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NIST Selects Winner of Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition
Release Date: 10/02/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic … 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
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
NIST ‘Hybrid Metrology’ Method Could Improve Computer Chips
Release Date: 09/05/2012 A refined method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for measuring nanometer-sized objects may help computer … 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
New Quantum Computing Algorithm Could Simulate Giant Particle Accelerators
Release Date: 06/12/2012 A trio of theorists, including one from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have described how a future quantum computer … more
Quantum Computers Will Be Able to Simulate Particle Collisions
Release Date: 05/31/2012 Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent they may have. According to the … more
NIST Forensic Measurement Challenge
Release Date: 05/14/2012 Recently, NIST announced the availability of $2.5 million for funding criminal justice applications that use new scientific discoveries. … more |
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