2008 |
Topic |
Title |
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 |
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 Fellows |
Nine NIST Staff Become New APS Fellows |
November 25 |
Award |
NIST Physicist Wins OSA’s First Walther Award |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Lasers |
Quantum Dot Lasers: One Dot Makes All the Difference |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |