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Some Like It Hot: How to Heat a 'Nano Bathtub' the JILA Way

July 21, 2010

Researchers at JILA have demonstrated the use of infrared laser light to quickly and precisely heat the water in "nano bathtubs"—tiny sample containers—for...

JILA Team Finds New Parallel Between Cold Gases and 'Hot' Superconductors

July 6, 2010

Scientists at JILA, working with Italian theorists, have discovered another notable similarity between ultracold atomic gases and high-temperature...

Novel Ion Trap with Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks

July 6, 2010

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an ion trap with a built-in optical fiber that collects light emitted...

NIST/JILA 'Dark Pulse Laser' Produces Bursts of ... Almost Nothing

June 9, 2010

In an advance that sounds almost Zen, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the...

Meet Phannie, NIST's Standard 'Phantom' for Calibrating MRI Machines

May 11, 2010

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—a widely used medical tool that relies on magnetic fields and radio waves to visualize the body's internal structures...

It's Electrifying: JILA Scientists Use Electric Fields to Control Chemical Reactions of Ultracold Molecules

April 28, 2010

BOULDER, Colo. - Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a new tool for controlling ultracold gases and ultracold chemistry: electric fields. As described in the...

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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...

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...

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...

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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...

Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas

January 26, 2010

In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners from...

NIST Demonstrates 'Universal' Programmable Quantum Processor

November 17, 2009

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able...

NIST Demonstrates 'Universal' Programmable Quantum Processor for Quantum Computers

November 16, 2009

BOULDER, Colo.— Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information...

Colorized simulation of what happens to 1100 carbon atoms in a 'flat' sheet of graphene about 20 microseconds after the central atom is moved slightly upwards.

Capturing Those In-Between Moments: NIST Solves Timing Problem in Molecular Modeling

November 3, 2009

A theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands...

Scientists Build First 'Frequency Comb' To Display Visible 'Teeth'

October 29, 2009

Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name. Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of...

New NIST Database on Gas Hydrates to Aid Energy and Climate Research

October 6, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a free, online collection of data on the properties of gas hydrates, naturally occurring...

New NIST Method Reveals All You Need to Know About 'Waveforms'

October 6, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms -- graphical shapes showing how electrical...

NIST research chemist Tom Bruno and postdoctoral researcher Tara Lovestead assemble an apparatus for detecting and measuring explosives and toxins.

Prototype NIST Method Detects and Measures Elusive Hazards

September 8, 2009

A chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a relatively simple, inexpensive method for detecting and measuring...

NIST Demonstrates Sustained Quantum Computation Processing

August 11, 2009

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically...

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Ytterbium Gains Ground in Quest for Next-Generation Atomic Clocks

August 11, 2009

An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that...

NIST Demonstrates Sustained Quantum Processing in Step Toward Building Quantum Computers

August 6, 2009

BOULDER, Colo.—Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have...

Product Incorporating NIST Expert System Wins R&D 100 Award

July 28, 2009

Commercial process-design software that incorporates NIST's thermophysical and thermochemical property data sets will receive a 2009 R&D 100 award, R&D Magazine...

The NIST "stylus trap" can hold a single ion (electrically charged atom) above any of the three sets of concentric cylinders on the centerline.

NIST Develops Novel Ion Trap for Sensing Force and Light

June 30, 2009

Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap...

The gold posts in this colorized micrograph, averaging 450 nanometers in diameter, are used to anchor individual biomolecules such as DNA for studies of their mechanical properties.

Nonstick and Laser-safe Gold Aids Laser Trapping of Biomolecules

June 16, 2009

Biophysicists long for an ideal material—something more structured and less sticky than a standard glass surface—to anchor and position individual biomolecules...

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