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Researchers Determine Critical Factors for Improving Performance of a Solar Fuel Catalyst
Release Date: 10/03/2012 False-color scanning electron micrographs of cross-sectioned hematite films grown by sputter deposition and then annealed at two different … more
New Way To Realize Pressure
Release Date: 10/02/2012 Glass-enclosed cavity for prototype pressure device. In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli, in the course … more
Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscope: Big at the Nanoscale
Release Date: 09/28/2012 The larger of the two alternating images above shows the topography of a nanowire bundle. … more
Shaking Up Biomolecules with Light
Release Date: 09/28/2012 PML scientist Zeeshan Ahmed lowers a sample into the instrument chamber for analysis. In living organisms, biomolecules such as proteins are … more
PML central role in T-and-E standards
Release Date: 09/27/2012 Some of the kinds of radiation detectors affected by the new standards. PML researchers played a central role in the establishment of new testing … more
Home Sweet Lab: Computerized House to Generate as Much Energy as It Uses
Release Date: 09/12/2012 In a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 12, 2012, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new laboratory designed … more
The World's Most Stable Laser
Release Date: 09/10/2012 The world’s most stable laser – with frequency variation of no more than 2 parts in 10,000 trillion – has been … more
Researchers Determine the Optimum Path for Tracking Fluorescent Nanoparticles Using a Laser
Release Date: 08/29/2012 NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology researchers Gregg Gallatin and Andrew Berglund (now at Quantifind in Palo Alto, CA) … more
Disseminating the Kilogram, No Strings Attached
Release Date: 08/24/2012 Patrick Abbot inspects the upper (vacuum) section of the apparatus. The impending redefinition of the kilogram presents a weighty dilemma. Methods … more
New Performance Standards for Public-Safety RF Devices
Release Date: 07/27/2012 A PASS unit and air pack are placed in an anechoic chamber for testing . First responders rely increasingly on wireless communication devices, and … more
Probing Atoms' Disorderly Behavior
Release Date: 07/26/2012 A close-up photo of the center of the experimental set-up. The small transparent chamber that holds the ultracold more
NIST Measurement Advance Could Speed Innovation in Solar Devices
Release Date: 07/25/2012 A new versatile measurement system devised by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) accurately and quickly … more
Baldrige Health Care in the News
Release Date: 07/23/2012 Yesterday’s New York Times editorial A Formula for Cutting Health Costs highlights 2011 Baldrige Award recipient Southcentral Foundation … more |
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