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News from Colorado

NIST Awards Funding to 8 Universities to Advance Standards Education

January 2, 2024

The funding supports curricula development to integrate content on documentary standards and standardization processes into courses, modules, seminars and

New Frequency Comb Can Identify Molecules in 20-Nanosecond Snapshots

October 30, 2023

Laser-based system now has the ability to capture moment-to-moment details of high-speed processes such as hypersonic propulsion and protein folding.

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NIST Team Develops Highest-Resolution Single-Photon Superconducting Camera

October 25, 2023

Researchers at NIST and their colleagues have built a superconducting camera containing 400,000 pixels — 400 times more than any other device of its type.

Illustration of a pair of tweezers surrounding a beam of light that illuminates a line of atoms, each with an analog clock face in the center and an up and down arrow pointing through it.

New Spin-Squeezing Techniques Let Atoms Work Together for Better Quantum Measurements

September 25, 2023

Opening new possibilities for quantum sensors, atomic clocks and tests of fundamental physics, JILA researchers have developed new ways of “entangling” or

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Why Does Matter Exist? Roundness of Electrons May Hold Clues

July 6, 2023

JILA physicists make record-breaking measurement of a key electron property.

Researchers Analyze THC in Breath of Cannabis Smokers

May 22, 2023

Distinguishing between recent use and past use remains an elusive goal.

NIST/JILA Physicist Ana Maria Rey Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 9, 2023

As a theoretical physicist, Ana Maria Rey studies atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and quantum information science.

JILA’s Frequency Comb Breathalyzer Detects COVID-19 With Excellent Accuracy

April 6, 2023

JILA researchers have upgraded a breathalyzer based on Nobel Prize-winning frequency-comb technology and combined it with machine learning to detect SARS-CoV-2

In-Person Training for Mulch and Soil Testing at the WWMA Annual Meeting

September 27, 2022

Now that we are attending meetings in-person again, this presents an opportunity for OWM staff to provide some of our training directly to our stakeholders

NIST Awards Funding to Small Businesses to Advance Technologies for COVID Response, Manufacturing, Medical Diagnostics and More

September 20, 2022

NIST has awarded more than $7 million in funding to 23 U.S. small businesses in 14 states.