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Announcing the 2026 OWM “Info Hours” Series

March 6, 2026

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2026 OWM Info Hours series. An Info Hour is a one-hour session that features...

Where Design Meets Science: My NIST PREP Internship

March 5, 2026

My name is Yoon Thwel, and I am a Communication and Graphic Design student at Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. In spring 2025, I had an amazing...

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Spotlight: Electromagnetic Proton Trap at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)

January 28, 2026

Just how long do free-floating neutrons live on average? This electromagnetic proton trap at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) is part of an effort to...

Spotlight: Scientists Can Measure Laser Power Using HALO

January 22, 2026

By measuring laser power, scientists can help improve safety, quality control and performance over time.

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NIST Physicists Bring Unruly Molecules to the Quantum Party

December 18, 2025

Molecules can serve as versatile building blocks for quantum technologies, but they are much harder to control than atoms.

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What Time Is It on Mars? NIST Physicists Have the Answer.

December 1, 2025

This calculation is necessary for future space navigation and communication networks.

Searching for Sterile Neutrinos

November 24, 2025

In an effort to solve several fundamental mysteries about the cosmos, physicists have been searching for more than two decades for a proposed elementary...

NIST Researchers Probe the Mass of the Electron Neutrino

September 29, 2025

Neutrinos are the lightest elementary particles in the universe. But exactly how much do they weigh? For three decades, physicists have sought answers to this...

In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.

September 10, 2025

A team including scientists at NIST may have found a new way of dealing with noise at the microscopic scales where quantum physics reigns.

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New Technique for Measuring DNA Damage Could Improve Cancer Therapy and Radiological Emergency Response

August 21, 2025

The technology, which may someday be as portable as a smartphone, promises faster and more accurate measurements of radiation exposure, potentially saving lives...

NIST Researchers Demonstrate that Superconducting Neural Networks Can Learn on Their Own

August 18, 2025

Using detailed simulations, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have demonstrated that a class of...

All In One: NIST Develops Single Device to Realize Electrical Standards

August 12, 2025

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed one of the first all-in-one instruments for realizing the most up-to...

NIST Team Develops Technique to Stabilize the Phase of Weak Light Signals in Quantum Network

July 18, 2025

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken a crucial step forward in building a large-scale quantum communications...

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NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World

July 14, 2025

This new result contributes to the international effort to define the second with a much greater level of accuracy than before, enabling new scientific and...

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New NIST Method Precisely Measures Radioactivity in Tiny Samples

July 8, 2025

This development could support improved cancer treatments, nuclear fuel reprocessing for advanced reactors and other fields.

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Classroom-Ready: NIST Releases Updated Metric Ruler and Conversion Card

July 7, 2025

The NIST Metric Program provides a wide range of educational materials to help students learn to apply the International System of Units (SI), commonly known as...

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Advanced Mass Metrology Training with Guidance on the Kilogram Consensus Value

July 7, 2025

NIST OWM will welcome a full class of students to its Advanced Mass Metrology course at NIST’s Gaithersburg, Maryland campus at the end of this July. This nine...

EVSE Metrology Trainings are a Go!

July 7, 2025

OWM is ramping up a new series of metrology training for the testing and verification of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). This August, in conjunction...

OWM Info Hours Update (2025)

July 7, 2025

OWM continues to host a series of Information Hours, or "Info Hours," to feature current weights and measures, laboratory metrology, or documentary standard...

C-RMAP 2025: “That’s A Wrap!”

July 7, 2025

In early June, over 115 metrologists from state, county, and federal government laboratories gathered with manufacturing and industry laboratory metrologists in...

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Legal Metrology Meets the Digital Age

July 7, 2025

The days when a telephone was just a device to make phone calls are long gone. Nowadays, almost everybody has a smartphone with the capability to use it as a...

Research Under Pressure: NIST Scientists Make Definitive Measurement of the Optical Pascal

June 26, 2025

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have overcome a key obstacle to measuring gas pressure with a...

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NIST and Partners Use Quantum Mechanics to Make a Factory for Random Numbers

June 11, 2025

Broadcast as a free public service, the beacon can be used anywhere an independent source of random numbers would be useful, such as selecting jury candidates...

New NIST Standard Helps Deliver the Right Dosage of Cancer-Fighting Drugs

June 3, 2025

NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs.

NIST’s Kibble balance: A Mass revolution

June 2, 2025

NIST engineer Leon Chao never dreamed his childhood fascination with LEGOs would fit together with his professional life. But a working LEGO model he and his...

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