http://www.nist.gov The National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/brain-041912.cfm Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:41:34 GMT A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by successfully measuring human brain activity. Experiments reported this week* ... 86cdfba3-578a-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/dss-041712.cfm Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:46:46 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced proposed changes to a standard that specifies how to implement digital signatures, which can be used to ensure the integrity of electronic documents, such as wills ... 02d614fc-c588-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/scada-040312.cfm Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:25:02 GMT Securing computers against unlawful and malicious attacks is always important, but itamp's especially vital when the computers in question control major physical systemsamp-manufacturing plants, transportation systems, power grids. ... aa3a744a-ba7d-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/energy-032612.cfm Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:47:15 GMT Washington, D.C. -- Responding to President Obamas call for an 'all-of-the-above' strategy to help consumers reduce their energy costs, the Administration announced on March 22 that nine major utilities and electricity suppliers will ... 67b8a6cc-8477-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/semiconductors-032012.cfm Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:48:06 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals to support long-term research in next-generation semiconductor technology, which is critical to the future of the U.S. electronics industry.To launch the ... 2e55bd96-c572-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/framework-022812.cfm Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:34:19 GMT An updated roadmap for the Smart Grid is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which recently finished reviewing and incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid ... 6cabf273-4b62-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/switches-022112.cfm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:38:25 GMT Sometimes knowing that a new technology works is not enough. You also must know why it works to get marketplace acceptance. New information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)* about how layered switching ... c33e5bfa-cb5c-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div682/neutron-122011.cfm Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:10:17 GMT An advance in sensor design* by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Waterloos Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC) could unshackle a powerful, yet high-maintenance technique for ... 379fbfa6-4e2b-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/scuba2-array.cfm Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:44:27 GMT The worldamp's largest submillimeter cameraamp-based on superconducting technology designed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)amp-is now ready to scan the universe, including faint and faraway parts never seen ... 343fe8f9-1d1d-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div684/coalesce-102511.cfm Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:27:52 GMT If quantum computers are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one another, just like the memory and logic circuits in todays computers do. However, prospects ... 02b6aab7-47ff-e011-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/spintronic-101911.cfm Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:17:38 GMT An advanced material that could help bring about next-generation 'spintronic' computers has revealed one of its fundamental secrets to a team of scientists from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the National Institute of Standards ... 660e54f3-86fa-e011-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/magnetics/magnetic-101311.cfm Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:12:23 GMT Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU) have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics and magnetic switches to trap and transport ... cae5dfd0-c6f5-e011-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/director/network-091311.cfm Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:35:46 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking advice on possible key features of a new broadband communications network for the nations emergency services agencies. The network will use a portion of the 700 ... ba08051f-37de-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div684/photon-082211.cfm Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:57:57 GMT Surprisingly, transmitting information-rich photons thousands of miles through fiber-optic cable is far easier than reliably sending them just a few nanometers through a computer circuit. However, it may soon be possible to steer these ... 7021324c-becc-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/wireless-081611.cfm Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:56:18 GMT Wireless emergency safety equipment could save livesamp-if signals are transmitted reliably. But few performance standards exist. Now, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are helping to ensure that alarm ... 0dbc791c-4ac8-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/drum-tb070611.cfm Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:09:47 GMT Showcasing new tools for developing quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a flexible, broadly applicable technique for steadily damping the ... da5d518a-18a8-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/drum-070611.cfm Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:09:47 GMT BOULDER, Colo. amp- Showcasing new tools for widespread development of quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a flexible, broadly usable ... bc06e614-eaa7-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/noise-062711.cfm Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:13:10 GMT By combining advanced laser technologies in a new way, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have generated microwave signals that are more pure and stable than those from conventional electronic ... 124d4dbb-f9a0-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/el/isd/score-062111.cfm Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:18:18 GMT Most industry executives, military planners, research managers or venture capitalists charged with assessing the potential of an RampampD project probably are familiar with the wry twist on Arthur C. Clarkes third law*: 'Any sufficiently ... 28faee91-439c-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/meta-060711.cfm Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:40:49 GMT Like an opera singer hitting a note that shatters a glass, a signal at a particular resonant frequency can concentrate energy in a material and change its properties. And as with 18th century 'musical glasses,' adding a little water can ... fc123458-4691-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/aip_05242011.cfm Tue, 24 May 2011 20:34:32 GMT A wealth of information on recent advances in semiconductor research is now available for free, thanks to an agreement between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The ... 82af8013-4586-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/broadening_uses_05242011.cfm Tue, 24 May 2011 19:53:40 GMT Behind the smart phones continuing transformation into the quintessential multipurpose tool is the rise and diversification of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), tiny machines that work the speakers, projectors, gyroscopes and other ... 84eaea61-3f86-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/nanowire-052411.cfm Wed, 18 May 2011 21:08:00 GMT In this schematic image (top) and transmission electron micrograph, a d9a23c8c-6781-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/eggs-042611.cfm Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:20:50 GMT Magnetics researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) colored lots of eggs recently. Bunnies and children might find the eggs a bit smallamp-in fact, too small to see without a microscope. But these ... 073a205e-5370-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/smartgrid-041911.cfm Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:58:52 GMT Gaithersburg, Md. amp- The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard and a set of guidelines important for making the long-planned amp"smartamp" electricity grid a ... 79432c96-ae6a-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/constant-033011.cfm Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:39:28 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time used an apparatus that relies on the amp"noiseamp" of jiggling electrons to make highly accurate measurements of the Boltzmann constant, an ... 59c0b7b6-0d5b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/htc-033011.cfm Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:57:01 GMT Collage of images from NIST museum of voltage standards.Credit: NIST photos arranged by Kelly TalbottView hi-resolution imageOn April 8, 2011, the scientific community will celebrate the centenni 78ffb573-ff5a-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/20110315_drum.cfm Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:21:48 GMT Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component 1,000 times more vigorously than ever achieved ... 6dc18e85-524f-e011-b470-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/drum-030911.cfm Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:35:23 GMT Device May Help Process Information and Measure Motion at Quantum ScaleBOULDER, Colo.amp-Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves ... c1176b58-5a4a-e011-b470-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/qdot-022210.cfm Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:25:12 GMT Like snowflakes or fingerprints, no two quantum dots are identical. But a new etching method for shaping and positioning these semiconductor nanocrystals might change that. Whats more, tests at the National Institute of Standards and ... 6a73da1a-ca3e-e011-8a7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/htc-021011.cfm Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:31:11 GMT A researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has invented a method of making high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables that are thinner and more flexible than demonstration HTS cables now installed in the ... 74b93ee7-5c35-e011-8a7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div689/radiation_011911.cfm Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:37:00 GMT JILA researchers have developed a laser-based source of terahertz radiation that is unusually efficient and less prone to damage than similar systems. The technology might be useful in applications such as detecting trace gases or ... 4d2944b5-4223-e011-b295-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div685/telescope_010511.cfm Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:57:18 GMT Is the expansion of the universe accelerating for some unknown reason? This is one of the mysteries plaguing astrophysics, and somewhere in distant galaxies are yet-unseen supernovae that may hold the key. Now, thanks to a telescope ... 18b86e58-0e19-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/tip/tip_121510.cfm Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:55:53 GMT The U.S. Commerce Departments National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a total of more than $22 million in funding for nine research projects targeting innovative manufacturing technologies in fields ranging ... 1d5fdafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/20101026_volt.cfm Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:21:14 GMT Extending its 26-year tradition of innovative quantum voltage standards, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun shipping a new 10-volt standard to users around the world. The programmable ... be5adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/oles/network.cfm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:55:41 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking partners in the telecommunications industry to help create a demonstration broadband ... aa5adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div685/lighting_092810.cfm Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:20:07 GMT Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, have become popular with backpackers and cyclists who mount them on headbands for a reliable, hands-free source of illumination. Now, a new lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ... d955dafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/graphene_091410.cfm Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:06:42 GMT Using a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have unveiled a quartet of grapheneamp's electron states and discovered that electrons ... cc67c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/soliton_091410.cfm Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:24:44 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found theoretical evidence* of a new way to generate the high-frequency waves used in modern communication devices such as cell phones. Their analysis, if ... b268c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/graphene_quartet.cfm Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:14:31 GMT GAITHERSBURG, Md. amp- Using a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have 'unveiled' a quartet of graphenes electron states and ... d267c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/cat_083110.cfm Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:03:51 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created 'quantum cats' made of photons (particles of light), boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as ... c355dafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/dark_081710.cfm Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:08:53 GMT Harnessing darkness for practical use, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laser power detector coated with the worldaposs darkest materialamp-a forest of carbon nanotubes that ... ea61c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/fluidics_080310.cfm Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:55:05 GMT A wrench or a screwdriver of a single size is useful for some jobs, but for a more complicated project, you need a set of tools of different sizes. Following this guiding principle, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ... 7b62c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/nanowires_072110.cfm Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:26:04 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cultivated many thousands of nanocrystals in what looks like a pinscreen or 'pin art' on silicon, a step toward reliable mass production of semiconductor ... 0d62c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div689/dark_060910.cfm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:29:37 GMT In an advance that sounds almost Zen, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have demonstrated a new type of pulsed laser ... 3e5cc7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/bubbles_060910.cfm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:47:05 GMT People have been combining materials to bring forth the best properties of both ever since copper and tin were merged to start the Bronze Age. In the latest successful merger, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ... 155cc7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923