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Nanomagnet Spin Damping
Release Date: 04/26/2013 Tom Silva (left) and Hans Nembach examine the partially disassembled original H-MOMM set-up. The entire configuration is being re-built to measure … more
NIST Quantum Refrigerator Offers Extreme Cooling and Convenience
Release Date: 03/05/2013 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in … more
High Efficiency Single Photon Detector
Release Date: 02/19/2013 Francesco Marsili at the SPD experiment. The metal cylinder at top left is the device's … more
Calculating Quantum Vacuum Forces in Nanostructures
Release Date: 02/07/2013 One of the surprising predictions of quantum mechanics is that uncharged conductors can attract each other over small distances, even in empty … more
Photons Emitted by Quantum Dots Can be Made Indistinguishable Through Quantum Frequency Conversion
Release Date: 12/19/2012 The quantum frequency conversion system uses two pump lasers whose frequency difference is matched to the difference between the two input photon … more
NIST Experiments Challenge Fundamental Understanding of Electromagnetism
Release Date: 11/27/2012 Observations made with NIST's Electron Beam Ion Trap indicate that in ions with a strongly positive charge, electrons can behave in ways … more
Researchers Develop Versatile Optomechanical Sensors for Atomic Force Microscopy
Release Date: 10/24/2012 < more
JILA Named 'Physics Historic Site' on its 50th Anniversary
Release Date: 07/11/2012 JILA, a Colorado laboratory known around the world for creating new states of matter and novel laser designs and applications, turns 50 this year … more
Researchers Demonstrate and Explain Surface Conduction in a Topological Insulator
Release Date: 07/11/2012 Researchers at the University of Maryland and the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have for the first time experimentally … more
New Quantum Computing Algorithm Could Simulate Giant Particle Accelerators
Release Date: 06/12/2012 A trio of theorists, including one from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have described how a future quantum computer … more
Quantum Computers Will Be Able to Simulate Particle Collisions
Release Date: 05/31/2012 Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent they may have. According to the … more
NIST Contributes to Discovery of Novel Quantum Spin-Liquid
Release Date: 05/07/2012 Gaithersburg, Md.—An international team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
New Colors: JILA Scientists Confirm First 'Frequency Comb' to Probe Ultraviolet Wavelengths
Release Date: 02/01/2012 Physicists at JILA have created the first “frequency comb” in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light … more
NIST Physicists Chip Away at Mystery of Antimatter Imbalance
Release Date: 11/08/2011 Why there is stuff in the universe—more properly, why there is an imbalance between matter and antimatter—is one of the … more |
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