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JQI Researchers Create 'Synthetic Magnetic Fields' for Neutral Atoms

December 15, 2009

Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of

NIST Technology Program Announces 20 Research Project Awards

December 15, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced funding for 20 new research projects under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP)

Board of New Smart Grid Panel 'Boots Up'— Key Position Filled and Next Steps Assigned

December 14, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md.— The three-week-old Smart Grid Interoperability Panel's (SGIP's) governing board appointed Steve Widergren, a principal engineer at Pacific

Robert McMichael Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

December 14, 2009

The CNST's Robert McMichael has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). His fellowship citation notes his "broad contributions to the

Sixty-Four Staff Members Earn Departmental Bronze and Other NIST Awards

December 8, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has presented 64 local staff members with the Departmental

Mark Stiles Recognized as American Physical Society Outstanding Referee

December 7, 2009

NIST Fellow Mark Stiles has been designated a 2010 Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS). This lifetime APS award was initiated in 2008 "to

CNST Adding Major Capabilities for Transmission Electron Microscopy

December 7, 2009

The CNST has recently awarded contracts with FEI Company for two Transmission Electron Microscope systems that will bring significant new capabilities to both

Five U.S. Organizations Honored for Innovation and Performance Excellence with the 2009 Baldrige National Quality Award

December 7, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm

Vice President Biden addresses the audience at the ceremony for the 2008 Baldrige award winners.

Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Three Organizations

December 2, 2009

Go to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke's Remarks at Baldrige Quality Awards On Dec. 2, 2009, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Department Secretary

Combining Nanotubes and Antibodies for Breast Cancer 'Search and Destroy' Missions

December 1, 2009

Single-walled nanotubes—cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter—have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong fibers

NIST Researchers Put a New Spin on Atomic Musical Chairs

December 1, 2009

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic

NIST on Facebook and Twitter

December 1, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) now has a fan page on the popular social networking site, Facebook, and the microblogging service

$An imaging technique known as neutron diffraction, used along with molecular simulations, revealed that an ion channel’s voltage sensing domain perturbs the two-layered cell membrane that surrounds it.$

Nervy Research: Researchers Take Initial Look at Ion Channels in a Model System

December 1, 2009

Before one of your muscles can twitch, before the thought telling it to flex can race down your nerve, a tiny floodgate of sorts--called an ion channel--must

Vice President Biden, Secretary Locke to Present 2008 Baldrige Awards

December 1, 2009

What: Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will present three U.S. organizations with the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

NIST Develops Experimental Validation Tool for Cell Phone Forensics

December 1, 2009

Viewers of TV dramas don't focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at

CNST Researchers Win Best Nanolithography Poster Award at International Conference on Micro Nano Engineering

November 30, 2009

CNST researchers were recognized for the best poster presentation on nanolithography on October 1, 2009 at the 35th International Conference on Micro Nano

CNST Researchers Design Optical Interface to Probe Single Quantum Dots

November 30, 2009

CNST researchers have designed a nanophotonic interface to very efficiently collect light emitted from single semiconductor quantum dots, providing an avenue

37 Employees Earn DOC Awards

November 20, 2009

The U.S. Department of Commerce has presented 37 local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and Silver Medal Awards

Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Launched; Governing Board Elected

November 19, 2009

DENVER--The inaugural meeting of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), a new stakeholder forum to provide technical support to the Commerce Department's

Wavering Named Fellow of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

November 17, 2009

Albert Wavering III has been named to the College of Fellows of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Wavering is acting deputy director of the National

Senate Confirms Gallagher as 14th NIST Director

November 17, 2009

On Nov. 5, 2009, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher by unanimous consent as the 14th director of the National Institute of Standards and

JQI Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots

November 17, 2009

To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement--the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even

Time Magazine Names JQI Work Among Year's Best Inventions

November 17, 2009

Time Magazine has named research on the "quantum teleportation" of information from one atom to another in its "50 Best Inventions of 2009" feature. The

Publication Offers Constructive Advice for Construction Industry Efficiency

November 17, 2009

A new workshop report from the National Research Council (NRC) identifies five key activities to advance the competitiveness and effectiveness of the nation's

NIST Demonstrates 'Universal' Programmable Quantum Processor

November 17, 2009

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able

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