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High-Speed Quantum Key System Wins Research Award

September 27, 2007

A high-speed quantum cryptography system that allows "Alice" and "Bob" to discuss things in absolute secrecy earned a 2007 R&D 100 Award for a team of

Spectroscopic image showing the microwave-frequency magnetic resonances of an array of parallel, metallic thin film nanowires ("stripes")

Measurements from the Edge: Magnetic Properties of Thin Films

September 27, 2007

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of

NIST Announces 56 New Awards For Innovative Technology R&D

September 27, 2007

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 56 new awards for innovative industrial research and development

NIST Helps Plan Measurement Standards for the Hydrogen Economy

September 27, 2007

How do you conveniently measure something that not only is 14 times lighter than air but also invisible? That's just one of the tasks National Institute of

Experts to Review Life-Saving Homeland Security Standards

September 27, 2007

The terrorist threat to the global transportation system, private-sector implementation of the preparedness provisions of the 9/11 Commission recommendations

'Dead Time' Limits Quantum Cryptography Speeds

September 27, 2007

Quantum cryptography is potentially the most secure method of sending encrypted information, but does it have a speed limit? According to a new paper by

Fourteen Prepare for Baldrige Site Visits

September 27, 2007

Starting in mid-October, teams of business, education, health care and nonprofit experts will visit 14 organizations as the final review stage for the 2007

Artist's rendition of the NIST superconducting quantum computing cable.

Digital Cable Goes Quantum: NIST Debuts Superconducting Quantum Computing Cable

September 26, 2007

BOULDER, Colo.— Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred information between two "artificial atoms" by way of

NIST, SRC-NRI Enter Partnership to Drive Search for Next-Generation Computer Technology

September 13, 2007

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and the Commerce

Probing a Rare Material Spin State at NIST

September 13, 2007

A team of international physicists that includes researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found experimental evidence of a

JILA Finds Flaw in Model Describing DNA Elasticity

September 13, 2007

DNA, the biomolecule that provides the blueprint for life, has a lesser-known identity as a stretchy polymer. JILA scientists have found a flaw in the most

$Optical profilometer image of the broken surface of a glass rod shows height of peaks and valleys of the fracture surface in millionths of a meter.$

New Guide Available for Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses

September 13, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently issued a guide to Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses (NIST Special Publication SP 960-16)

NIST Firebrand Device Could Save U.S. and Japanese Homes

September 13, 2007

Crackling embers and glowing firebrands might make for a romantic evening in front of the fireplace, but for homeowners in high fire-risk areas, windborne fire

"Guide to Secure Web Services" Provides Blueprint to Safer Web 2.0

September 13, 2007

Many Web-based services, from shopping to online word processing, allow computer programs to talk to each other and exchange user data across several Web sites

Voting Standards Guidance Sent to Election Commission

September 13, 2007

Recommendations for a new set of requirements intended to make future voting systems more "secure, reliable, and easier for all voters to use" have been

Colorized micrograph of a silicon micro-cantilever

'Radio Wave Cooling' Offers New Twist on Laser Cooling

September 13, 2007

Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atoms—and more recently larger objects—by reducing the extent of their thermal

Tech Transfer Event to Showcase NIST Microfluidics Technologies

September 13, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the MIT Enterprise Forum™ and TEDCO, will host a technology transfer workshop on

NIST Team Develops Novel Method for Nanostructured Polymer Thin Films

September 13, 2007

All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs

NIST Votes for U.S. 'Approval with Comments' on Office Open XML Standard to Meet International Voting Deadline

August 31, 2007

In preparation for the September 2 international voting deadline, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has supported

Upgraded Software Makes ID Verification Testing Easier

August 30, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released an improved version of its Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Data Generator, a

Flames coming out of the first doorway of a test structure after the floor has collapsed into the basement.

Fire Tests Examine Structural Collapse Hazards and Warning Devices

August 30, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted experiments this week in Sharon Hill, Pa., on the hazards of fires under residential floors

JILA Physicist is Finalist for Service to America Medal

August 30, 2007

Konrad Lehnert, a physicist at JILA, is a finalist for the 2007 Service to America medals, presented annually by the non-profit, non-partisan Partnership for

Longer is Better for Nanotube Optical Properties

August 30, 2007

If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback

NIST Measures Challenges for Wireless in Factories

August 30, 2007

Factories have much to gain from wireless technology, such as robot control, RFID tag monitoring, and local-area network (LAN) communications. Wireless systems

New NIST Calibration Service 'Arms' Phasors for More Reliable Power Grids

August 16, 2007

While the new calibration service for phasor measurement units (PMUs) offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sounds like it would

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