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Military gas mask performance</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2025-02-26T12:00:00Z">February 26, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> “To survive and win…we must leverage ingenuity and technology to develop comprehensive solutions” -U. S. 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Hoyt Vandenberg </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/news-events/news-updates/org/5651">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-41580d2f20a4bcc76fcd40753e74e53c768d830decbd4b988465423043b15f8b"> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2025/04/82-calibration-certificate-evaluation" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/82-calibration-certificate-evaluation" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/03/25/Adobe%201196478194.png?itok=pAbiaVqJ" width="100" height="62" alt="Person showing certificate icon" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/82-calibration-certificate-evaluation"><span>82 Calibration Certificate Evaluation</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, Apr 3 2025, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Class Description This 2-hour webinar will introduce concepts necessary to successfully implement ISO/IEC 17025:2017 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2025/04/81-fundamentals-metrology" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/81-fundamentals-metrology" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/05/Metrology%20word%20cloud.jpeg?itok=ljhHruee" width="100" height="74" alt="Metrology word cloud" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/81-fundamentals-metrology"><span>81 Fundamentals of Metrology</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Mon, Apr 7 - Fri, Apr 11 2025</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Class Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive class that introduces participants to the </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2025/04/80-fundamentals-metrology-sim-participants-only" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/80-fundamentals-metrology-sim-participants-only" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/05/Metrology%20word%20cloud.jpeg?itok=ljhHruee" width="100" height="74" alt="Metrology word cloud" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/80-fundamentals-metrology-sim-participants-only"><span>80 Fundamentals of Metrology - SIM Participants Only</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Mon, Apr 14 - Fri, Apr 18 2025</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Course Description The 5-day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar is an intensive course that introduces participants to </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2025/05/79-internal-auditing-best-practices" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/events/2025/05/79-internal-auditing-best-practices" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/05/30/AdobeStock_313037967-webinar%20image%20with%20hands%20over%20laptop.jpeg?itok=POQyPz7n" width="100" height="66" alt="Webinar image with hands over laptop in background" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/events/2025/05/79-internal-auditing-best-practices"><span>79 Internal Auditing Best Practices</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, May 15 2025, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Class Description This 2-hour webinar will consider internal auditing techniques and best practices that are used by a </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5651">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--content-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-hidden entity-reference"> <div class="nist-field__items"> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/awards/2025-2028-isac-international-innovator-matthew-disalvo" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/awards/2025-2028-isac-international-innovator-matthew-disalvo" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/12/02/PXL_20201124_153148797.PORTRAIT2.jpg?itok=zzznAdwP" width="98" height="100" alt="Matthew DiSalvo" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/awards/2025-2028-isac-international-innovator-matthew-disalvo"><span>2025 - 2028 ISAC International Innovator - Matthew DiSalvo</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> My research in flow cytometry focuses on fundamental metrology challenges such as uncertainty quantification (UQ) and measurement </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/awards/2025-aimbes-emerging-leader-darwin-r-reyes" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/awards/2025-aimbes-emerging-leader-darwin-r-reyes" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/11/22/bmes-hs-24-0573.jpg?itok=_-2M1IQM" width="87" height="100" alt="Darwin R. Reyes" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/awards/2025-aimbes-emerging-leader-darwin-r-reyes"><span>2025 AIMBE’s Emerging Leader - Darwin R. Reyes</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The goal of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s (AIMBE) Emerging Leaders Program is to increase AIMBE’s </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/awards/named-finalist-2024-blavatnik-national-awards-young-scientists-alexey-gorshkov" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/awards/named-finalist-2024-blavatnik-national-awards-young-scientists-alexey-gorshkov" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/13/Gorshkov%20Stratton%20Picture.jpeg?itok=l2BhJa3M" width="100" height="84" alt="Alexey Gorshkov" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/awards/named-finalist-2024-blavatnik-national-awards-young-scientists-alexey-gorshkov"><span>Named Finalist in 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists - Alexey Gorshkov</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Advanced the design of large interacting quantum systems through pioneering research at the intersection of quantum physics and information </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/awards/2024-experimental-physics-investigator-adam-kaufman" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/awards/2024-experimental-physics-investigator-adam-kaufman" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/08/21/Adam_Kaufman_2017_web.jpg?itok=Gh_uJOek" width="82" height="100" alt="Adam Kaufman" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/awards/2024-experimental-physics-investigator-adam-kaufman"><span>2024 Experimental Physics Investigator - Adam Kaufman</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Adam Kaufman’s team will explore new chamber designs, aided by cryogenics, to greatly enhance heating from contaminants, new optical lattice </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/awards/sae-woo-nam-posthumously-receives-ho-am-prize" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/awards/sae-woo-nam-posthumously-receives-ho-am-prize" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/03/21/03eeel001_sae_woo_nam_hr.jpg?itok=Yd4Labyd" width="99" height="100" alt="Sae Woo Name holding a circuit" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/awards/sae-woo-nam-posthumously-receives-ho-am-prize"><span>Sae Woo Nam Posthumously Receives Ho-Am Prize</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The Ho-Am Prize is presented each year to individuals who have contributed to academics, the arts, and social development, or who have </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="link-list"> <a href="/awards/org/5651">View All Awards</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Press Coverage</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-6f6c70d6e13aea97628dc6e686c969e10f7060c5407ecbfa7233a006cc548da1"> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/spotlight-tara-fortier-project-leader-nist" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/press-coverage/spotlight-tara-fortier-project-leader-nist" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/10/16/tara_fortier_working_in_lab_october_2023.jpg?itok=RkM9HePP" width="100" height="67" alt="A researcher wearing safety glasses reaches into a box of circuitry and other equipment, which emits a green glow. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="https://www.photonics.com/Videos/Spotlight_Tara_Fortier_Project_Leader_at_NIST/p5/v898"><span>Spotlight: Tara Fortier, Project Leader at NIST</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">Photonics</div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="datetime"><time datetime="2025-02-12T12:00:00Z">February 12, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The photonics industry is booming. Technological advancements and increasing demand are driving this growth. But in America, the workforce needed to drive this </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/thermometer-uses-rydberg-atoms-make-calibration-free-measurements" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/press-coverage/thermometer-uses-rydberg-atoms-make-calibration-free-measurements" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/01/16/DSC01330.JPG?itok=HNsAC-cS" width="100" height="67" alt="Noah Schlossberger wears dark safety glasses as he stands in front of a complicated electronic device in the lab. The device has wires coming out and is partially wrapped in aluminum foil. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="https://physicsworld.com/a/thermometer-uses-rydberg-atoms-to-make-calibration-free-measurements/"><span>Thermometer uses Rydberg atoms to make calibration-free measurements</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">Physics World</div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="datetime"><time datetime="2025-02-03T12:00:00Z">February 3, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> A new way to measure the temperatures of objects by studying the effect of their black-body radiation on Rydberg atoms has been demonstrated by researchers at </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/nist-scientists-develop-rydberg-atoms-based-thermometer-measures-temperature-more" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/press-coverage/nist-scientists-develop-rydberg-atoms-based-thermometer-measures-temperature-more" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/01/16/DSC01330.JPG?itok=HNsAC-cS" width="100" height="67" alt="Noah Schlossberger wears dark safety glasses as he stands in front of a complicated electronic device in the lab. The device has wires coming out and is partially wrapped in aluminum foil. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="https://www.eurekamagazine.co.uk/content/news/nist-scientists-develop-rydberg-atoms-based-thermometer-that-measures-temperature-more-accurately"><span>NIST Scientists Develop Rydberg Atoms-Based Thermometer That Measures Temperature More Accurately</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">Eureka! Magazine (UK)</div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="datetime"><time datetime="2025-02-03T12:00:00Z">February 3, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> NIST scientists have developed a new method for measuring temperature extremely accurately by using giant “Rydberg atoms.” </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/press-coverage/quantum-refrigerator-paves-way-reliable-quantum-computing" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/press-coverage/quantum-refrigerator-paves-way-reliable-quantum-computing" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/01/07/quantum-refrigerator-4000x4000-241122DAL%20%284%29.png?itok=GP3fEIHO" width="100" height="100" alt="Three qubits appear in an artist’s conception as X-shaped icons that fit together." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="https://www.iotworldtoday.com/quantum/quantum-refrigerator-paves-way-for-reliable-quantum-computing"><span>Quantum Refrigerator Paves Way for Reliable Quantum Computing</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="string">IOT World Today</div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="datetime"><time datetime="2025-01-15T12:00:00Z">January 15, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Researchers have developed a new technique that uses refrigeration to reset qubits highly effectively, which could lead to more reliable, less error-prone </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Patents</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-fb94958f75fcf1b30c5771556628fbc4fe37a8908e3a6b5a96b16abeca41d7a1"> <div> <article about="/patents/laser-ultrastable-photonics-integrated-nonlinearity-extended-stability" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/patents/laser-ultrastable-photonics-integrated-nonlinearity-extended-stability"><span>Laser Ultrastable Photonics with Integrated Nonlinearity for Extended Stability</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Scott Papp </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Optical photonic integrated optical clocks on photonic integrated circuits are described. The optical clocks can provide the timing stability of atomic clocks at ultra-low size and power. The optical clocks are be fabricated using CMOS foundry fabrication processes. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/patents/continuous-wave-laser-source-and-making-continuous-wave-laser-source" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/patents/continuous-wave-laser-source-and-making-continuous-wave-laser-source"><span>Continuous-Wave Laser Source And Making A Continuous-Wave Laser Source</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Scott Papp </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> A method of designing a continuous-wave laser source having a target output wavelength and an input laser with a wavelength different from the target output wavelength includes the steps of receiving the target output wavelength, and subordinate properties of the laser source; determining a </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/patents/hyperpolarization-micro-magnetic-resonance-imager-three-dimensional-imaging-biological" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/patents/hyperpolarization-micro-magnetic-resonance-imager-three-dimensional-imaging-biological"><span>Hyperpolarization Micro-Magnetic Resonance Imager for Three-Dimensional Imaging of a Biological Composition with Cellular Resolution</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Stephen E. Russek and Karl Stupic </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> A hyperpolarization micro-magnetic resonance imager for three-dimensional imaging of a biological composition with cellular resolution includes a hyperpolarizer source, hyperpolarizer transmission line, an NMR console, a nuclear magnetic resonance tuned circuit, an imaging cell, a magnet, a gradient </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/patents/sound-pressure-metrology-instrument-and-determining-sound-pressure-index-refraction" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/patents/sound-pressure-metrology-instrument-and-determining-sound-pressure-index-refraction"><span>Sound Pressure Metrology Instrument And Determining Sound Pressure From Index Of Refraction</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Richard A. Allen , Randall P Wagner , Benjamin Reschovsky and Akobuije Chijioke </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> A sound pressure metrology instrument determines sound pressure from index of refraction and includes: a light source that produces source light; the optical cavity that: receives an acoustic field from the sound source; receives the source light from the light source; produces acoustic-modified </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://www.nist.gov/patents/org/5651">View All Patents</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="nist-page__region nist-page__region--content-bottom" > <div class="nist-block nist-block--contact" > <h2 class="nist-block__title" >Contacts</h2> <div class="nist-contact"> <h3 class="nist-contact__heading">PML Director and Deputy Director</h3> <ul class="nist-contact__items"> <li about="/people/james-g-kushmerick" class="nist-contact__item"> <div class="nist-contact__name"><a href="/people/james-g-kushmerick" title="View staff profile page">James G. 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