NIST Opens $20 Million Grant Competition to Support New Scientific Research Facilities | NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new $20 million grant competition to support the construction of new…
FIPS 201-3 Approved and Published: NIST Revises Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors | NIST
Title: NIST Publishes Updated FIPS 201-3 for Federal Employee and Contractor ID Verification NIST has officially approved and published FIPS…
‘Magic Zero’ Technique Reduces Atomic Clock Uncertainty | NIST
Scientists from NIST and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have developed a new technique called “Magic Zero” that significantly…
NIST Physicist Receives APS I.I. Rabi Prize | NIST
Title: NIST Physicist Wins Prestigious APS I.I. Rabi Prize Summary: The American Physical Society (APS) has selected Dr. Jun Ye, a physicist…
Clever NIST/JPL Technology Decodes More Information from Single Photons | NIST
Researchers from NIST and JPL have developed a new detector array that can extract more information from single photons than previous systems.…
NIST/JILA ‘Dark Pulse Laser’ Produces Bursts of … Almost Nothing | NIST
Researchers at NIST and JILA have developed a new type of pulsed laser that generates “dark pulses” – repeated dips in light…
Tiny, Atom-based Detector Senses Weak Magnetic Fields | NIST
Researchers at NIST have developed a tiny, low-power magnetic sensor about the size of a grain of rice that can detect extremely weak magnetic…
Truly Random Numbers — But Not by Chance | NIST
The article discusses NIST’s efforts to develop a truly random number generator using quantum mechanics, which could revolutionize…
Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes | NIST
NIST researchers have developed a highly sensitive gas detector using nanotubes that could revolutionize biological cell stress and…