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Precise Measurements Can Help Cancer Patients Live Longer, Healthier Lives

June 25, 2025

NIST researchers are working to better measure radiation — to help keep cancer patients living long, healthy lives after they complete their treatments.

Quantum Advances: NIST and Industry Drive Powerful Computing and Clocks

April 30, 2025

Imagine what life would be like without GPS, something you use all the time without thinking about where it came from. NIST research helped bring you GPS and

Krister Shalm, wearing safety glasses, smiles over a lab table covered with electronics equipment.

Quantum and Dance: It Takes 2 to Entangle

April 14, 2025

Quantum physics and dancing may seem very different, but they both rely on creativity and precision. Both have shaped one NIST researcher’s outlook on life.

From Escaping a War to Becoming a Mom of 3 at Once, Science Has Always Been There for Me

July 26, 2023

I learned as a young adult not to get attached to material things; they can be gone in an instant. But there were some things I knew no one could take — an

A woman stands smiling in front of a large device with many metal parts and wires.

My First Semiconductor Standards Were a Bust … or Were They?

January 12, 2022

Silicon is the most important semiconductor in the world. It forms the chips that are used for memory and processors in high-end computers, everyday consumer

Working to Improve Small-Scale MRIs: My Summer as a SURF Student at NIST

September 29, 2021

I didn’t really know what to expect on the first day of my virtual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at the National Institute of

Developing an Exposure Notification System to Blunt the Spread of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

November 10, 2020

I am part of a grassroots effort at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is developing an exposure notification system for pandemics

Developing the APTitude to Design New Materials, Atom-by-Atom

January 12, 2017

Cars, buildings, computer chips, you and me and the air we breathe, everything is made of atoms. We learn this in elementary school, because, well, it’s an

A Little Light Construction: Laser Welding in Three Acts

November 7, 2016

Welding is said to be more art than science. In part, this is a nod to the vital, skilled work that welders perform. It’s also recognition of the fact that the