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Nobel Laureate Wineland to Leave NIST, Accepts Position at University of Oregon

August 1, 2017

Nobel laureate David Wineland announced today that he plans to leave the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this fall and has accepted a

JILA Spinning Method Confirms the Electron Still Seems Round

October 9, 2017

JILA physicists have for the first time used their spinning molecules technique to measure the “roundness” of the electron, confirming the leading results from

Interoperability

Overview The essence of interoperability is to enable various devices to work together to perform common processes and achieve shared goals...

ACMD Seminar: Information-theoretic tools for uncertainty quantification of high dimensional stochastic models

Petr Plechac Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware Friday, July 28, 2017, 15:00 - 16:00Building 101, Lecture Room...

Sub-microscopic LEDs Shed New Light on Advanced Materials

July 12, 2017

One of the persistent challenges in 21 st century metrology is the need to measure ever-more-detailed properties of ever-smaller things, from microchip features

Scientists Lay the Groundwork for a Reliable Marijuana Breathalyzer

July 5, 2017

Marijuana is now legal for recreational or medicinal use in at least 28 states and the District of Columbia. But driving under the influence of marijuana is

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NIST ‘Noise Thermometry’ Yields Accurate New Measurements of Boltzmann Constant

June 29, 2017

By measuring the random jiggling motion of electrons in a resistor, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have contributed to

Newsroom

Press releases all press releases Videos all videos News all articles Blog all blog posts News NIST Releases Second Public Draft of Digital...

ACMD Seminar: Stratification for Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling

Jonathan Weare Department of Statistics, University of Chicago Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 15:30 - 16:30Building 101, Lecture Room FGaithersburg...

NIST Exhibits at the SPIE Optics + Photonics 2017 Conference

Tue, Aug 8 - Thu, Aug 10 2017

NIST will exhibit at the SPIE Optics + Photonics 2017 Conference. San Diego Convention Center Booth # 735 SPIE Optics +

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NIST Exhibits at the NCSL International Workshop & Symposium

Mon, Aug 14 - Thu, Aug 17 2017

NIST will exhibit at the NCSL International Workshop and Symposium. Gaylord National Conference Center Booth #113 NCSL

NIST Awards $38.5 Million to Accelerate Public Safety Communications Technologies

June 13, 2017

BOULDER, Colo. – The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $38.5 million to 33 research and development

Single Photon Workshop 2017, Workshop Planning and Program Committee

Thomas Gerrits (chair), NIST-Boulder Josh Bienfang, NIST-Gaithersburg Christopher Chunnilall, NPL John Lehman, NIST-Boulder Omar Magana...

ACMD Seminar: Towards Fully Accessible Data Visualisation

Volker Sorge School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK Thursday, June 8, 2017, 15:30 - 16:30Building 101, Lecture Room...

No Liquid Helium, But Still Extremely Cool

May 23, 2017

NIST scientists have devised a novel hybrid system for cooling superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPD) – essential tools for many kinds of

NIST Develops Rapid Method for Judging Nanotube Purity

February 1, 2007

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon

ACMD Seminar: Modeling Diffusion and Capture

Alan Lindsay University of Notre Dame Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 11:00 - 12:00Building 101, Lecture Room BGaithersburg Tuesday, June 13, 2017...

SF-424 Research & Related (R&R) Application Package Guidance

The SF-424 Research and Related (R&R) Form is used to collect applicant information. The use of the SF-424 R&R will be specified in the NIST...

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NIST Physicists Find a Way to Control Charged Molecules – with Quantum Logic

May 10, 2017

BOULDER, Colo.—National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicists have solved the seemingly intractable puzzle of how to control the quantum

NRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in ITL

The NIST/NRC Postdoctoral Associateship Program NIST works with the National Research Council (NRC) to offer awards for postdoctoral...

diagram of amantadine hydrochloride structure

New NIST Data to Aid Production and Storage of 'Fascinating' Medication

May 2, 2017

Amantadine hydrochloride may be the most common medication you’ve never heard of. This compound has been around for decades as the basis for antiviral and other

Steel-Reinforced Concrete Building with Severe Corrosion Damage

Move Over, Superman! NIST 'Spectral Fingerprinting' Sees Through Concrete to Detect Early Corrosion

April 26, 2017

When you suffer a fall, an on-the-field collision or some other traumatic blow, the first thing the doctor will do is take an X-ray, CT scan or MRI to determine

Supercomputing: Probing the Future

April 25, 2017

NIST scientists have developed a novel automated probe system for evaluating the performance of computer components designed to run 100 times faster than today

Single Photon Workshop 2017, Agenda

All technical sessions, workshop reception and posters will be held at the University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado. Our...

ACMD Seminar: Large Scale Distribution-based Data Analysis and Visualization

Han-Wei Shen Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 15:30 - 16:30Building 101...

Breast Phantoms - Not an Illusion

Accuracy = true, correct, exact ... but also, peace of mind. Traditionally, mammograms are made with x-rays. But for women at...

What excites and inspires David Wineland in science today?

“The stuff we’re working on I still find really interesting—quantum information, quantum computing, quantum limits to measurements—the path...

ACMD Seminar: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization: Applications and Methods

Sven Leyffer Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Lab Tuesday, April 18, 2017, 15:30 - 16:30Building 222, Room...

NACTI Invited Speakers

We were pleased to have following Invited Speakers at NACTI 2017: David Allcock Wineland Group, NIST Boulder, USA Charles Baldwin...

Ralph Orwick bending over a tungsten electrode welder

Welding for Ultrahigh Vacuum

April 3, 2017

April is National Welding Month, a time dedicated to highlighting accomplishments in this important field. At NIST in the 1960s, Ralph Orwick of the NIST

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