NIST Physicist Wins APS Keithley Award | NIST
NIST Physicist Wins Prestigious Measurement Science Award Kent Irwin, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology…
NIST Demonstrates Key Step in Use of Quantum Computers for Code-Breaking | NIST
NIST physicists have demonstrated a crucial step in using quantum computers to break current encryption codes. They used three beryllium ions…
JQI Physicists Demonstrate Coveted ‘Spin-Orbit Coupling’ for the First Time in Ultracold Atomic Gases | NIST
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have successfully demonstrated spin-orbit coupling in ultracold atomic gases for the first…
NIST/JQI Team ‘Gets the Edge’ on Photon Transport in Silicon | NIST
Researchers from NIST and JQI have developed a new method to study the quantum Hall effect using light particles (photons) instead of…
Large-Scale Cousin of Elusive ‘Magnetic Monopoles’ Found at NIST | NIST
Scientists at NIST have discovered large-scale magnetic monopoles in a spin ice crystal material, providing a new way to study these elusive…
Bon MOT: Innovative Atom Trap Catches Highly Magnetic Atoms | NIST
Researchers at NIST and the University of Maryland have developed a new method for trapping and cooling highly magnetic erbium atoms using a…
NIST’s New Scanning Probe Microscope is Supercool | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed the world’s most advanced ultra-low temperature scanning probe…
Record Level of Radio Frequency Signal Synthesis with Quantum-Based Accuracy Achieved | NIST
NIST and CU Boulder researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum-based radio frequency (RF) signal synthesis, demonstrating…
Optical Clocks Synched to Femtoseconds — Through the Air | NIST
NIST researchers have developed a new method to synchronize optical clocks separated by up to 4 km of open air to within a few millionths of a…