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Physical Measurement Laboratory

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Teams Gearing Up for Two NIST Robotic Competitions in Alaska

April 27, 2010

The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced...

Computer simulations showing the mixing of water and isopropyl alcohol in a COMMAND microfluidic device.

NIST, Maryland Researchers COMMAND a Better Class of Liposomes

April 27, 2010

Pop a bubble while washing the dishes and you're likely to release a few drops of water trapped when the soapy sphere formed. A few years ago, researchers at...

Colorized micrograph of superconducting circuit

NIST Develops 'Dimmer Switch' for Superconducting Quantum Computing

April 27, 2010

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first "dimmer switch" for a superconducting circuit linking a quantum...

Graphic depicting how the ice fishing method determines the distance across a membrane nanopore.

Lollipops and Ice Fishing: Molecular Rulers Used to Probe Nanopores

April 27, 2010

Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and...

two researchers in front of CT scanner with box of polymer ellipsoids

To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Good Medicine Is a Polymer Pill

April 27, 2010

Doctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

NIST engineer Sae Woo Nam working on a photo detector

NIST Detector Counts Photons With 99 Percent Efficiency

April 13, 2010

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the world's most efficient single photon detector, which is able to count...

Lloyd Whitman Wins NRL Edison Award for Nanotechnology Patent

April 12, 2010

Lloyd Whitman, the Deputy Director of the CNST, has won a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Edison Award for U.S. Patent 7,541,062, "Thermal Control of Deposition...

Diagram of an airbrush technique to create spray-on transistors

Paintable Electronics? NIST Studies Spray-On Manufacturing of Transistors

March 30, 2010

A multidisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found that an organic semiconductor may be a viable candidate...

NIST Racetrack Ion Trap is a Contender in Quantum Computing Quest

March 30, 2010

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms (ions) that...

Good Times! Get to Know Your Radio-Controlled Clock

March 30, 2010

"How accurate is a radio-controlled clock?" National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Michael Lombardi asks and answers the question in a...

EEEL Sponsors INTEL VP's Visit to NIST

March 23, 2010

Dr. Michael C. Mayberry, Vice President of the Technology and Manufacturing Group and Director of Components Research at INTEL Corporation, visited NIST in...

NIST, NASA Launch Joint Effort to Develop New Climate Satellites

March 2, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have launched a joint effort to gather...

Robert Rudnitsky Elected Chair of OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology

February 22, 2010

Robert Rudnitsky has been elected chair of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Nanotechnology (WPN). The election...

James Alexander Liddle Becomes Contributing Editor of InterNano

February 16, 2010

J. Alexander Liddle has accepted an invitation from InterNano to be a contributing editor for expert reviews in the topical category of Advanced Processes and...

NIST's Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' is Now World's Most Precise Clock

February 16, 2010

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single...

Seeing the Quantum in Chemistry: JILA Scientists Control Chemical Reactions of Ultracold Molecules

February 11, 2010

Physicists at JILA have for the first time observed chemical reactions near absolute zero, demonstrating that chemistry is possible at ultralow temperatures and...

An ion trap sitting next to a quarter to show their similar size

NIST's Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock

February 4, 2010

BOULDER, Colo.—Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a...

Proper Vaccine Refrigeration Vital to Putting Disease on Ice

January 26, 2010

Every year, billions of dollars worth of vaccines are shipped to thousands of medical providers across the country, and every year doctors must dispose of tens...

$A single photon travels through alternating layers of low (blue) and high (green) refractive index material more slowly (top) or quickly (bottom) depending upon the order of the layers.$

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Physical Measurement Laboratory

News and Updates

Teams Gearing Up for Two NIST Robotic Competitions in Alaska

NIST, Maryland Researchers COMMAND a Better Class of Liposomes

NIST Develops 'Dimmer Switch' for Superconducting Quantum Computing

Lollipops and Ice Fishing: Molecular Rulers Used to Probe Nanopores

To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Good Medicine Is a Polymer Pill

NIST Detector Counts Photons With 99 Percent Efficiency

Lloyd Whitman Wins NRL Edison Award for Nanotechnology Patent

Paintable Electronics? NIST Studies Spray-On Manufacturing of Transistors

NIST Racetrack Ion Trap is a Contender in Quantum Computing Quest

Good Times! Get to Know Your Radio-Controlled Clock

EEEL Sponsors INTEL VP's Visit to NIST

NIST, NASA Launch Joint Effort to Develop New Climate Satellites

Robert Rudnitsky Elected Chair of OECD Working Party on Nanotechnology

James Alexander Liddle Becomes Contributing Editor of InterNano

NIST's Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' is Now World's Most Precise Clock

Seeing the Quantum in Chemistry: JILA Scientists Control Chemical Reactions of Ultracold Molecules

NIST's Second 'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock

Proper Vaccine Refrigeration Vital to Putting Disease on Ice

Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds

NIST Quantum Computing Research Among Top Stories of 2009

Joseph Stroscio Receives AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award

Everlasting Quantum Wave: NIST Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases

NIST Team Demystifies Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Deadline Extended for Entering NIST Microrobotics Challenge

JQI Researchers Create 'Synthetic Magnetic Fields' for Neutral Atoms

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