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Photonic Thermometers
Release Date: 11/28/2012

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NIST Experiments Challenge Fundamental Understanding of Electromagnetism
Release Date: 11/27/2012

Observations made with NIST's Electron Beam Ion Trap indicate that in ions with a strongly positive charge, electrons can behave in ways … more

Construction Industry Honors JILA X-Wing
Release Date: 11/27/2012

JILA's new X-Wing addition has received two construction industry awards—best project in higher education/research and special … more

Key Property of Graphene Sustained Over Wide Ranges of Density and Energy
Release Date: 11/14/2012

A collaboration led by researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology   has shown for the first time that charge … more

Deborah Jin of JILA Selected for 2013 Women in Science Award
Release Date: 10/22/2012

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

Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus
Release Date: 10/19/2012

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

NIST Researcher David Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Release Date: 10/16/2012

David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the … more

EUV beam line moves to PML
Release Date: 10/15/2012

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Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Release Date: 10/09/2012

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 … more

NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Release Date: 10/09/2012

David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the … more

New Way To Realize Pressure
Release Date: 10/02/2012

Glass-enclosed cavity for prototype pressure device. In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli, in the course … more

Quantum Random Number Generator
Release Date: 10/01/2012

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Shaking Up Biomolecules with Light
Release Date: 09/28/2012

PML scientist Zeeshan Ahmed lowers a sample into the instrument chamber for analysis. In living organisms, biomolecules such as proteins are … more

PML central role in T-and-E standards
Release Date: 09/27/2012

Some of the kinds of radiation detectors affected by the new standards. PML researchers played a central role in the establishment of new testing … more

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