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News and Updates
NIST Study Aims to Improve Utility of the Scanning Electron Microscope
Using an electron beam to image the tiniest of defects and patterns on microchips, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) has long been a mainstay of the semiconductor industry. But as the industry continues to miniaturize chip components—essential for computers, implantable drug dispensers, cell phones, and other devices—the demand for ever-more detailed information from SEM images has grown
A Physicist and Steampunk Enthusiast Explores Thermodynamics in the Quantum World
Spotlight: Alejandra Collopy and Atomic Clocks
Novel ‘Quantum Refrigerator’ Is Great at Erasing Quantum Computer’s Chalkboard
Blog Posts
Shedding Light: How NIST’s Light Database Helps Bring You Computer Chips, Welded Steel and More
Atomic spectroscopy helps to bring us many things we use every day, but without updated information, it would be harder for scientists and experts to create these things. That’s where a NIST atomic spectra database comes in.
Pirouetting Molecules Can Help Us Learn About the History of the Universe
One of the World’s Roundest Objects Is Helping to Build a Better Mass Measurement
