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Armchair Science: DNA Strands That Select Nanotubes Are First Step to a Practical ‘Quantum Wire’
Release Date: 08/02/2011 DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper,* researchers at the … more
Piece of Cake: Arrays of Long Nanotubes May Help Measure Terahertz Laser Power
Release Date: 07/19/2011 Terahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materials—plastic, clothing, paper and some biological tissues—making it an … more
The Secret Behind NIST's New Gas Detector? Chirp Before Sniffing
Release Date: 05/10/2011 Trace gas detection, the ability to detect a scant quantity of a particular molecule—a whiff of formaldehyde or a hint of … more
NIST/JILA Physicist Wins Optical Society's Meggers Award
Release Date: 04/12/2011 Steven Cundiff, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has received the 2011 William F. Meggers Award from the … more
New Wave: JILA Develops Efficient Source of Terahertz Radiation
Release Date: 01/19/2011 JILA researchers have developed a laser-based source of terahertz radiation that is unusually efficient and less prone to damage than similar … more
NIST Advances Single Photon Management for Quantum Computers
Release Date: 01/19/2011 The quantum computers of tomorrow might use photons, or particles of light, to move around the data they need to make calculations, but photons … more
NIST Telescope Calibration May Help Explain Mystery of Universe's Expansion
Release Date: 01/05/2011 Is the expansion of the universe accelerating for some unknown reason? This is one of the mysteries plaguing astrophysics, and somewhere in … more
AFM Positioning: Shining Light on a Needle in a Haystack
Release Date: 11/09/2010 The researchers characterize their new technique as a neat solution to the "needle in a haystack" problem of nanoscale microscopy, but … more
NIST 'Vision Science Facility' Aims for Lighting Revolution
Release Date: 09/28/2010 Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, have become popular with backpackers and cyclists who mount them on headbands for a reliable, hands-free source of … more
Extreme Darkness: Carbon Nanotube Forest Covers NIST’s Ultra-dark Detector
Release Date: 08/17/2010 Harnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser power … more
NIST, NASA Launch Joint Effort to Develop New Climate Satellites
Release Date: 03/02/2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have launched a joint … more
Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds
Release Date: 01/26/2010
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Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging
Release Date: 11/17/2009 If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important--especially if you are watching changes that … more
Showcase - Bio-imaging Technologies (9/2009)
Release Date: 10/06/2009 A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACE EVENT TEDCO, NIST and NIH Present Bio-imaging Technologies For Commercial Adoption On Tuesday, … more
Physicists Find Way to Control Individual Bits in Quantum Computers
Release Date: 07/14/2009 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have overcome a hurdle in quantum computer development, having devised* a … more |
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