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The Avogadro Project A 25 Year Quest

Fri, May 20 2011

The Avogadro constant is an important input parameter for the international effort to redefine the kilogram on the basis

NIST's New Science and Engineering Research Tool DLMF

Fri, May 13 2011

Mathematics is the universal language of science and engineering but has yet to develop a universally-accepted method of

The Polyvalent Gold Nanoparticle Conjugate Material Synthesis, Biodiagnostics, and Intracellular Gene Regulations

Fri, Apr 29 2011

Over the past decade we have developed methods for modifying nanoparticles with oligonucleotides and explored how they

Diagnostics for Bone Disease Taking the High Road or the Low Road to Standardization

Fri, Apr 8 2011

Each year the incidence of osteoporosis-related fractures in women is greater than the incidence of heart attacks

Recombinant Proteins in Milk A Bioreactor That Eats Hay

Fri, Mar 25 2011

Anyone outside NIST wishing to attend must be sponsored by a NIST employee and receive a visitor badge. For more

Big Data, New Physics and Geospatial Super-Food

Fri, Mar 11 2011

As large collections of data come together, some very exciting and somewhat unexpected things happen. As data grow, the

Biomarkers & Personalized Medicine Research and Diagnostics

Fri, Feb 25 2011

SomaLogic is working to find biomarkers for human disease (in blood or other matrices) and to quantify thousands of

Ion Trap Technology (2011)

Wed, Feb 16 - Thu, Feb 17 2011

The capabilities of trapped ions have provided a broad basis for experimental realization of quantum information

Complexity and Chaos in Medieval Cartography

Fri, Feb 11 2011

The source of the peculiar accuracy of certain medieval maps known as Portolan charts has been a mystery that has

Quantum Money

Fri, Jan 21 2011

Money, either in the form of bills or information on a computer, should be impossible to copy and also should be

Is Smell a Quantum Phenomenon?

Fri, Jan 7 2011

Our sense of smell is extraordinarily good at molecular recognition: we can identify tens of thousands of odorants

Why Climate Science Doesn't Unite Us But Energy Technology Does

Fri, Dec 17 2010

Climate science was supposed to unite peoples across ideological and national boundaries. Instead, America's two

Breeding and Building Molecules To Spy on Cells and Tumors

Fri, Dec 10 2010

To circumvent the limited spatial resolution of fluorescent protein imaging, we are developing genetically encoded tags

NBS and the Laser On the 50th Anniversary of the Laser

Fri, Dec 3 2010

When the first laser was demonstrated fifty years ago, it was seen mostly as a solution in search of a problem. As

Mood Disorders and Creativity

Fri, Nov 5 2010

A possible link between madness and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions; it is also one

Deepwater Horizon: Science in Action

Fri, Oct 29 2010

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been called the largest response to an environmental catastrophe in the history of

Modern Day Alchemy with Metamaterials Invisibility Cloaks and Superlenses

Fri, Oct 15 2010

Controlling light by bending space? Science fiction? Is it something just for magicians and imaginary heroes like Harry

The European Spallation Source Getting the "Green" Light

Fri, Sep 24 2010

With the political agreement in 2009 for a site for the ESS, a significant number of European countries (currently 16)

Thirtieth Anniversary of the Discovery of the Quantum Hall Effect

Fri, May 21 2010

The discovery of the QHE 30 years ago was a by-product of basic research on silicon field effect transistors. Today, the

Quantum Complexity and Fundamental Physics

Fri, May 29 2009, 10:30am EDT

Scott AaronsonComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryMassachusetts Institute of Technology What are the

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