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The Better to See You With: Scientists Build Record-Setting Metamaterial Flat Lens
Release Date: 05/23/2013 For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that … more
New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient
Release Date: 05/23/2013 This view of the molecular structure of the MOF shows the triangular channels that run through the material. The walls of these channels trap the … more
NIST Demonstrates Significant Improvement in the Performance of Solar-Powered Hydrogen Generation
Release Date: 05/14/2013 Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a … more
Shaking Things Up: NIST Researchers Propose New Old Way to Purify Carbon Nanotubes
Release Date: 04/30/2013 An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute … more
Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-on Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes with Ceramic
Release Date: 04/17/2013 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of … more
Nanoscale Edge Variations Observed with Record-breaking Resolution in Magnetic Nanodevices
Release Date: 03/27/2013 Ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy image of the precession of an edge mode in a 500 nm diameter permalloy disk. The disk appears … more
NIST Captures Chemical Composition with Nanoscale Resolution
Release Date: 02/12/2013 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have demonstrated that a new spectroscopy … more
NIST Issues Call for Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grant Proposals
Release Date: 02/06/2013 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a call for grant proposals for a broad range of potential research projects … more
DNA and Quantum Dots: All That Glitters is Not Gold
Release Date: 01/24/2013 A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that by bringing gold nanoparticles close to the dots … more
Controlling Particles for Directed Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals
Release Date: 01/17/2013 Optical micrographs showing the assembly of a 2D colloidal crystal composed of approximately 200 particles. Top: The initia more
For Newly Discovered 'Quantum Spin Liquid', the Beauty Is in Its Simplicity
Release Date: 12/19/2012 A research team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed long-standing suspicions among … more
Novel NIST Process Is a Low-Cost Route to Ultrathin Platinum Films
Release Date: 12/12/2012 A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of … more
Mix Masters: NIST Scientists Image the Molecular Structure of Polymer Blends
Release Date: 11/27/2012 Using an enhanced form of "chemical microscopy" developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), researchers … more
'Cloning' Could Make Structurally Pure Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics
Release Date: 11/14/2012 Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a … more
Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change
Release Date: 10/31/2012 A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model* for making quantifiable predictions of how a … more |
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