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NIST Scientists Wineland and Nesbitt Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 30, 2013

Two National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists, David Wineland and David Nesbitt, have been elected members of the American Academy of

DNA Analyst Training on Mixture Interpretation Webcast Now Posted Online

April 29, 2013

On April 12, 2013, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a workshop for DNA Analysts at its Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus, which was

An Unprecedented View of Spintronic Switching

April 26, 2013

If spintronics is to become the Next Big Thing, it will be because researchers have learned how to control many extremely small, but hugely significant, things

Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-on Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes with Ceramic

April 17, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes

NIST Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications

April 17, 2013

Radio communications can be unreliable in underground tunnels and other large, complicated structures, posing a safety hazard for emergency responders. New

A Primary Voltage Standard for the Whole World

April 4, 2013

PML researchers are on the verge of reaching a long-sought major goal: Providing the world with a programmable quantum voltage standard that has an uncertainty

NIST Boulder researcher Johannes (Hannes) Hubmayr

NIST Goes to the End of the Earth for Measurement Science

April 3, 2013

NIST Boulder researcher Johannes (Hannes) Hubmayr recently spent several weeks at the South Pole Telescope, where he optimized the performance of a NIST camera

Research Opportunities available in the Molecular and BioPhotonics group

The following is a list of current employment opportunities available in the Molecular and BioPhotonics group. Please contact us for more...

Compact Cold Atom Instruments

Our research focuses on the development of novel sensing platforms using cold atomic gases and atomic beams. Laboratory-scale cold atom apparatuses provide some

Microfabricated Atomic Sensors

We combine novel concepts of atomic physics and advanced technology of microfabrication processes to develop miniaturized atomic devices which leverage atoms’

NIST Tests Underscore Potential Hazards of Green Laser Pointers

March 20, 2013

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, National Institute of Standards and Technology

New NIST Microscope Measures Nanomagnet Property Vital to 'Spintronics'

March 14, 2013

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscope able to view and measure an important but elusive

NIST Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory

March 13, 2013

One of the oldest forms of computer memory is back again—but in a 21st century microscopic device designed by physicists at the National Institute of Standards

MRI: Contrast Agents of Change

March 5, 2013

Thanks to burgeoning progress in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), it may soon be possible to track and study, in vivo and in real time, heretofore invisible

NIST Quantum Refrigerator Offers Extreme Cooling and Convenience

March 5, 2013

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in micro- and

New NIST Time Code to Boost Reception for Radio-Controlled Clocks

March 5, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is changing the way it broadcasts time signals that synchronize radio-controlled "atomic" clocks and

Green and Gold: NIST Boulder's New Laboratory Achieves LEED Gold Certification

February 20, 2013

The new Precision Measurement Laboratory (PML) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colo., has received LEED Gold

High Efficiency in the Fastest Single-Photon Detector System

February 19, 2013

A single photon may not seem like much of a catch. But detecting photons one-by-one with near-perfect reliability is formidably difficult. It is also an

9th Annual DOE Laser Safety Officer Workshop

Tue, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 12 2013

The Annual Department of Energy Laser Safety Officer Workshop is for individuals with laser safety responsibility and

Biocorrosion Workshop

Mon, Jul 22 - Tue, Jul 23 2013

FOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP Materials used to store and distribute alternate fuels have seen an increase in corrosion due to

The circular patch of carbon nanotubes on a pink silicon backing is one component of NIST's new cryogenic radiometer, shown with a quarter for scale.

NIST's 'Nanotubes on a Chip' May Simplify Optical Power Measurements

January 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes that may simplify absolute

NIST Exhibits at 2013 APS Meeting

Tue, Mar 19 - Thu, Mar 21 2013

The APS March Meeting is the largest physics meeting in the world, focusing on physics research from industry

Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at NIST

January 8, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for its Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program at its

NIST Contributes to Top Science Stories of 2012

January 8, 2013

Two media lists of top science stories of 2012 highlight cosmology discoveries that relied on contributions from the National Institute of Standards and

2013 ICCES Lifetime Achievement Medal - Vinod Tewary

This Medal is awarded to an individual , from anywhere in the world, for sustained and significant contributions in the form of research

Using Calorimetry to Estimate Absorbed Dose from CT Scans

December 21, 2012

In the United States, about 80 million x-ray computed tomography (CT) scans are made every year – 7 million of them on children – according to the American

JILA Physicists Achieve Elusive 'Evaporative Cooling' of Molecules

December 19, 2012

Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar process by

Construction Industry Honors JILA X-Wing

November 27, 2012

JILA's new X-Wing addition has received two construction industry awards—best project in higher education/research and special judges' recognition—from the

$Four examples of Transmission electron diffraction patterns obtained in a scanning electron microscope.$

Analytical Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy in a Scanning Electron Microscope (STEM-in-SEM)

Transmission electron imaging and diffraction in an SEM are powerful tools that can be utilized in settings ranging from academia to small business, to

1000 Calibration Reports . . . And Counting

November 21, 2012

The U.S. Internet – and indeed any communication system that sends information by fiber-optic cable – depends critically on strong, clear signals propagating