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NIST's compact gyroscope measures rotation by analyzing patterns of interfering matter waves in an expanding cloud of atoms transitioning between two energy states.

NIST's Compact Gyroscope May Turn Heads

Shrink rays may exist only in science fiction, but similar effects are at work in the real world at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

How to Work With Us - ITL

ITL Opportunities NRC Postdoctoral Research Program ITL Grants Program NIST Summer High School Intern Program (SHIP) ITL Summer...

Russek named 2014 APS Fellow

Congratulations to Stephen Russek (Magnetic Imaging) for being selected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2014. He was

ACMD Resources/Services

Adaptive Mesh Refinement Benchmark Problems Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) Guide to Available Mathematical Software...

ACMD Programs/Projects

Adaptive Mesh Refinement Benchmark Problems Automated Combinatorial Testing for Software Digital Library of Mathematical Functions Future...

Getting to NIST Boulder

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Detecting Brain Waves with Atomic Vapor

It's really hard to hear what the brain is saying. Neural impulses -- currents of ions moving through channels between the brain's 100 billion neurons at a
SMART contrast agents

SMART Contrast Agents

SMART contrast agent project develops multifunctional imaging contrast agents including nano-fabricated agents that can sense and report local properties.
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Quantitative MRI

The Quantitative MRI project develops calibration structures (phantoms) and validates quantitative imaging protocols for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Advanced Magnetic Imaging staff

Advanced Magnetic Imaging

The scope of MRI is expanding with the development of both ultra-high field (14 T) and ultra-low field (0.1 mT) scanners not only for biomedical applications

IPDA LIDAR Raw Data

IPDA Data IPDA-OCT-09-2015.zip (3.86 GB) IPDA-OCT-09-2015.zip.sha256 (65 bytes) IPDA-OCT-10-2015.zip (4.1 GB) IPDA-OCT-10-2015.zip.sha256...
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NASCTN Project Submission

NASCTN Spectrum Sharing Test Request NASCTN welcomes industry and government requests for spectrum-sharing projects that require tests...
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NASCTN Projects

NASCTN projects follow the NASCTN Framework, an open, transparent, and comprehensive approach to developing scientifically based test plans...
NASCTN Five Stage Process

NASCTN Framework

NASCTN projects follow an open, transparent and comprehensive process for developing scientifically based test plans, facilitating access to...
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Research Focus Areas

The Forensic Science Research Program accelerates the development of science-based measurement methods, standards, tools, and assessments to...

2015 NIST Time Scale Data Archive

Notes on NIST time scale, primary standards and services Primary frequency standards developed and maintained by NIST are used to provide...

Research Portfolios

Key technology areas PSCR has a comprehensive technical research program to facilitate communications interoperability, broadband...
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Neuromorphic systems

Neuromorphic systems are required to develop cognitive processors as well as to understand how the brain works and how to measure brain function and dysfunction

Dr. Christopher L. Suiter

Brief Dr. Christopher Suiter joined the Applied Chemicals and Materials Division at NIST, Boulder in March 2016 as a National Research...

IPDA LIDAR Supplemental Data

This data constitutes the supplementary material for the paper titled "Ground-Based, Integrated Path Differential Absorption LIDAR...

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CTL Assets

Pathbreaking metrology takes pathbreaking testing tools. NIST has a long track record of inventing hardware and software to help lay the...