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False-color images of 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 magnesium ions loaded into NIST's new planar ion trap

New Ion Trap May Lead to Large Quantum Computers

July 6, 2006

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass...

Enhanced LIDAR Improves Range, Vibration Measures

February 2, 2006

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the use of an ultrafast laser "frequency comb" system for improved...

colorized micrograph of three tunable gates

New Design for Transistors Powered by Single Electrons

February 2, 2006

Scientists have demonstrated the first reproducible, controllable silicon transistors that are turned on and off by the motion of individual electrons. The...

Stable Polymer Nanotubes May Have a Biotech Future

February 2, 2006

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created polymer nanotubes that are unusually long (about 1 centimeter) as well as...

What's the Matter? Q-Glasses Could Be a New Class of Solids

August 6, 2013

There may be more kinds of stuff than we thought. A team of researchers has reported possible evidence for a new category of solids, things that are neither...

NIST Announces Funding Opportunity to Support Alaska's Manufacturers

August 6, 2013

Through its Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to fund a six-month project in...

13 Companies Receive 2013 NIST Small Business Innovation Research Awards

August 6, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced more than $2.3 million in Phase I and Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...

NIST Releases 2012 Department of Commerce Technology Transfer Report

August 6, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Department of Commerce's (DOC) 2012 Technology Transfer Report. The annual report...

Next Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework is in Dallas, Sept. 11, 2013

August 5, 2013

Registration is now open for the fourth in a series of workshops to bring together representatives from government, industry and academia to establish a...

NIST Forensic Science Experts Give Updates in Hot Topic Areas

August 6, 2013

While television may portray forensic science as able to distill the most complex crime scenes in under an hour, real life forensic lab workers know the limits...

Secretary Pritzker Visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Gaithersburg, Md., Campus

August 2, 2013

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker visited the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., today, as part of her nationwide...

Biomanufacturing Initiative

Protein drugs are the top selling pharmaceuticals worldwide, a hundred billion dollar industry, but also the fastest growing category of health care costs. The

A Step Towards Energy-Efficient Voltage Control of Magnetic Devices

July 30, 2013

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the University of California, Berkeley have discovered a way to create simultaneous...

The National Cybersecurity Center Seeks Comments on Energy Industry Security Scenarios

July 25, 2013

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is inviting industry to help address two...

NIST Awards 13 Companies with 2013 Small Business Innovation Research Funding

July 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that more than $2.3 million in funding for Phase I and Phase II Small Business...

NIST AMTech Program Announces Grants for Industry-led Consortia to Explore Issues Hampering Advanced Manufacturing in U.S.

July 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition for grants to support new or existing industry-driven consortia to...

New NIST Standard Reference Material to Help Calibrate Hospital CAT Scanners

July 23, 2013

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new standard reference material (SRM), the first such measurement tool...

New NIST Nanoscale Indenter Takes Novel Approach to Measuring Surface Properties

July 23, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of North Carolina have demonstrated a new design for an instrument...

NIST Releases Updates to Digital Signature Standard

July 23, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a revision to the digital standard used to ensure the integrity of electronic documents...

Schematic showing association of two duplex precursors into a quadruplex fiber building block. Bottom: AFM image of quadruplex DNA nanofibers.

Stiffening the Backbone of DNA Nanofibers

July 23, 2013

An international collaboration including researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito...

Imaging: Toward a Neutron Microscope

A novel neutron lens based on reflection has recently been developed that could greatly benefit neutron imaging and other neutron scattering techniques.

Applied: Pushing and Understanding the Limits of Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping of ³He

Neutron spin filters based on polarized 3He rely on the strong spin dependence of the absorption of neutrons by 3He gas. This project explored various

Imaging: Neutron Imaging for Advanced Catalyst Development and Durability Studies

Neutron imaging continues to play a key role in elucidating the role of water in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) as highlighted by two projects

Security (Archive): Neutron Detector Replacement Program

The Department of Homeland Security/Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DHS/DNDO) is pursuing a course to transform 3He alternative technologies into integrated

4th Cybersecurity Framework Workshop - September 11-13, 2013

Wed, Sep 11 - Fri, Sep 13 2013

Executive Order 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, has directed NIST to work with stakeholders to

E.U. and U.S. to Extend Scientific Cooperation on Measurements and Standards

July 18, 2013

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday...

2013-09-10: Vehicle and Axle-Load Scales

Tue, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 12 2013

This 3-day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test vehicle and axle-load scales, i.e., perform

New Nanoscale Imaging Method Finds Application in Plasmonics

July 16, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have shown how to make nanoscale measurements of...

Who Are You? NIST Biometric Publication Provides Two New Ways to Tell Quickly

July 12, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new publication that broadens agency security options for Personal Identity Verification...

NIST Chip Measurement Advance Earns 'Oscar of Innovation'

July 12, 2013

A fundamental advance in measurement capabilities that could save semiconductor manufacturers billions of dollars annually has earned a 2013 R&D 100 Award for...

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