Nanotechnology

Frequency combs — specialized lasers that act like rulers to measure light — are now being brought down to a low-power, chip-scale form. NIST researchers David Long, Vladimir Aksyuk and their colleagues have developed frequency combs on a chip that

Nearly every modern cellphone has a built-in compass, or magnetometer, that detects the direction of Earth’s magnetic field, providing critical information for navigation. Now a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and

Devices that capture the brilliant light from millions of quantum dots, including chip-scale lasers and optical amplifiers, have made the transition from laboratory experiments to commercial products. But newer types of quantum-dot devices have been

Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized time keeping, the detection of planets outside of our solar system and high-speed optical communication. Now

As a part of the JARVIS workshops series, NIST is organizing the 3rd Quantum Matters in Materials Science (QMMS) workshop in person on Feb 21-22, 2024. The workshop will be focused on quantum phenomena in emerging materials for next generation

NIST has developed a system that mimics humanlike models for studying cardiovascular disease and aligns with national efforts to move away from animal testing.

Perched atop a high plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a long-awaited observatory is beginning to take shape: the largest suite of ground-based telescopes devoted to studying the oldest light in the universe, radiation left over from the Big Bang

The surprisingly strong effect could have implications for drug design and delivery.

Researchers have created a prototype quantum computer with a record number of qubits—the analog of bits in an ordinary computer—capable of performing logical operations. The feat promises to be an important step towards building a practical quantum

The grants will go to 15 small businesses in nine states under NIST’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.

In research, sometimes the bumpy path proves to be the best one. By creating tiny, periodic bumps in a miniature racetrack for light, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues at the Joint Quantum

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.

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with colleagues elsewhere have employed neutron imaging and a reconstruction algorithm to reveal for the first time the 3D shapes and dynamics of very small tornado-like atomic

The creation and detection of single photons (the smallest units of light) has grown in a few decades from an experimental laboratory pursuit to an important part of modern medicine, quantum processing, manufacturing, and more. Single photons are

You might not recognize these two faces from such NIST social media hits as “microprinting with candy” and “molds for microparticles,” but they were behind that work the whole time. Meet NIST researchers Sam Oberdick and Gary Zabow, two of the

Max Planck, one of the Twentieth Century’s most eminent physicists, observed, “An experiment is a question that science poses to Nature, and a measurement is the recording of Nature’s answer.” The mission of the National Institute of Standards and

Using tiny laser-launched projectiles and troves of data, scientists can more quickly bridge the gap between a material’s microscopic properties and its real-world behavior.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a photonic circuit on a chip that transforms a single incoming beam of laser light into a panoply of new beams, each with a host of different optical properties

Physicist Jun Ye has a knack for making every second count—literally. At JILA, a joint research institute of the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Ye and his colleagues recently built the world’s

David Gerrold, a prolific American author, and screenwriter, summarizes the progress of the last 120 years when he observes, “In the 20th century, we had a century where at the beginning of the century, most of the world was agricultural and industry