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In this computer model, small, pre-selected nanotube "seeds" are grown to long nanotubes of the same twist or "chirality" in a high-temperature gas of small carbon compounds.

'Cloning' Could Make Structurally Pure Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics

November 14, 2012

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for...

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...

Time lapse fluorescence images of a cell culture (clockwise from top left, start - 14 hours - 28 hours - 42 hours) reveal how the expression of a particular gene in the culture varies not only from cell to cell, but with time.

Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change

October 31, 2012

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model* for making quantifiable predictions of how a group of cells...

Close up of the NIST chip-scale atomic clock

New NIST Web Resource Hosts Federal Research Technology Transfer Plans

October 31, 2012

A new website has been launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve as a central resource for technology transfer plans...

NIST Provides Draft Guidelines to Secure Mobile Devices

October 31, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft guidelines that outline the baseline security technologies mobile devices should...

NIST, UMD Celebrate 25 Years of Research Partnership at IBBR

October 31, 2012

Officials and researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gathered on Oct. 25, 2012, to...

Deborah Jin standing on the staircase at JILA

Deborah Jin of JILA Selected for 2013 Women in Science Award

October 22, 2012

Deborah Jin, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who works at JILA, has been selected as the North American recipient for...

Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus

October 19, 2012

In yet another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer, scientists working at Princeton and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have shown how...

New Method Measures Movements of Tiny Devices-At Every Step

October 16, 2012

Makers of minuscule moving machines—the kind being eyed for nanomanufacturing and assembly as well as other uses—do you know where your micro- and nanorobots...

New Reference Material to Help Get the Lead Out of Paints for Children's Products

October 16, 2012

To help manufacturers adhere to new regulations intended to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children, researchers at the National Institute of Standards...

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...

New NIST Software Checks Performance of Biometrics Applications Against 2011 Standard

October 16, 2012

A new software test suite developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) allows local and federal agencies and other users of the NIST's...

David Wineland leans over a table of lasers to adjust a laser beam

NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

October 9, 2012

David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in...

Physicist David J. Wineland of NIST Boulder Laboratories in Colorado

Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics

October 9, 2012

We are thrilled at the news that NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de...

NIST's Webcast News Briefing on David Wineland's Nobel Prize in Physics

October 9, 2012

NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure...

Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US

October 9, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration today announced that 10 public-private partnerships across America will receive $20 million in total awards to help...