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Atomic / Molecular / Quantum

News and Updates

NIST Researchers Probe the Mass of the Electron Neutrino

All In One: NIST Develops Single Device to Realize Electrical Standards

NIST Team Develops Technique to Stabilize the Phase of Weak Light Signals in Quantum Network

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

NIST Researchers Measure Greenhouse Gases During the Solar Eclipse

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