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Coming Soon: Tabletop Molecular Movies

November 5, 2012

One of the most urgently sought-after goals in modern science is the ability to observe the detailed dynamics of chemical reactions as they happen – that is, on...

New Boulder Clean Room Open for Business

November 2, 2012

After months of construction, installation, troubleshooting, and testing, the new clean room at NIST's Precision Measurement Laboratory complex on the Boulder...

A green laser beam rotates around the toroidal BEC, acting as a sort of "optical paddle."

The First Controllable Atom SQUID

November 2, 2012

Scientists have created the first controllable atomic circuit that functions analogously to a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and allows...

NIST Handbook 44 - 2012 Edition

October 26, 2012

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices as adopted by the 96th National Conference on Weights and...

NRI to Lead New Five-Year Effort to Develop Post-CMOS Electronics

October 16, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the selection of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a collaboration of...

Illustration for Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition

NIST Selects Winner of Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition

October 2, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm...

Schematic of an artificial membrane, across which a voltage forces an ionized fluid through the nanopore.

NIST, Columbia Engineering Collaborate on Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Method

October 2, 2012

Rapid, accurate genetic sequencing soon may be within reach of every doctor's office if recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Schematic diagram of loophole-free Bell test

Truly Random Numbers — But Not by Chance

October 1, 2012

Life can seem haphazard and chaotic, but true randomness is fundamentally mysterious, elusive, and remarkably difficult to observe. If it can be realized and...

Shaking Up Biomolecules with Light

September 28, 2012

In living organisms, biomolecules such as proteins are constantly in complex motion, bending and flexing in different ways at different points. Each molecule...

Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscope: Big at the Nanoscale

September 28, 2012

NIST's ability to determine the composition and physics of nanoscale materials and devices is about to improve dramatically with the arrival of a new near-field...

PML Plays a Central Role in Standards Agreement by 22 Federal Agencies

September 27, 2012

PML researchers played a central role in the establishment of new testing and evaluation (T&E) standards for radiation and nuclear detectors about to be adopted...

New NCNR Guide Hall Opens, Expands NIST Resources for Neutron Research

September 18, 2012

With the opening of the new guide hall addition at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center for Neutron Research (NCNR), neutron scientists...

The World's Most Stable Laser

September 10, 2012

The world's most stable laser – with frequency variation of no more than 2 parts in 10,000 trillion – has been developed and tested by an international...

NIST 'Hybrid Metrology' Method Could Improve Computer Chips

September 5, 2012

A refined method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for measuring nanometer-sized objects may help computer manufacturers...

Simulating the Sun for Photovoltaic Research

August 29, 2012

PML researchers have devised a novel source of portable sunlight that may fill an urgent need in renewable energy research – namely, light sources that generate...

PML Goes to Mars: Far-Out Thermal Calibration

August 29, 2012

Sometimes the chain of measurement traceability – the unbroken series of links between a calibrated instrument and the official NIST standard – can get pretty...

Disseminating the Kilogram, No Strings Attached

August 24, 2012

The impending redefinition of the kilogram presents a weighty dilemma. Methods to be used to realize the redefined kilogram are based on the Planck constant and...

NIST Shows New Device Could Improve Fiber-Optic Quantum Data Transmission

August 8, 2012

Tests performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) show that a new method for splitting photon beams could overcome a fundamental...

Long-Predicted Fluctuations in Cell Membranes Observed for First Time

August 8, 2012

A long-standing mystery in cell biology may be closer to a solution thanks to measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

A close-up photo of the center of the experimental set-up. The small transparent chamber that holds the ultracold rubidium atoms is surrounded by a dotted line.

Simulating Superconductors with a Touch of Disorder

July 26, 2012

Since their discovery in 1986, high-temperature (high-Tc) superconductors have been the subject of intense interest to researchers. But the mechanism behind the...

New SRM for Bullet Casings

July 23, 2012

At a time when the reliability of crime lab findings is under increasing scrutiny, PML researchers have provided law enforcement with an important new tool for...

MEMS Reference Material: Tiny Dimensions, Big Impact

July 23, 2012

Over the past two decades, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have become ubiquitous, with applications in cell phones, ink-jet printers, accelerometers and...

SGIP Governing Board Votes to Support New Business Sustainment Plan

July 11, 2012

The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Governing Board voted on July 10, 2012 to support the new business sustainment plan for the SGIP. The plan outlines...

NIST Releases Test Framework for Upgrading Smart Electrical Meters

July 11, 2012

Next-generation "smart" electrical meters for residential and commercial buildings will have computerized operating systems just as laptops or mobile devices do...

NIST Releases Second Draft of Federal ID Credential Security Standard for Comment

July 11, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the second-round draft version of its updated security standard for identity credentials...

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