland, and Seoul National University have developed a new method to control the energy levels at…