One of NIST's Measurement and Standards Laboratories, the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL) conducts research, provides measurement services, and helps set standards in support of:  the fundamental and practical physical standards and measurement services for electrical quantities; the fundamental electronic technologies of semiconductors, magnetics, and superconductors; information and communications technologies, such as fiber optics, photonics, microwaves, electronic displays, and electronics manufacturing supply chain collaboration; forensics and security measurement instrumentation; maintaining the quality and integrity of electrical power systems; and the development of nanoscale and microelectromechanical devices. EEEL provides support to law enforcement, corrections, and criminal justice agencies, including homeland security.


Nanosoccer Robots Ready to Compete in Upcoming RoboCup Games Nanosoccer Robots Ready to Compete in Upcoming RoboCup Games

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be serving up "soccer under glass" - the glass of a microscope lens - when nanosoccer makes its second appearance at the …

NIST Discovers How Strain at Grain Boundaries Suppresses High-Temperature Superconductivity NIST Discovers How Strain at Grain Boundaries Suppresses High-Temperature Superconductivity

Electron microscope image of two superconducting thin films that meet at a 6 degree tilt boundary (the dark line running through the image). The numerous smaller lines that intersect the …

First Labs Approved for Testing Communications Interoperability

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) recently announced that it has recognized the first eight laboratories approved to test the …

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