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Spotlight: The Bucket Brigade for Atomic Physics and the Electron Dipole Moment

May 19, 2022

Gone are the days of bucket brigades for firefighting — long lines of people passing buckets of water one at a time toward a blaze — but NIST/JILA researchers

Measuring Up: The Phantom of the Library

May 4, 2022

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized medical diagnostics and research by providing a non-invasive way to investigate internal tissue structures

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Spotlight: Using PEACOCS to Link Atomic Time Signals Across Longer Distances

April 26, 2022

Networks linking atomic clocks on satellites with those on Earth promise an exciting new frontier for science, including in the search for mysterious dark

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‘Exceptional’ Research: Unexpected Light Behavior May Be Harnessed to Improve Optical Communications and Sensors

April 21, 2022

Shine a flashlight into murky pond water and the beam won’t penetrate very far. Absorption and scattering rapidly diminishes the intensity of the light beam

Inspired by Prehistoric Creatures, NIST Researchers Make Record-Setting Lenses

April 19, 2022

Five hundred million years ago, the oceans teemed with trillions of trilobites — creatures that were distant cousins of horseshoe crabs. All trilobites had a

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Spotlight: Looking Beyond the Standard Model to Explore Neutron Decay

April 12, 2022

This prototype NIST sensor may help solve some mysteries of the universe by looking beyond the Standard Model. The Standard Model is a long-standing theory that

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Spotlight: Revisiting a Powerful Pioneer for the World’s Voltage Standards

March 30, 2022

Frances Lloyd was rejoining the workforce in 1977 after taking time off to raise her child. She had an impressive background. Frances worked on aircraft

The Future is Charged: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program

March 29, 2022

Up to $7.5 billion is currently being invested in the U.S. Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. This funding is made possible through the Bipartisan

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We're Back... OWM Welcomes Laboratory Metrology Students to Campus!

March 28, 2022

NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) resumed limited in-person laboratory metrology training at the Gaithersburg campus starting on January 31, 2022. We

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Discover NIST Education Resources!

March 27, 2022

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites learners of all ages to explore and discover a wide variety of Science, Technology

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Celebrate World Metrology Day on May 20

March 26, 2022

“World Metrology Day is an annual celebration of the signature of the Meter Convention on 20 May 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations. The Convention

Ultraviolet Light Can Clean N95 Masks for Reuse Without Hindering Performance, NIST Study Shows

March 25, 2022

To combat COVID-19 amid supply shortages in 2020, health care facilities across the U.S. resorted to disinfecting personal protective equipment (PPE), such as

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OWM Launches New Metrology Training Needs Survey

March 25, 2022

The Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is a relatively small office at NIST, but has a big footprint in the weights and measures community. With just over 20

Not Letting It Slip By: NIST Discovery Could Increase Accuracy in Measuring Blood Flow for Cancer Diagnosis, Other Applications

March 22, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a potential source of error when using acoustic waves to measure the

Meet Rich Montgomery, OWM’s New AV Production Specialist

March 18, 2022

Rich Montgomery has 20 years of experience in video and live event production. Recently he worked at United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as an AV

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NIST, Collaborators Uncover New Details on the Formation of ‘Metal Soaps’ in Oil Paint Hindering the Conservation of Artworks

March 3, 2022

When you think of soaps, you may first picture the liquid foams or solid bars that wash away dirt, grime and bacteria. However, not all soaps are cleansers. In

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News and Updates

Spotlight: The Bucket Brigade for Atomic Physics and the Electron Dipole Moment

Measuring Up: The Phantom of the Library

Spotlight: Using PEACOCS to Link Atomic Time Signals Across Longer Distances

‘Exceptional’ Research: Unexpected Light Behavior May Be Harnessed to Improve Optical Communications and Sensors

Inspired by Prehistoric Creatures, NIST Researchers Make Record-Setting Lenses

Spotlight: Looking Beyond the Standard Model to Explore Neutron Decay

Spotlight: Revisiting a Powerful Pioneer for the World’s Voltage Standards

The Future is Charged: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program

We're Back... OWM Welcomes Laboratory Metrology Students to Campus!

Discover NIST Education Resources!

Celebrate World Metrology Day on May 20

Ultraviolet Light Can Clean N95 Masks for Reuse Without Hindering Performance, NIST Study Shows

OWM Launches New Metrology Training Needs Survey

Not Letting It Slip By: NIST Discovery Could Increase Accuracy in Measuring Blood Flow for Cancer Diagnosis, Other Applications

Meet Rich Montgomery, OWM’s New AV Production Specialist

NIST, Collaborators Uncover New Details on the Formation of ‘Metal Soaps’ in Oil Paint Hindering the Conservation of Artworks

Measuring Up: Coming Out from the Cold

Scientists Greatly Expand the Frequencies Generated by a Miniature Optical Ruler

NIST Researchers Propose Method for Modeling Smart Sensor Interoperability in Smart Grids

NIST Researchers Link Cutting-Edge Gravity Research to Safer Operation of Construction Cranes

JILA Atomic Clocks Measure Einstein’s General Relativity at Millimeter Scale

Spotlight: A Literal Blast From the Past With NIST Quantum Sensors

Hybrid Optical Device Captures Light for Longer Periods of Time in a Tiny Region

Strobe Light for 5G: NIST Imaging System Spotlights the Tiny Mechanical Hearts at the Core of Every Cellphone

NIST Researchers Resurrect and Improve a Technique for Detecting Transistor Defects

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