Although most GNSS receivers use the time codes that are transmitted by the satellites for both position determination and for time transfer...

Common view time transfer with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) transmitted signal allows the direct comparison of two clocks at...

The most common way to transfer time is with a transmitted signal, usually an electromagnetic (radio) wave. However, there are several...

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Frequency Calibrations Internet Time Service (ITS) Time Calibrations Time Scale Automated Computer Time Service (ACTS) GPS Data Archive...

The Precision Imaging Facility (PIF) is a cooperative research facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) dedicated to the

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BOULDER, Colo. – JILA physicists have extended the capability of their powerful laser "combing" technique to identify the structures of large, complex molecules

Whether you're using a landline or cell phone, there's a good chance that the signal spends at least some time traveling over fiber-optic cables. To ensure that

NIST researchers have devised a way to synchronize the time of two different clocks – separated by as much as 4 km of open, turbulent air – to within a few

In a press release issued today, the Department of Commerce announced the release of the Public Safety Analytics R&D Roadmap, developed by the Communications

A Walk Through Time Daylight Saving Time (DST) Help with Radio Controlled Clocks Telephone Time-of-Day Service Time & Frequency from A to Z...

NIST Time and Frequency Division's annual seminar covers clocks, oscillators, atomic frequency standards, rf and optical

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Who we are The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division is the primary federal laboratory conducting research, development...

The Quantum Nanophotonics Group develops new metrological devices and tools for a wide range of applications, including single photonics for quantum networks, neuromorphic computing, and quantum transduction.

Sandia National Laboratories is a government-owned, contractor-operated multi-program laboratory. Sandia has had

NIST is hosting its fifteenth annual Information Technology (IT) Security Day as a means to heighten user awareness of

On August 1-3, 2016, NIST and NTIA will co-sponsor ISART 2016. The 16th in the series of high-quality symposia, ISART

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first widely useful standard for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of

The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program will host the 2016 Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting

A little over three years ago, NIST scientist Katy Keenan came back from a conference with an ambitious idea: to improve the quality of magnetic resonance

Basic to our knowledge of the science of welding is an understanding of the process efficiencies and the dependencies of

Corrosion of drinking water distribution systems can cost water utilities and homeowners tens of billions of dollars

Serving as an objective technical advisor and laboratory, PSCR is driven towards advancing public safety communications technologies by accelerating their development, adoption, and implementation so that the public safety community can more effectively carry out their mission to protect lives and

The Internet Time Service operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) serves much of the Earth, with customers from around the globe

Medical implants and spacecraft can suddenly go dead, often for the same reason: cracks in ceramic capacitors, devices that store electric charge in electronic

Today's atomic clocks are ridiculously accurate. The best of them tell time so well that if they had been running since the Big Bang, by now they would not have

Perhaps fortunately, most folks haven't noticed that 85% of the Milky Way is missing: The kind of familiar, ordinary matter we know – made up of protons

One of the most exciting new capabilities in Smart Manufacturing (SM) and Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) is