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Climate science increasingly relies on satellite- and ground-based spectrometers for the top-down inventories of atmospheric greenhouse gases, most notably
The High-Frequency Electronics project supports advanced communications, millimeter-wave technologies, quantum computing, and the semiconductor industry through
The magnetic moment of an electron, often referred to as the electron’s spin, is a unique identifier of an electron’s atomic-scale environment. Thus, the
High-power continuous wave lasers have output powers from tens of watts to hundreds of kilowatts. Their applications are anywhere localized delivery of high
Recent innovative advances in the design and manufacture of isotope ratio mass spectrometers (IRMS) have revolutionized the study of natural and man-induced
Atomic arrangements underpin the properties of all solids and, as such, are fundamentally important for materials development. The power of computational
New biological drugs such as peptide drugs, gene delivery cargos, and vaccines are emerging to fill pharmaceutical voids. Infrared (IR) absorption spectroscopy
We develop combinatorial measurement methods and metrologies for the rapid generation of comprehensive and consistent datasets. Manufacturers of devices based
The Organic Chemical Metrology Program exists within the Chemical Sciences Division, MML, which is located at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, SC.
This Working Group assessed the effects of human factors on forensic latent print analysis and recommended ways to reduce the likelihood and consequences of
To identify new biomarkers that may serve as disease indicators and to understand biologically relevant properties of the human gut microbiome, we need
The NIST Thermodynamic Metrology Group maintains and develops national standards of humidity (in the range 1 nmol/mol to 0.6 mol/mol of water concentration)
Humidity calibrations at NIST are performed using its state-of-the art primary standard humidity generator. Calibrations are performed on instruments that
The fields of spintronics and superconductivity are typically considered to be incompatible. Spintronic devices incorporate spin-polarized currents and magnetic
The Hybrid Ferromagnetic-Superconductor Systems Project investigates how strong coupling between ferromagnetic devices and photons can be used to improve the
Improved resilience of the U.S. civil infrastructure requires better knowledge of the performance of concrete structural components. This could be enabled by
Discovery of novel materials to facilitate hydrogen gas production has prompted new avenues of research towards developing hydrogen as an alternative to fossil
Detecting climate data with remote sensing instruments, providing state-of-the-art surveillance imagery for security and defense, or getting the most out of