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NIST Mini-Sensor Traces Faint Magnetic Signature of Human Heartbeat
Release Date: 10/13/2010 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the German national metrology institute have used NIST's … more
NIST Clock Experiment Demonstrates That Your Head is Older Than Your Feet
Release Date: 09/28/2010 Scientists have long known that time passes faster at higher elevations—a curious aspect of Einstein’s theories of relativity … more
NIST Pair of Aluminum Atomic Clocks Reveal Einstein's Relativity at a Personal Scale
Release Date: 09/23/2010 BOULDER, Colo. – Scientists have known for decades that time passes faster at higher elevations—a curious aspect of … more
Novel Ion Trap with Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks
Release Date: 07/06/2010 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects … more
Time Is Money: SIM Time Network Has Far-Reaching Benefits
Release Date: 05/25/2010 Clocks in the Americas and the Caribbean Islands are now ticking in unison thanks to the work of the Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM), a … more
Good Times! Get to Know Your Radio-Controlled Clock
Release Date: 03/30/2010 "How accurate is a radio-controlled clock?" National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Michael Lombardi asks and … more
NIST’s Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' is Now World’s Most Precise Clock
Release Date: 02/16/2010 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a … more
NIST's Second 'Quantum Logic Clock Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock
Release Date: 02/04/2010 BOULDER, Colo.--Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic … more
NIST, CU to Build Instrument to Help Search for Earth-like Planets
Release Date: 11/03/2009 T he National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will collaborate with the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) to build and apply a … more
NIST Updates Popular Guide to Radio-Controlled Clocks
Release Date: 09/22/2009 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its popular guide to radio-controlled clocks. Many millions of … more
Ytterbium Gains Ground in Quest for Next-Generation Atomic Clocks
Release Date: 08/11/2009 An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision … more
NIST Physicists Win European and Optics Society Awards
Release Date: 05/05/2009 Jun Ye, a NIST Fellow working at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder, has received the 2009 European … more
NIST Physicist James Bergquist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Release Date: 05/05/2009 James C. Bergquist Credit: NIST View hi-resolution image Physicist James C. Bergquist, a Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and … more
Measurement of ‘Forbidden’ Collisions Could Improve Atomic Clock Accuracy
Release Date: 04/21/2009 Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly forbidden collisions between neutral strontium atoms, a class of antisocial atoms known as … more
JILA/NIST Scientists Get a Grip on Colliding Fermions to Enhance Atomic Clock Accuracy
Release Date: 04/16/2009 BOULDER, Colo.—Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly forbidden collisions between neutral strontium atoms—a class … more |
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