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Dr. Craig Brown, an instrument scientist for the Disk Chopper Spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research, will receive a PECASE award for showing
To explore the structure and dynamics of novel materials, the more than two dozen scientific instruments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The Johns Hopkins University have constructed a unique tool for exploring the
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Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic—as opposed
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are decoding the mysterious mechanisms behind the high-temperature superconductors that
A new ultrasensitive, high bandwidth neutron detector developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UMD
GAITHERSBURG, MD—In the initial studies of a new class of high-temperature superconductors discovered earlier this year, research at the Commerce Department's
A research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure
One of the key engineering challenges to building a clean, efficient, hydrogen-powered car is how to design the fuel tank. Storing enough raw hydrogen for a
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a new optical method that can detect
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the first direct measurements of the infinitesimal expansion and collapse of
A team of international physicists that includes researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found experimental evidence of a
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Through pioneering contributions that have expanded the capabilities of a class of specialized instruments that use neutrons to probe materials, Charles
Superconducting nanotubes may lie on the technology horizon, suggests a theoretical study recently published by researchers from the Commerce Department's
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A new report issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy finds that neutron probes are becoming increasingly indispensable research tools
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that they can confine neutrons, one of the basic particles of matter, in a three-dimensional magnetic trap, an
Upgrades at the Cold Neutron Research Facility of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., are enabling