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As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, cybersecurity professionals are in high demand. New data released by CyberSeek (a joint initiative of NICE
It was close to midnight on a Wednesday in May when physics graduate student Chuankun Zhang fired a specialized laser at a tiny radioactive crystal nestled in a
The report also encourages the next administration to lead the shaping of global standards and increase investment in National Institute of Standards and
The U.S. is still over a quarter-million cyber workers short of being able to fill the wide range of open jobs across the cybersecurity field, according to the
Scientists are grappling with how to tell time on the Moon, given that time passes slightly more quickly there than on Earth. The renewed race to occupy the
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“The RAMPS program provides individuals from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and life circumstances access to cybersecurity careers,” Rodney Petersen, NICE
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides updated guidance to Special Publication (SP) 800-50 for
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A breakthrough in timekeeping is on the horizon as researchers at JILA, a joint initiative of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the
Pretty much everything in the digital world relies on ultra-precise clocks running behind the scenes. Scientific research now paves the way for new improvements
A major step forward in the field of highly accurate timekeeping was achieved by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in
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“Imagine a wristwatch that wouldn’t lose a second even if you left it running for billions of years,” says Professor Jun Ye, referring to the first “nuclear
The world’s first nuclear clock could begin ticking soon after researchers at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Atomic clocks are the pinnacle of precise timekeeping, used to define the second and incorporated in GPS and telecommunications networks. But perhaps not for
Researchers in the United States have demonstrated a chip-based platform that is capable of creating and tuning laser light at all wavelengths across the so
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Ultraprecise timekeeping has made major leaps in the last several years. There are clocks that are hundreds of times more accurate than the standard atomic