| 2013 |
Topic |
Title |
| May 14 |
Atmosphere |
Innovation in Spectroscopy Could Improve Greenhouse Gas Detection |
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Flemming |
Five at NIST Honored with Flemming Awards |
| April 30 |
Time |
NIST Demonstrates Transfer of Ultraprecise Time Signals over a Wireless Optical Channel |
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MEMS |
New NIST Measurement Tool Is On Target for the Fast-Growing MEMS Industry |
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Dehmer |
Dehmer to Head NIST Physical Measurement Lab |
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Academy |
NIST Scientists Wineland and Nesbitt Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| April 17 |
Nanotubes |
Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-on Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes with Ceramic |
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Subway |
NIST Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications |
| April 3 |
Vapor |
Don't Call it Vaporware: Scientists Use Cloud of Atoms as Optical Memory Device |
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South Pole |
NIST Goes to the End of the Earth for Measurement Science |
| January 20 |
Pointer |
NIST Tests Underscore Potential Hazards of Green Laser Pointers |
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Drum |
NIST Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory |
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Spin |
New NIST Microscope Measures Nanomagnet Property Vital to 'Spintronics' |
| March 5 |
Refrigerator |
NIST Quantum Refrigerator Offers Extreme Cooling and Convenience |
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WWVB |
New NIST Time Code to Boost Reception for Radio-Controlled Clocks |
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Measures |
In High Gear: Weights and Measures Week 2013 |
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Nanopore |
Temp-Controlled "Nanopores" May Allow Detailed Blood Analysis |
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Nanoelectronics |
Nanoelectronics Conference Will Focus on Semiconductor Industry's Future |
| January 24 |
Radiometer |
NIST's 'Nanotubes on a Chip' May Simplify Optical Power Measurements |
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PMG |
NIST Accepting Proposals for Fundamental Measurement Grants |
| January 8 |
Cooling |
JILA Physicists Achieve Elusive 'Evaporative Cooling' of Molecules |
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Limit |
'Standard Quantum Limit' Smashed, Could Mean Better Fiber-Optic Comms |
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Nanopore |
NIST Patent Could Give 'Lab on a Chip' Technology Long Shelf Life |
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SURF |
Summer Research Opportunities for Undergraduates at NIST |
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Patents |
The Year in Patents |
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Stories |
NIST Contributes to Top Science Stories of 2012 |
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| 2012 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 12 |
APS |
NIST's Liddle, Spielman Elected APS Fellows |
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Remley |
NIST Engineer Remley Named IEEE Fellow |
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Martzloff |
Martzloff Cited for Lifetime Achievement by IEEE Standards Association |
| November 27 |
EBIT |
NIST Experiments Challenge Fundamental Understanding of Electromagnetism |
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JILA |
Construction Industry Honors JILA X-Wing |
| October 31 |
Bus |
Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus |
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Jin |
Deborah Jin of JILA Selected for 2013 Women in Science Award |
| October 16 |
Nobel |
NIST Researcher David Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics |
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NRI |
NRI to Lead New Five-Year Effort to Develop Post-CMOS Electronics |
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MEMS |
New Method Measures Movements of Tiny Devices-At Every Step |
| October 2 |
DNA |
NIST, Columbia Engineering Collaborate on Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Method |
| September 18 |
Taylor |
Jacob Taylor, NIST Physicist, Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Public Service
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| September 5 |
Hybrid |
NIST 'Hybrid Metrology' Method Could Improve Computer Chips |
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Curiosity |
Mars Robot, Curiosity, Tethered to NIST Measurements |
| August 8 |
Casing |
Shelling Out Evidence: NIST Ballistic Standard Helps Tie Guns to Criminals |
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Ions |
NIST's Speedy Ions Could Add Zip to Quantum Computers |
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opamp |
Seeing the Light with NIST's New Noiseless Optical Amplifier |
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LOC |
NIST Focuses on Testing Standards to Support Lab on a Chip Commercialization |
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Flemming |
Four at NIST Honored with Flemming Awards |
| July 25 |
Solar |
NIST Measurement Advance Could Speed Innovation in Solar Devices |
| July 11 |
JILA |
JILA Named "Physics Historic Site" on its 50th Anniversary |
| June 27 |
Olympics |
NIST Goes the Distance for the Olympics |
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Drums |
"Tuning"Graphene Drums Might Turn Conductors to Semiconductors |
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ARM |
Not-So-Precious: Stripping Gold From AFM Probes Allows Better Measurement of Picoscale Forces |
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Hall |
First Observation of the Hall Effect in a Bose-Einstein Condensate |
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Comb |
JILA Frequency Comb Helps Evaluate Novel Biomedical Decontamination Method |
| May 2 |
Simulator |
NIST Physicists Benchmark Quantum Simulator with Hundreds of Qubits |
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Light |
First Light: NIST Researchers Develop New Way to Generate Superluminal Pulses |
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Tweezers |
Light Touch Keeps a Grip on Delicate Nanoparticles |
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Brain |
NIST Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain |
| April 17 |
Labs |
Two New Advanced Laboratories Open at NIST Boulder and JILA |
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Laser |
JILA Superradiant Laser Is 'A New Way of Lasing' |
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Award |
NIST Team Receives Commerce Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award |
March 20 |
DNA |
"Nanoslinky": A Novel Nanofluidic Technology for DNA Manipulation and Measurement |
| March 6 |
Comb |
NIST/CU "Star Comb" Joins Quest for Earthlike Planets |
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Solar |
NIST Measurements May Help Optimize Organic Solar Cells |
| February 21 |
Week |
Celebrating Another Golden Year in Legal Metrology with Weights and Measures Week 2012 |
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Pricing |
Shopper's Special: NIST Seeking Consumer, Industry Input on Unit Pricing Labels |
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Switches |
NIST Reveals Switching Mechanism in Promising Computer Memory Device |
| February 7 |
FRET |
Good Timing: NIST/CU Collaboration Adds Timing Capability to Living Cell Sensors |
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Comb |
New Colors: JILA Scientists Confirm First 'Frequency Comb' to Probe Ultraviolet Wavelengths |
| January 24 |
LoudSpeaker |
Cool Nano Loudspeakers Could Make for Better MRIs, Quantum Computers |
| January 10 |
Graphene |
Slippery When Stacked: NIST Theorists Quantify the Friction of Graphene |
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Virus |
NIST Standard Available for Better Diagnosis, Treatment of Cytomegalovirus |
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Bridge |
Stretching Exercises: Using Digital Images to Understand Bridge Failures |
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Toxins |
NIST Releases Two New SRMs for Monitoring Human Exposure to Environmental Toxins |
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SBIR |
NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals to Solve Manufacturing and IT Challenges |
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Competes |
New DOC Report Examines the Federal Role in U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness |
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TREC |
Text Retrieval Conference 2012 Seeks Information Retrieval Experts for Data Digging |
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AAAS |
Four at NIST Elected AAAS Fellows |
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Stories |
NIST Technologies Contribute to Top Science Stories of 2011 |
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| 2011 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 20 |
Neutron |
NIST Sensor Improvement Brings Analysis Method into Mainstream |
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Radiometer |
Prototype NIST Device Measures Absolute Optical Power in Fiber at Nanowatt Levels |
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Dressed |
Atoms Dressed with Light Show New Interactions, Could Reveal Way to Observe Enigmatic Particle |
| December 6 |
Scuba2 |
Powerful NIST Detectors on Hawaiian Telescope to Probe Origins of Stars, Planets and Galaxies |
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PMG |
NIST Requests Funding Proposals for Projects in Precision Measurement |
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IEEE |
Two at NIST Are Named IEEE Fellows for 2011 |
| November 22 |
Parity |
Original NIST Campus in D.C. Designated 'Physics Historic Site' |
| November 8 |
Antimatter |
NIST Physicists Chip Away at Mystery of Antimatter Imbalance |
| October 25 |
Comb |
Future "Comb on a Chip": NIST's Compact Frequency Comb Could Go Places |
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Coalesce |
Quantum Computer Components "Coalesce" to "Converse" |
| October 13 |
Magnetic Attraction |
Magnetic Attraction: NIST/CU Microchip Demonstrates Concept of 'MRAM for Biomolecules' |
| September 27 |
Diamond |
NIST Polishes Method for Creating Tiny Diamond Machines |
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Metric |
Metric Week Begins October 9! |
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PECASE |
Three NIST Scientists Receive PECASE Honors |
| August 30 |
Qubit |
NIST Achieves Record-Low Error Rate for Quantum Information Processing with One Qubit |
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Hydrogen |
Iron "Veins" Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material |
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Photon |
Better "Photon Loops" May Be Key to Computer and Physics Advances |
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Ions |
Ion Armageddon: Measuring the Impact Energy of Highly Charged Ions |
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Spielman |
NIST/JQI Researcher Ian Spielman to Receive 2011 Junior BEC Award |
| August 16 |
Wireless |
NIST Tests Help Ensure Reliable Wireless Alarm Beacons for First Responders |
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Cells |
Kinder, Gentler Cell Capture Method Could Aid Medical Research |
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Tangle |
NIST Demonstrates First Quantum "Entanglement" of Ions Using Microwaves |
| August 2 |
DNA |
Armchair Science: DNA Strands That Select Nanotubes Are First Step to a Practical "Quantum Wire" |
| July 6 |
Drum |
A Cool Beat: NIST Micro-Drum Chilled to Quantum Ground State |
|
Table |
NIST Prototype "Optics Table on a Chip" Places Microwave Photon in Two Colors at Once |
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Noise |
A Quiet Phase: NIST Optical Tools Produce Ultra-low-noise Microwave Signals |
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Detector |
Key Ingredient: Change in Material Boosts Prospects of Ultrafast Single-photon Detector |
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Cable |
Compact High-Temperature Superconducting Cable Wins "R&D 100" Award |
| June 21 |
Sensor |
Nanowire-based Sensors Offer Improved Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds |
|
Grid |
NIST Contributions to Smart Grid Highlighted in White House Report, Event |
| June 7 |
Meta |
NIST Tunes "Metasurface" with Fluid in New Concept for Sensing and Chemistry |
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Nanoparticles |
NIST 'Catch and Release' Program Could Improve Nanoparticle Safety Assessment |
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Robots |
NIST Contests in China Put Next-Gen Robot Technologies to the Test |
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Tracking |
NIST/Industry Developed Temperature Tracking Device for Packages May Have Climate Metrology Applications |
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NCWM |
National Conference on Weights and Measures Annual Meeting Set for July 17-21, 2011 |
| May 24 |
Nanowire |
NIST "Nanowire" Measurements Could Improve Computer Memory |
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AIP |
NIST, AIP to Make Semiconductor Research Freely Available Online |
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MEMS |
Broadening Uses Put MEMS Technology on the Map(s) |
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Flemming |
Three at NIST Win Flemming Award |
| May 10 |
Van |
Drive Test: NIST Super-stable Laser Shines in Minivan Experiment |
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Chirp |
The Secret Behind NIST's New Gas Detector? Chirp Before Sniffing |
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BBR |
New Calculations on Blackbody Energy Set the Stage for Clocks with Unprecedented Accuracy |
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Clark |
NIST's Charles Clark Named Co-Director of the Joint Quantum Institute |
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Ye |
NIST/JILA Physicist Jun Ye Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
| April 26 |
Eggs |
Good Eggs: NIST Nanomagnets Offer Food for Thought About Computer Memories |
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Graphene |
Two Graphene Layers May Be Better Than On |
| April 12 |
Xray |
Sharpened Focus: Improving the Numbers, Utility of Medical Imaging |
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Cundiff |
NIST/JILA Physicist Wins Optical Society's Meggers Award |
| March 30 |
Atom |
The First Non-Trivial Atom Circuit: Progress towards an Atom SQUID |
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Constant |
A Measurement First: NIST "Noise Thermometry" System Measures Boltzmann Constant |
|
Fields |
Charge It: Neutral Atoms Made to Act Like Electrically Charged Particles |
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HTC |
Celebrating Superconductivity: NIST Debuts Online Museum of Quantum Voltage Standards |
| March 15 |
Drum |
NIST's Microscopic Drum Could Link Electromagnetic, Mechanical Motion at Quantum Level |
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Coupling |
First Demonstration of "Spin-Orbit Coupling" in Ultracold Atomic Gases |
| February 15 |
WWVH |
Here Comes the Sun: NIST Radio Station WWVH in Hawaii Adds Solar Power |
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HTS |
Compact High-Temperature Superconducting Cables Demonstrated at NIST |
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Clock |
Crowding Out Collisions: Close Quarters Boost Atomic Clock's Accuracy |
| February 2 |
Thermometers |
End of an Era: NIST to Cease Calibrating Mercury Thermometers |
| January 19 |
Radiation |
New Wave: JILA Develops Efficient Source of Terahertz Radiation |
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Photon |
NIST Advances Single Photon Management for Quantum Computers |
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Graphene |
Real-World Graphene Devices May Have a Bumpy Ride |
|
DNA |
Stretching, the Truth: JILA Biophysicists Help Unravel DNA Stretching Mystery |
| January 5 |
Mitochondrial Disease |
Extracting Cellular "Engines" May Aid in Understanding Mitochondrial Diseases |
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Telescope Calibration |
NIST Telescope Calibration May Help Explain Mystery of Universe's Expansion |
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Time Widget |
New Time Widget Puts Accurate Clocks on Web Pages |
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Top News |
NIST Work Highlighted as Top Science News of 2010 |
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APS |
Three From NIST Elected Fellows of American Physical Society |
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| 2010 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 8 |
ENERGY STAR |
NVLAP Recognized by ENERGY STAR |
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38th Annual Awards |
NIST Honors 139 for Achievements in 2010 |
| November 24 |
Pecase |
Three NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Early Career Awards |
| November 9 |
AFM |
AFM Positioning: Shining Light on a Needle in a Haystack |
| October 26 |
Volt |
NIST Ships First Programmable AC/DC 10-Volt Standard |
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Microbot |
NIST Microrobotics Challenge Seeks Miniature Medics and Maze Masters |
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SI |
"Sí" on the New SI: NIST Backs Proposal for a Revamped System of Measurement Units |
| October 13 |
Breath |
JILA Unveils Improved "Molecular Fingerprinting" for Trace Gas Detection |
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Magnetic |
NIST Mini-Sensor Traces Faint Magnetic Signature of Human Heartbeat |
| |
Spielman |
Popular Science Magazine Names Spielman One of Science's "Brilliant Ten" |
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| 2010 |
Topic |
Title |
| September 28 |
Reorg |
NIST Strengthens Laboratory Mission Focus with New Structure |
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Lighting |
NIST "Vision Science Facility" Aims for Lighting Revolution |
| |
Clocks |
NIST Clock Experiment Demonstrates That Your Head is Older Than Your Feet |
| August 31 |
Cat |
NIST Researchers Create "Quantum Cats" Made of Light |
| |
Yocto |
Yikes! NIST Sensor Measures Yoctonewton Forces Fast |
| |
Gravity |
Glasperlenspiel: NIST Scientists Propose New Test for Gravity |
| |
Nanocube |
The Perfect Nanocube: Precise Control of Size, Shape, and Composition |
| |
UV |
NIST Ultraviolet Source Helps NASA Spacecraft Measure the Origins of Space Weather |
| August 3 |
Comb |
JILA Frequency Comb System Detects Gas Impurities to Aid Semiconductor Manufacturing |
| |
Laser |
Beware the Dim Laser Pointer: NIST Researchers Measure High Infrared Power Levels from Some Green Lasers |
| July 21 |
Bathtub |
Some Like It Hot: How to Heat a 'Nano Bathtub' the JILA Way |
| July 6 |
Trap |
Novel Ion Trap with Optical Fiber Could Link Atoms and Light in Quantum Networks |
| |
JILA |
JILA Team Finds New Parallel Between Cold Gases and "Hot" Superconductors |
| June 26 |
Fleming Awards |
Five NIST Scientists Win Flemming Awards |
| June 9 |
Dark |
NIST/JILA "Dark Pulse Laser" Produces Bursts of...Almost Nothing |
| May 25 |
Magnetite |
NIST Scientists Gain New "Core" Understanding of Nanoparticles |
| |
SIM |
Time Is Money: SIM Time Network Has Far-Reaching Benefits |
| May 11 |
Math |
NIST Releases Successor to Venerable Handbook of Math Functions |
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Medals |
Two NIST Researchers Nominated for Service to America Medals |
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Academy |
NIST Physicist Named Outstanding Young Scientist of 2010 by Maryland Academy of Sciences |
| April 27 |
CT |
To Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Good Medicine Is a Polymer Pill |
| |
IPMC |
New Study Helps Explain the Surprising Behavior of Tiny "Artificial Muscles" |
| |
Metrology |
NIST World Metrology Day Forum Celebrates How Measurement Stimulates Innovation |
| March 30 |
Break |
NIST Researchers Holding Steady in an Atomic-Scale Tug-of-War |
| |
Trap |
NIST Racetrack Ion Trap is a Contender in Quantum Computing Quest |
| |
Clock |
Good Times! Get to Know Your Radio-Controlled Clock |
| March 2 |
NASA |
NIST, NASA Launch Joint Effort to Develop New Climate Satellites |
| February 16 |
JILA |
JILA Scientists Demonstrate First Controlled Chemical Reactions of Ultracold Molecules |
| |
Al |
NIST's Second "Quantum Logic Clock" is Now World's Most Precise Clock |
| January 26 |
Stack |
Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds |
| January 12 |
AAAS Fellows |
Sriram, Williams Honored as AAAS Fellows |
| |
Articles |
NIST Quantum Computing Research Among Top Stories of 2009 |
| |
| 2009 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 15 |
Soliton |
Everlasting Quantum Wave: NIST Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases |
| |
Synthetic |
JQI Researchers Create "Synthetic Magnetic Fields" for Neutral Atoms |
| |
Lasers |
Web Site Highlights 50 Years of NIST Contributions to Laser Science |
| November 11 |
Photons |
JQI Researchers Create Entangled Photons from Quantum Dots |
| |
Imaging |
Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging |
| |
Processor |
NIST Demonstrates "Universal" Programmable Quantum Processor |
| |
Time |
Time Magazine Names JQI Work Among Year's Best Inventions |
| November 3 |
COMB |
Scientists Build First 'Frequency Comb' to Display Visible 'Teeth' |
| |
CU |
NIST, CU to Build Instrument to Help Search for Earth-like Planets |
| October 20 |
NICE |
Scientists Create NICE Solution to Pneumonia Vaccine Testing Problems |
|
Radio |
NIST Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking |
| |
Wineland |
NIST Physicist David Wineland to Share 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
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| September 22 |
Single |
New Nanochemistry Technique Encases Single Molecules in Microdroplets |
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Diamonds |
Diamonds May Be the Ultimate MRI Probe, Say Quantum Physicists |
|
Clock |
NIST Updates Popular Guide to Radio-Controlled Clocks |
| September 8 |
W |
High in Sodium: Highly Charged Tungsten Ions May Diagnose Fusion Energy Reactors |
| August 11 |
Ytterbium |
Ytterbium Gains Ground in Quest for Next-Generation Atomic Clocks |
|
Qubits |
NIST Demonstrates Sustained Quantum Computation Processing |
| July 28 |
Spielman |
NIST Physicist Cited as "e;Federal Player of the Week"e; |
| July 14 |
Qbits |
Physicists Find Way to Control Individual Bits in Quantum Computers |
|
Pecase |
Three NIST Researchers Win 2008 PECASE Honors |
| June 30 |
Trap |
NIST Develops Novel Ion Trap for Sensing Force and Light |
| June 16 |
Gold |
Nonstick and Laser-safe Gold Aids Laser Trapping of Biomolecules |
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Cobalt |
Shape Matters in the Case of Cobalt Nanoparticles |
| May 5 |
Terahertz |
Terahertz Waves Are Effective Probes for IC Heat Barriers |
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Bergquist |
NIST Physicist James Bergquist Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
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Optics |
NIST Physicists Win European and Optics Society Awards |
| April 21 |
Chirality |
Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life |
|
Atomic Clock |
Measurement of ‘Forbidden’ Collisions Could Improve Atomic Clock Accuracy |
| April 7 |
Ion Trap |
X Marks the Spot: Ions Coldly Go Through NIST Trap Junction |
| March 24 |
Superfluidity |
Flatland Physics Probes Mysteries of Superfluidity |
|
Picoscale |
Making a Point: Picoscale Stability in a Room-Temperature AFM |
| February 24 |
Computing |
Cross-Dressing Rubidium May Reveal Clues for Exotic Computing |
|
Quantum |
Researchers Demonstrate Novel ‘Quantum Data Buffering’ Scheme |
|
Time |
Colorado Governor Ritter Honors NIST Internet Time Service |
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| 2008 |
Topic |
Title |
| January 13 |
New Tool |
New Tool Gives Researchers a Glimpse of Biomolecules in Motion |
|
Supersolids |
Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms |
| December 23 |
JILA |
JILA Story Makes Physics ‘Top Ten’ List |
|
Time |
Wherefore a Leap Second? |
| December 9 |
APS |
Nine NIST Staff Become New APS Fellows |
| November 25 |
Award |
NIST Physicist Wins OSA’s First Walther Award |
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Standards |
Bright Idea Illuminates LED Standards |
| November 12 |
Optical Tweezers |
Femtomolar Optical Tweezers' May Enable Sensitive Blood Tests |
| October 28 |
Nanoscale |
Nanoscale Dimensioning Is Fast, Cheap with New NIST Optical Technique |
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Award |
NIST Physicist Honored in 2008 Presidential Rank Awards |
| October 14 |
Quantum |
First Tunable, 'Noiseless' Amplifier May Boost Quantum Computing, Communications |
|
Nonostars |
Gold Nanostars Outshine the Competition |
|
AAAS Fellow |
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| October 1 |
Ultracold Molecules |
JILA Scientists Create First Dense Gas of Ultracold ‘Polar’ Molecules |
| September 16 |
Quantum |
NSF Physics Frontier Center Created at Joint Quantum Institute |
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Awards |
NIST Physicists are Finalists for Service to America Medals |
| September 3 |
Awards |
NIST Physicist Wineland Awarded 2007 National Medal of Science |
| August 19 |
Quantum |
Light Touch: Controlling the Behavior of Quantum Dots |
| August 6 |
Atomic Gases |
New Technique Reveals Hidden Properties of Ultracold Atomic Gases |
|
Chemistry |
Skipping Atomic-scale Stones to Study Some Chemistry Basics |
|
Cryptography |
Vegas ‘Quantum Spookshow’ Demos On-the-Fly Encryption of Streaming Video |
| June 24 |
Photoresists |
Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists |
|
Lighting |
Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting |
|
Mathematics |
NIST Releases Preview of Much-Anticipated Online Mathematics Reference |
|
Quantum |
Physicists Produce Quantum-Entangled Images |
| June 10 |
International System of Units (SI) |
Everything You Want To Know About SI (But Were Afraid to Ask) |
| May 13 |
Record-setting Laser |
Record-setting Laser May Aid Searches for Earthlike Planets |
|
Metrics |
NIST Offers U.S. Interpretations of Recent SI (Metric) Changes |
| April 29 |
Rydberg constant |
High-Flying Electrons May Provide New Test of Quantum Theory |
|
Awards |
Two New Honors for NIST Physicists |
| April 15 |
Nanodrop |
'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch |
| March 18 |
Photons |
Photons Clarify 'Spookiness' of Quantum Physics |
| |
Time |
'Quantum Logic Clock' Rivals Mercury Ion as World's Most Accurate Clock |
| |
Ultracold Atoms |
Stunt Doubles: Ultracold Atoms Could Replicate the Electron 'Jitterbug' |
| |
Neutrons |
NIST Detector Can 'See' Single Neutrons Over Broad Range |
| March 5 |
Magnetometer |
NIST Mini Sensor May 'Change the Way We Live' |
| February 19 |
NMR |
"NMR on a Chip" Features NIST Magnetic Mini-Sensor |
| |
Frequency Comb |
Optical "Frequency Comb" Can Detect the Breath of Disease |
| |
Time |
New Strontium Atomic Clock at JILA is "Best in Class" |
| |
Phillips' Video |
New NIST Video: Bill Phillips School Talk on the Science of Ultracold |
| January 23 |
Quantum Dots |
JILA Solves Problem of Quantum Dot 'Blinking' |
| |
WWVH |
NIST Radio Station WWVH Gets Antenna Makeover |
| January 8 |
Radioactive |
Radioactive "Understudy" May Aid Medical Imaging, Drug Development |
| |
| 2007 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 12 |
Egypt |
NIST Helps Beam Time to TV Viewers in the Middle East |
| November 27 |
BEC |
NIST Announces First Observation of "Persistent Flow" in a Gas |
| November 8 |
Malaria |
Bug-Zapper: A Dose of Radiation May Help Knock Out Malaria |
| |
Magnetometer |
Mini Magnetic Sensor May Have Biomedical, Security Applications |
| |
PECASE |
NIST Researchers Receive Early Career Presidential Awards |
| October 25 |
Awards |
Staff Honored in 2007 Presidential Rank Awards |
| |
Paul D. Lett |
NIST Physicist Honored for Measuring Forces between Ultra-cool Atoms |
| October 11 |
Fusion Power |
NIST Light Source Illuminates Fusion Power Diagnostics |
| September 27 |
Speed Limit |
"Dead Time" Limits Quantum Cryptography Speeds |
| September 13 |
Laser Cooling |
"Radio Wave Cooling" Offers New Twist on Laser Cooling |
| |
DNA Elasticity |
JILA Finds Flaw in Model Describing DNA Elasticity |
| August 30 |
Finalist |
JILA Physicist is Finalist for Service to America Medal |
| |
Nanotube |
Longer is Better for Nanotube Optical Properties |
| August 16 |
Nanoscale Blasting |
Nanoscale Blasting Adjusts Resistance in Magnetic Sensors |
| August 3 |
Damping |
Changing the Rings: A Key Finding for Magnetics Design |
| |
Quantum Dance |
Thousands of Atoms Swap "Spins" in Quantum Square Dance |
| July 20 |
Graphene |
Speed Bumps Less Important Than Potholes for
Graphene |
| July 6 |
Semiconductor |
Electronic "Crowd Behavior" Revealed in Semiconductors |
| June 8 |
Key |
New Quantum Key System Combines Speed, Distance |
| |
Awards |
Three NIST Researchers Receive Flemming Awards |
| May 24 |
Atom |
NIST Atom Interferometry Displays New Quantum Tricks |
| |
Honors |
Honors for NIST Researchers Announced |
| May 10 |
Tiny |
Tiny Spectrometer Offers Precision Laser Calibration |
| |
Network |
"Tunable" Network Features Coordinated Frequency Combs |
| |
NVLP |
New Accreditation Program for Radiation Detector Labs |
| |
SEMATECH |
NIST-SEMATECH Workshop on Scatterometry Standards |
| April 12 |
Photons |
Mass Weddings: NIST's New Efficient 2-Photon Source |
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Lasers |
Quantum Dot Lasers: One Dot Makes All the Difference |
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Nanotubes |
NIST's Stretching Exercises Shed New Light on Nanotubes |
| March 16 |
JILA |
New JILA Apparatus Measures Fast Nanoscale Motions |
| March 1 |
Quantum |
Atom "Noise" May Help Design Quantum Computers |
| |
Clock |
Atomic Clock Signals May Be Best Shared by Fiber-Optics |
| |
Cold |
A Very Cold Evening with Nobelist Bill Phillips |
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APS |
NIST's Jim Bergquist Wins APS Herbert P. Broida Prize |
| February 15 |
Spin |
Disorder May Be in Order for "Spintronic" Devices |
| |
Clock |
Clock Comparison Yields Clues to "Constant" Change |
| |
Casimir |
JILA Measurements Recast Usual View of Elusive Force |
| |
Combs |
New 2D Pics Brush Up Image of NIST "Frequency Combs" |
| January 19 |
Time |
Countries Share Good Times Using GPS and the Internet |
| |
Art |
"Silicon Ion Trap," Joe Britton |
| |
| 2006 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 21 |
Neutrons |
Team Records Rare Glimpses of Light from Neutrons |
| |
Vortex |
"Vortex Lattices" May Help Explain Material Defects |
| December 7 |
Spin |
Mechanical Motion Used to "Spin" Atoms in a Gas |
| |
Ticks |
New Strontium Atomic Clock Has Super-Fine "Ticks" |
| November 9 |
Tornado |
"Tornadoes" Are Transferred From Light to Sodium Atoms |
|
Rank |
NIST Staff Honored in 2006 Presidential Rank Awards |
|
Wineland |
Wineland Named to 2006 "Scientific American 50" |
|
Rabi |
NIST Physicist Receives APS I.I. Rabi Prize |
| October 26 |
Hybrid |
New Hybrid Microscope Probes Nano-Electronics |
|
Refining |
Novel Atom Refining Boosts Entanglement of Atom Pairs |
|
O'Brian |
O'Brian Named Director of NIST Boulder Laboratories |
| September 28 |
Emergency |
Emergency Tests Focus on Lab Radioactivity Analyses |
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Award |
NIST Physicist Awarded Service to America Medal |
| September 14 |
Maryland |
NIST, U. Md. and NSA Create Joint Quantum Institute |
|
Small |
Small, Low-noise Oscillator May Help in Surveillance |
| August 31 |
Gold |
Gold Nanoparticles Prove to Be Hot Stuff |
| August 17 |
Atomic |
"Atomic Switch" Experiments Expand Nanoscale Toolkit |
| |
Advanced |
Advanced Imaging Facility Watches Fuel Cells at Work |
| August 3 |
Two |
Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors |
| July 20 |
Micro |
"Micro-boxes" of Water Used to Study Single Molecules |
| |
Mercury |
Mercury Atomic Clock Sets Time-Keeping Record |
| July 6 |
Ion |
New Ion Trap May Lead to Large Quantum Computers |
| |
UM |
NIST, UM Program To Support Nanotech Development |
| June 8 |
Three |
Three NIST Scientists Receive Flemming Awards |
| May 25 |
Nobel |
NIST Nobelists Testify on Science Policy |
| April 28 |
Laser |
Laser Trapping of Erbium May Lead to Novel Devices |
| |
Measurements |
Measurements May Help Show If Constants Are Changing
|
| April 13 |
Beyond |
Beyond the Kilogram: Redefining More SI Units |
| March 30 |
Quantum |
Quantum Dot Method Rapidly Identifies Bacteria |
| |
NIST |
NIST/ORNL Dedicate New Nuclear Medicine Lab |
| |
March |
"March Madness" Effects Observed in Ultracold Gases |
| March 16 |
Comb |
Optical "Comb" Allows Powerful Chemical Analysis |
| |
Liquid |
New "Liquid Lens" Data for Immersion Lithography |
| March 6 |
Pancakes |
Experimental Atomic Clock Uses Ytterbium "Pancakes" |
| February 16 |
Method |
Method May Help Optimize Light-emitting Semiconductors |
| |
Telecom |
Telecom Meeting to Focus on Emerging Networks |
| February 2 |
Stable |
Stable Polymer Nanotubes May Have a Biotech Future |
| January 17 |
Floppy |
Experiments Help Explain "Floppy" Space Molecule |
|
SURF |
NIST Summer Research Jobs, Applications Due Feb. 15
|
| 2005 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 22 |
Einstein |
Einstein Was Right (Again): NIST/MIT Confirm E=mc2 |
| |
New Year |
Enjoy New Year's Eve a Second Longer! |
| December 1 |
Cat |
Physicists Coax Six Atoms into Quantum "Cat" State |
| |
Long |
"Long" Distances Measured with Picometer Accuracy |
| November 17 |
Two |
Two Universities Get Grants for Precision Measurements |
| |
Nobel |
Nobel Laureate wins Presidential Rank Award |
| November 3 |
Tool |
Tool Tackles Translucence and Other Color Challenges |
| October 20 |
Chains |
Magnetic Nanoparticles Assembled into Long Chains |
| |
Collide |
Ultrafast Lasers Take 'Snapshots' as Atoms Collide |
| |
Honored |
NIST Physicist Honored for Technological Innovation |
| October 7 |
Nobel |
NIST/JILA Fellow Shares Nobel Prize in Physics |
| |
GPS |
NIST Method Improves Reliability of GPS Clocks |
| September 23 |
Clock |
NIST Atomic Fountain Clock Gets Much Better with Time |
| |
Radiation |
Meeting on New Technologies and Radiation Measurements |
| August 26 |
Forum |
Industrial Physics Forum: Innovation Infrastructure |
| August 9 |
Bits |
NIST Demonstrates Better Memory with Quantum Computer Bits |
| |
Clocks |
Tandem Ions May Lead the Way to Better Atomic Clocks |
| |
Guide |
New Guide Is Timely for Radio Controlled Clocks, Watches |
| July 26 |
JILA |
Compact JILA System Stabilizes Laser Frequency |
| July 13 |
JILA |
JILA Study of RNA Dynamics May Help in Drug Design |
| |
UV Optics |
Predicting the Lifetime of Extreme UV Optics |
| June 5 |
Method |
New NIST Method Improves Accuracy of Spectrometers |
| |
Flemming |
Flemming Awards Received by Four NIST Researchers |
| May 18 |
Quantum |
Quantum Computing Results May Help in Code Breaking |
| |
Ruler |
World's First UV "Ruler" Sizes Up Atomic World |
| May 5 |
Jin |
Jin Elected to National Academy of Sciences |
| April 21 |
Detectors |
Portable Radiation Detectors Generally Meet Standards |
| |
Shine |
X-Rays Shine Light on High-Intensity Gas Lamps |
| April 12 |
Light |
Light Scattering Method Reveals Details under Skin |
| |
NIST |
NIST and University of Colorado Establish Partnership |
| March 24 |
Atoms |
Noisy Pictures Tell a Story of 'Entangled' Atoms |
| |
Utah |
NIST, Utah State Collaborate on Sensor Technology |
| March 10 |
Telecommunications |
Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunications |
| February 24 |
Kilogram |
Experts Urge Redefinition Of the Kilogram |
| February 10 |
Anchors |
Experiments Prove Existence of Atomic Chain "Anchors" |
| |
Vision |
Devising Nano Vision for an Optical Microscope |
| January 26 |
Experiments |
Lab Experiments Mimic a Star's Energy Bursts |
| January 5 |
Tiny Detector |
Tiny, Atom-based Detector Senses Weak Magnetic Fields |
| |
Zigzag |
Novel Zigzag Shape Gives Sensors Magnetic Appeal |
| |
| 2004 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 8 |
Repair
Kit |
A Data "Repair Kit" for Quantum Computers |
| November 24 |
Ultrafast |
Ultrafast Laser Speeds Up Quest for Atomic Control |
| November 10 |
Optical
Nose |
Designing an Ultrasensitive "Optical Nose" for Chemicals |
| |
Jin |
Scientific American Dubs Jin "Research Leader of the Year" |
| |
Gebbie |
Gebbie Honored as a AAAS Fellow |
| October 14 |
Light |
Super Slow Light May Help Speed Optical Communications |
| September 14 |
Hip-Hop |
Scientists Tame "Hip-Hop" Atoms |
| |
Quick Links |
Two NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Award |
| August 30 |
Chip-Scale |
Chip-Scale Atomic Clock Unveiled by NIST |
| |
Atomic |
Scientists Observe "Atomic Air Force" |
| |
Nanoscale |
Lighting the Way to Better Nanoscale Films |
| July 30 |
Quick
Links |
Two National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Finalists for
Service to America Awards |
| July 15 |
Nanospheres |
A Safer Way to Make Metal Nanospheres |
| July 2 |
Quick
Links |
Scientists Discover New Interstellar Molecules |
| June 16 |
Teleporting |
Teleporting Quantum States From One Atom to Another |
| |
Quantum |
Quantum Mechanical "Tune Up" for Better Measurement |
| |
Quick
Links |
Three NIST Employees Win Flemming Awards |
| May 7 |
Quantum |
System Sets Speed Record for Quantum Encryption |
| |
Quick Links |
Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors |
| April 23 |
Rainbow |
Portable "Rainbow" Source Improves Color Calibrations |
| March 25 |
Clocks |
World's Best "Rulers" Will Make Better Clocks |
| March 11 |
Light |
Light Wave Measurements Make Circuits Better |
| February 26 |
Water |
Using Water as a Lens To Shrink Chip Dimensions |
| January 30 |
Fermion |
New Form of Matter Created: A Fermionic Condensate |
| January 16 |
Constants |
New Values for Fundamental Constants |
| |
| 2003 |
Topic |
Title |
| December 19 |
Time |
Greeting Another New Year Without a Leap Second |
| November 21 |
Super Molecule |
Researchers Create Bose-Einstein "Super Molecule" |
| October 23 |
Neutrons |
Only 15 Minutes of Life, No Fame, for Lone Neutrons |
| October 10 |
Jin |
NIST Physicist Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Grant |
| September 26 |
Cells |
Tiny "Test Tubes" May Aid Pharmaceutical R&D |
| |
Quick Links |
Ionizing Radiation |
| August 11 |
Signs |
New NIST Facility Soon Will Be "Reflecting" on Safer Signs |
| |
Radiation |
Finding Dirty Bombs and Other Radiation Threats |
| July 25 |
Liquid Lenses |
"Liquid Lenses" May Shrink Feature Sizes on Microchips |
| |
Physics |
Ultracold Experiments Pave Way for Super Molecule |
| January/February |
Environment |
Improved Ocean Color Mapping When the NIST SIRCUS Is in Town |
| |
Physics |
"Stone Cold" Video Showcases NIST's Hunt for New State of Matter |
| |
Trivia |
Tech Trivia - David Wineland of NIST |
| |
| 2002 |
Topic |
Title |
| October/November |
Time |
NIST Helping Prepare an "Out of This World" Atomic Clock |
| |
Tech Trivia |
|
| July/August |
Time and Frequency |
A Notary Public for the Digital Age |
| May/June |
Time |
Need the Time or Need to Know About Time ... Go to NIST! |
| January/February |
Time |
NIST Helps Ensure Well-Timed Sledding at Winter Olympics |
| |
| 2001 |
Topic |
Title |
| September |
Environment |
Turning Seaweed into a Scientific Tool |
| July/August |
Physics |
Supercold Atoms Dance to the Beat of the "Bosenova" |
| June |
Time |
For the Time of Your Life, Call NIST |
| May |
Tech Trivia |
Some notable female scientists during NIST's first century |
| March |
Physics |
Tiny Structures Are Focus for New NIST Facility |
| February |
Physics |
Getting the Better of Einstein-For Once |
| |
| 2000 |
Topic |
Title |
| December |
Safety |
Turning Tragedy into a Better Understanding of Radiation Effects |
| |
Time |
Party at Midnight on New Year's Eve ... Again! |
| |
Centennial |
December Milestones Lined the Path to Closed Captioning on TV |
| |
Tech Trivia |
The "ultimate standard of length" in 1951 |
| November |
Time |
NIST Helps Ensure Well-Timed Sledding at Next Winter Olympics |
| |
Centennial |
Radiation Standards Helped X-Rays Do More Good than Harm |
| October |
Health |
NIST Makes Measureable Improvements in Mammography |
| |
Centennial |
If the Phone Rings Before Dawn in October, Hope It's Sweden Calling |
| September |
Centennial |
In the Rockies' Shadow, Boulder Labs Achieve Mountainous Results |
| August |
Quantum Computing |
NIST Taming Atoms to Power Future Super Computers |
| July |
NIST Centennial |
July Records Milestones in Time and Frequency Broadcasting |
|
|
Trivia |
William D. Phillips, shared the Nobel Physics Prize in 1997. |
| May |
Physics |
For Frequency Measurements, One Laser Is Better Than Several |
| April |
Physics |
MDs Rely on NIST Standards for New Cancer, Heart Therapies |
| March |
Physics |
Atoms, Check Your Engines! |
| February |
Physics |
Two Places at Once? NIST Shows It's Only for Atoms |
| January |
Physics |
Trapping Neutrons May Capture Bigger Prize--Peek at Big Bang |
| |
Tech Trivia |
NIST/U.S. Naval Observatory web site, www.time.gov |
| |
| 1999 |
Topic |
Title |
| December |
Physics |
Bose Einstein Models Make Beautiful, Superfluid Images |
| |
Tech Trivia |
History of Timekeeping Exhibit Opens at National Museum of American History in Washington, DC |
| October |
Internet |
New Web Site Puts Atomic Time on Your Computer |
| |
Space |
Two NIST Labs Help Chandra Explore the Universe |
| August |
Physics Education |
Cool New Web Site Offers Physics History Lesson |
| July |
Astrophysics |
Lunar Reflector Still on the Job After 30 Years |
| |
Time |
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? |
| May |
Time |
NIST Tells Time--6.5 Million Times a Day |
| April |
Tech Trivia |
NIST was twice listed in the Guinness Book of World Records |
| March |
Health
|
NIST Improves Accuracy of Radioactive Prostate Seeds
|
| |
| 1998 |
Topic |
Title |
| December |
Leap Second
|
Leap Second Scheduled for New Year's Eve |
| |
Physics
|
Is it Half Enough? NIST Measures Titanium-44 Half-Life |
| July |
Tech Trivia
|
Strong Magnetic Fields on Stellar Surfaces
First Trapping of Neutral Atoms
|
| June |
Tech Trivia
|
NIST Web Clock
|
| May |
Nanostructures
|
Nanowired! NIST Makes New Nanostructures |
| |
Video
|
New NIST Video Shows Hot Research on Cold Atoms |
| April |
Tech Trivia
|
President's Cup Regatta |
| February |
Space
|
Atomic Clock in Space Will Raise Accuracy to New Heights
|
| January |
Astronomy |
Physicists Probe Puzzles of Heavy Metal Stars |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Mauna Loa Observatory |
| |
| 1997 |
Topic |
Title |
| November |
Physics |
Really Cool Laser Experiments Net NIST Physicist Nobel Prize |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Measuring the distance from the Earth to the moon |
| |
Tech Trivia |
The first atomic clock in 1949 |
| September |
Vibrations |
The Quietest Place on Earth |
| |
Tech Trivia |
NIST radiopharmaceutical standard |
| |
Tech Trivia |
The Fall of Parity |
| May |
Chemistry |
Technique Pairs Quick Imaging and Chemical Analysis |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Coordinated Universal Time |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Radio Stations, WWV and WWVH |
| January |
Color |
From Opal Frost to Plum, Colors Measure Up at NIST |
| |
Biology |
Physicists Tweeze Viruses with Light |
| |
| 1996 |
Topic |
Title |
| November |
Environment |
Color Is the Clue to Ocean Organisms |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Time-keeping Services |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Radiation Therapy for Cancer |
| September |
Time |
You May Never Have to Reset a Clock Again |
| |
Astronomy |
Scientists Find Vinegar Cloud in Milky Way |
| July |
Physics |
Being Here and There, Quantumly Speaking |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Accurate, Safe, and Effective Radiation Doses |
| May |
Environment |
Researchers Find Irradiating Water Can Remove Pollution |
| |
Health |
Radiation Treatments Could Aid Ailing Hearts |
| |
Physics |
Nanoconstruction: Scientists Aim for Smaller Chips |
| March |
Health |
NIST Opens First U.S. National Standards Lab for Mammography |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Time Measurements |
| January |
Time |
For the Best Time, Computers Can Call NIST |
| |
| 1995 |
Topic |
Title |
| November |
Art Restoration |
NIST Helps Smithsonian Restore Ancient Silk Paintings |
| |
Radiation |
Boldly Going Where No Computer Code Has Gone Before |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Time and Frequency from Atomic Clock |
| September |
Physics |
New State of Matter Proves Einstein Right |
| |
Physics |
Laser Lens Draws Nanodots on Silicon |
| July |
Chemistry |
Caging Atoms in Buckyballs Holds Promise for Radiation Therapy |
| |
Tech Trivia |
"Leap Seconds" Added to Time |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Measuring UV Radiation |
| May |
Physics |
Neutrons Give Clues About Birth of the Universe |
| |
Tech Trivia |
Closed TV Captioning |
| March |
Tech Trivia |
Scientific Prefixes: zetta-, yotta-, zepto-, and yocto- |
| January |
Standards |
Replace Kilogram Standard? NIST Weighs Options |
| |
| 1994 |
Topic |
Title |
| November |
Physics |
SURF's Up in NIST Physics Lab! |
| |
Physics |
Lab Among the Hottest and Coldest Places on Earth |
| September |
Physics |
It's Cold! Cold! Cold! NIST Experiment Sets Record Low |
| |
Health |
Forecast: Sunshine. UV Index Accuracy Starts at NIST |
| July |
Physics |
Electronic Eye Makes Best Brightness Measurements |
| |
Physics |
What's Hot in Physics? Super-Cold Atoms in a Trap! |
| May |
Time |
Wait a Second or You'll Miss the Leap |
| March |
Environment |
NIST Technology Paving the Road to Cleaner Cars |
