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Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors
Release Date: 08/03/2006 The White House has announced that two researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among the 56 recipients of the … more
‘Micro-boxes’ of Water Used to Study Single Molecules
Release Date: 07/20/2006 Prodded by optical tweezers, two "hydrosomes" move together and fuse to mix their contents, in an experiment using water droplets as minuscule … more
Mercury Atomic Clock Sets Time-Keeping Record
Release Date: 07/20/2006 NIST physicist Jim Bergquist with the world's most accurate clock. The silver cylinder in the foreground is a magnetically shielded cryogenic … more
Road to AC Voltage Standard Leads to Important Junction
Release Date: 07/20/2006 After 10 years of research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled the world's first precision instrument for … more
Mercury Atomic Clock Keeps Time with Record Accuracy
Release Date: 07/14/2006 BOULDER, COLO.—An experimental atomic clock based on a single mercury atom is now at least five times more precise than the national … more
Code for ‘Unbreakable’ Quantum Encryption Generated at Record Speed over Fiber
Release Date: 04/18/2006 Gaithersburg, Md.—Raw code for “unbreakable” encryption, based on the principles of quantum physics, has been … more
Algorithm Advance Produces Quantum Calculation Record
Release Date: 03/16/2006 Two theoreticians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Indiana University (IU) have published the most accurate … more
Record-breaking Detector May Aid Nuclear Inspections (Tech Beat)
Release Date: 03/16/2006 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated the world’s most accurate gamma … more
"Frequency Comb" Spectroscopy Proves to be Powerful Chemical Analysis Tool
Release Date: 03/16/2006 Boulder, Colo. -- Physicists at JILA have designed and demonstrated a highly sensitive new tool for real-time analysis of the quantity, structure, … more
Record-breaking Detector May Aid Nuclear Inspections
Release Date: 03/14/2006 Boulder, Colo.—Scientists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and … more
Enjoy New Year's Eve a Second Longer!
Release Date: 12/22/2005 You can toot your New Year's horn an extra second this year, say physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). … more
Einstein Was Right (Again): Experiments Confirm that E= mc2
Release Date: 12/21/2005 An instrument called GAMS4, originally designed and built at NIST and now located at Institut Laue Langevin in France, was used in experiments … more
NIST Physicists Coax Six Atoms into Quantum 'Cat' State
Release Date: 11/30/2005 NIST researchers have succeeded in coaxing six ions into an unusual quantum “cat” state in which their nuclei are collectively … more
NIST Physicist Honored for Technological Innovation
Release Date: 10/20/2005 NIST Fellow Jun Ye was honored Oct. 8 at the "Amazing Light: Visions for Discovery" symposium held to celebrate the 90th birthday of … more
NIST/JILA Fellow Jan Hall Shares 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics
Release Date: 10/04/2005 Congratulatory letter from Congressman Boehlert (requires Acrobat Reader ) Nobel laureate John more |
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