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Micrographs of kinetic inductance-based parametric amplifier

Amplifiers

To process information from quantum circuits and systems, it is important to have amplifiers with wide bandwidth, high dynamic range, and extremely low noise

Quantum Locking Ranges

Visualization of Quantum Locking Ranges for the Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) and Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer...

JILA Team Discovers Many New Twists in Protein Folding

March 2, 2017

BOULDER, Colo.-- Biophysicists at JILA have measured protein folding in more detail than ever before, revealing behavior that is surprisingly more complex than

Single Photon Workshop 2017, Sponsors

Gold Sponsor: Silver Sponsor: Bronze Sponsor: Sumitomo Cryogenics of America, Inc

Single Photon Workshop 2017, Invited Speakers

Confirmed Invited Speakers: Seth Bank, University of Texas at Austin, USA Karl Berggren- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Maria...

The Story of an Old Timer: Epic Publications

An entire lecture could be given on the Bureau's efforts and advances during the war ... but we'll just highlight a few of the "Radio...

The Story of an Old Timer: WWI

By the start of the U.S. involvement in the Great War (April, 1917) there were seven people working full time in the Radio Section. By war's...

The Story of an Old Timer: East Building

Below is a picture of the Navy's wireless laboratory in the North end of the fourth floor of the East Building (December 1915). Note: the...

The Story of an Old Timer: Frederick Kolster

Then in 1911, Dr. Stratton hired Frederick Kolster. Dr. Kolster had been working with Lee DeForest on Electron Tube technology. So the stage...

The Story of an Old Timer: Wireless Ship Act

Then, in 1909, Dr. J. Howard Dellinger was hired. At first he worked in the Electricity Department doing "temperature coefficient of copper"...

The Story of an Old Timer: The Navy

In 1908, by invitation of Dr. Stratton, the Navy began using NBS facilities as an aid in solving their problems with communication equipment...

The Story of an Old Timer: Dr. Austin

In 1904, Dr. Stratton hired Louis Austin, an unpaid guest worker, for the first four years (although some indication was given that he was...

Cross section of a SAC solder joint in a BGA, with sketches of potential micro specimens

Advanced Mechanical Characterization of Mesoscale Materials

We develop methods to evaluate the mechanical behavior of micro- and mesoscale metal alloys to fracture, and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) materials

The Story of an Old Timer: Wireless

Just nine months after the start of NBS, Guglielmo Marconi successfully transmitted the letter "S" across the Atlantic ... and the age of...

NBS/NIST Radio Stations: The Story of an Old Timer

This series of webpages will lead you on a journey on the history of the NBS/NIST radio stations. Enjoy reading the story of an "old timer,"...

NIST Exhibits at the 43rd Annual NSBE Convention

Thu, Mar 30 - Fri, Mar 31 2017

NIST will exhibit at the NSBE's 43rd Annual Convention Kansas City Convention Center Booth # 217 This is where it

NIST Exhibits at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

Tue, Mar 21 - Thu, Mar 23 2017

NIST will exhibit at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

NIST Exhibits at the 2017 ARPA-E Innovation Summit

Mon, Feb 27 - Wed, Mar 1 2017

NIST will exhibit at the 2017 ARPA-E Innovation Summit National Harbor Convention Center Booth Number 810 The U.S

Climate-Friendlier Air Conditioning Chemicals Hard to Find, Study Shows

February 23, 2017

In response to a recently published study in Nature Communications about options for low-global-warming-potential refrigerants from NIST, Inside Climate News

Samples of Fiestaware. This popular style of ceramic tableware is just as likely to be seen exhibited in museums as it is to be used on the average family’s dinner table.

Dinner Is on Us: NIST and the Creation of Fiestaware

I can’t say for certain, but it’s likely Albert Bleininger is the only NIST scientist to have had his work featured on the popular PBS TV...

Professor Louise Sherwood McDowell in Wellesley College physics lab ca.1909-1920

Women’s History Month: NIST’s First Female Ph.D. (Edison was a fan!)

March 1, 2017

When physicist Louise Sherwood McDowell arrived at NIST in 1918, the first female Ph.D. at the institute, some of her male colleagues—unaccustomed to being in

1st North American Conference on Trapped Ions (NACTI)

Mon, Aug 14 - Fri, Aug 18 2017

NIST hosted the inaugural North American Conference on Trapped Ions (NACTI), on August 14 - 18, 2017. The meeting

NASCTN Newsletter

First Quarter - 2017

NIST Quest for Climate-Friendly Refrigerants Finds Complicated Choices

February 17, 2017

BOULDER, Colo. – Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just completed a multiyear study to identify the “best”

Strain Tensor Tomography Reconstruction Algorithm

3D Strain Mapping: Transmission Bragg Edge Strain Tensor Tomography (TBESTT)

Imagine an MRI or CT technique that can peer inside structural materials (e.g., steels) and visualize the strain experienced by structures as they support loads

NASCTN Releases Report on LTE Impact on GPS Receivers

February 15, 2017

The National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) has completed the Impacts of LTE Signals on GPS Receivers project and has released the

Products and Services

The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division provides a number of data products, calibration services, and educational programs. The Charpy...

X-Ray Computed Microtomography

Seeing inside a material object, in three dimensions, is often crucial for proper characterization, so that the link between microstructure and properties can

NIST Alloy Data

The NIST Alloy data web app provides access to thermophysical property data for unary, binary, and ternary metal systems. Data collection...

ThermoML Archive

ThermoML Archive is a storage facility of experimental thermophysical and thermochemical property data. The files are posted here through...

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