A Measurement First: NIST ‘Noise Thermometry’ System Measures Boltzmann Constant | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a new method for measuring the Boltzmann constant using electronic noise in resistors. This “noise…
Chip-scale Refrigerators Cool Bulk Objects | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed tiny chip-scale refrigerators that can cool large objects to extremely low temperatures. The refrigerators,…
JILA Researchers Make Coldest Quantum Gas of Molecules | NIST
Researchers at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, have created the coldest quantum gas of molecules to…
NIST, NCI, SAIC Partner on New Method for Detecting HER2 Breast Cancer | NIST
Researchers from NIST, NCI, and SAIC have developed a new method for detecting HER2 breast cancer using chicken antibodies tagged with quantum…
NIST Requests Funding Proposals for Projects in Precision Measurement | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking proposals for its Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP), which…
JILA’s Superradiant Laser May One Day Boost Atomic Clocks and ‘Rulers’ for Space | NIST
JILA physicists have developed a new type of laser called a “superradiant laser” that could significantly improve the performance…
Two New Advanced Laboratories Open at NIST Boulder and JILA | NIST
Two new advanced laboratories, the Precision Measurement Laboratory (PML) at NIST Boulder and the X-Wing at JILA, have opened to support…
What Is the Computational Power of the Universe? | NIST
Title: NIST Physicist Proposes Universe as a Cosmic Computer Summary: National Institute of Standards and Technology physicist Stephen Jordan…
NIST Pair of Aluminum Atomic Clocks Reveal Einstein’s Relativity at a Personal Scale | NIST
NIST researchers have demonstrated Einstein’s theory of relativity at a personal scale using two of the world’s most precise…