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We’re building the tools to trap ions and watch them glow (or not). The art-deco-esque device shown here is a combined trap for ions (charged atoms) and
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a paper outlining its vision and strategy for a National
NIST is launching its fifth prize competition to continue advancing UAS technology for first responder search and rescue operations, with a total prize purse of
A groundbreaking new image taken by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile reveals the most detailed map ever taken of the distribution of dark matter
Since releasing the first CHIPS for America funding opportunity in February 2023, the Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Program Office has received widespread
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed chip-scale devices for simultaneously manipulating the color, focus
In the Lilliputian world of nanofabrication, where billions of microscopic circuit elements are sculpted or imprinted on a fingernail-sized silicon chip
Researchers at NIST have developed a new — and sound — way to accurately measure the rate at which gas flows in and out of a vessel. The technique, which uses
NIST researcher Samantha Walker builds time machines. Not like in the movies, but her technology can help astronomers see the earliest light in our universe.
NIST is working on a big project in a small package. When you want to weigh something – anything – in the United States, whether it’s a truck full of cargo or a
In two new studies, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have greatly improved the efficiency and power output of a series
The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the guardrails included in the CHIPS Incentives Program to advance America’s
NIST researchers developed an artificial intelligence protocol that can configure a test chamber to replicate the spatial characteristics of measured mmWave
NIST researchers Eugene Song and Kang Lee participated in the IEEE P2681 working group, which led to the development of a technical report, PES-TR102, MV Smart
As part of implementing the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, Department of Commerce seeks applications to revitalize domestic semiconductor industry and bring
In cooperation with researchers and metrologists from around the world, the University of Colorado and NIST Boulder presented a short course consisting of
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced leaders and staff joining the CHIPS for America team who will play key roles implementing the bipartisan CHIPS
Since President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, the U.S. Department of Commerce has been standing up a CHIPS for America team to implement this landmark
The biosensor, developed by researchers at NIST, Brown University and the French research institute CEA-Leti, identifies biomarkers by measuring how binding
The ability to transmit and manipulate the smallest unit of light, the photon, with minimal loss, plays a pivotal role in optical communications as well as
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun an ambitious project to attack a vexing problem in the semiconductor
For decades, astronomers and physicists have been trying to solve one of the deepest mysteries about the cosmos: An estimated 85% of its mass is missing.
New technologies are always invented in the labs at NIST every year. The researchers dedicate their time to discovering these new solutions to problems and