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energy into the TKID circuit." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/11/nist-study-probes-damaging-effects-radiation-qubits"><span property="schema:name">NIST Study Probes the Damaging Effects of Radiation on Qubits</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-11-19T12:00:00Z">November 19, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Qubits, the fundamental unit of quantum information, form the building blocks of quantum computers. Because qubits are not limited to the two states, “0” and “1 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/10/nist-awards-15-million-astm-international-establish-standardization-center" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/10/nist-awards-15-million-astm-international-establish-standardization-center" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/09/06/shutterstock_2118695234-burn-extend-aug23-CROP-web.jpg?itok=Nx-VZDfd" width="100" height="63" alt="Illustration shows a shiny robot hand pointing at icons including a molecule, a heart and an atom." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/10/nist-awards-15-million-astm-international-establish-standardization-center"><span property="schema:name">NIST Awards $15 Million to ASTM International to Establish Standardization Center of Excellence</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-10-15T12:00:00Z">October 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The new center will support U.S. engagement in international standardization for critical and emerging technologies. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/10/smart-new-laser-technology-can-monitor-greenhouse-gases-faster-more" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/10/smart-new-laser-technology-can-monitor-greenhouse-gases-faster-more" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/10/08/DSC00834%20%281%29.jpg?itok=r4fbVh31" width="100" height="67" alt="Esther Baumann leans over a lab table, surrounded with wires and scientific equipment." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/10/smart-new-laser-technology-can-monitor-greenhouse-gases-faster-more"><span property="schema:name">Smart New Laser Technology Can Monitor Greenhouse Gases Faster, More Sensitively</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-10-09T12:00:00Z">October 9, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> New laser technology, known as free-form dual-comb spectroscopy, quickly measures gases of interest by homing in on the most information-rich parts of a sample. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/09/new-report-highlights-economic-value-neutron-science-us-industry" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/09/new-report-highlights-economic-value-neutron-science-us-industry" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/09/04/guide_hall_2020.jpg?itok=6V-2Qsqp" width="100" height="67" alt="View from near ceiling shows NCNR guide hall filled with big pieces of scientific equipment, including several long cylindrical "guides" running toward the far end of the room. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/09/new-report-highlights-economic-value-neutron-science-us-industry"><span property="schema:name">New Report Highlights Economic Value of Neutron Science to U.S. Industry</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-09-05T12:00:00Z">September 5, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Research using neutron beams provides an economic return far larger than the cost of building and operating neutron facilities, according to an economic impact </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/09/major-leap-nuclear-clock-paves-way-ultraprecise-timekeeping" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/09/major-leap-nuclear-clock-paves-way-ultraprecise-timekeeping" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/09/04/XUV_comb.jpg?itok=1RK76ciG" width="100" height="75" alt="Table in darkened lab holds wiring and other laser electronics; a circular light source is situated above. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/09/major-leap-nuclear-clock-paves-way-ultraprecise-timekeeping"><span property="schema:name">Major Leap for Nuclear Clock Paves Way for Ultraprecise Timekeeping</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-09-04T12:00:00Z">September 4, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> These clocks could lead to improved timekeeping and navigation, faster internet speeds, and advances in fundamental physics research. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/09/spotlight-game-changing-microscopy-technique-identifying-cancerous-cells" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/09/spotlight-game-changing-microscopy-technique-identifying-cancerous-cells" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/09/06/Low-Res_Hyperspectral_-_920_%281%29_%28002%29.jpg?itok=xeVzH4tI" width="100" height="49" alt="Freshly dissected tissue (lower left) and its pathology-prepared slide with identified tumor regions by a pathologist (upper left), and a pseudo-color image of hyperspectral dark-field microscopy (HSDFM) data cube (middle) region marked on the tissue images on the left." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/09/spotlight-game-changing-microscopy-technique-identifying-cancerous-cells"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: Game-Changing Microscopy Technique for Identifying Cancerous Cells</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-09-03T12:00:00Z">September 3, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Breast-conserving surgery, or lumpectomy, is a treatment for early-stage breast cancer. It’s important for surgeons to remove enough tissue around the tumor to </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/08/tiny-new-lasers-fill-long-standing-gap-rainbow-visible-light-colors-opening" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/08/tiny-new-lasers-fill-long-standing-gap-rainbow-visible-light-colors-opening" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/08/28/thumb.png?itok=kRHJSEj5" width="100" height="100" alt="green laser" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/08/tiny-new-lasers-fill-long-standing-gap-rainbow-visible-light-colors-opening"><span property="schema:name">Tiny New Lasers Fill a Long-Standing Gap in the Rainbow of Visible-Light Colors, Opening New Applications</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-08-28T12:00:00Z">August 28, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Researchers have created orange, yellow and green lasers tiny enough to fit on a chip. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/08/spotlight-cassie-stoffer-helps-run-calibration-and-measurement-services" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/08/spotlight-cassie-stoffer-helps-run-calibration-and-measurement-services" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/09/03/StofferNMR%20%281%29.jpg?itok=noSsSOk6" width="76" height="100" alt="Cassie Stoffer smiles while wearing safety glasses and standing next to a large metal tank with many pipes and wires attached to it. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/08/spotlight-cassie-stoffer-helps-run-calibration-and-measurement-services"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: Cassie Stoffer Helps Run Calibration and Measurement Services Related to Magnetic Resonance</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-08-27T12:00:00Z">August 27, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> If you ask NIST physicist Cassie Stoffer what she finds most exciting about science, it’s seeing what she learned in a textbook have real-world applications </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/08/what-time-it-moon" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/08/what-time-it-moon" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/08/06/orion_earthrise_credit-nasa.jpg?itok=2UfzTYS6" width="100" height="52" alt="Illustration shows a spacecraft orbiting the Moon with the Earth visible in the background over the lunar horizon." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/08/what-time-it-moon"><span property="schema:name">What Time Is It on the Moon?</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-08-12T12:00:00Z">August 12, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> New lunar time proposal is a first step for Moon GPS. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/07/nist-participates-white-house-summit-standards-critical-and-emerging" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/07/nist-participates-white-house-summit-standards-critical-and-emerging" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/09/06/shutterstock_2118695234-burn-extend-aug23-CROP-web.jpg?itok=Nx-VZDfd" width="100" height="63" alt="Illustration shows a shiny robot hand pointing at icons including a molecule, a heart and an atom." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/07/nist-participates-white-house-summit-standards-critical-and-emerging"><span property="schema:name">NIST Participates in White House Summit on Standards for Critical and Emerging Technology</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-07-29T12:00:00Z">July 29, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> A new Implementation Roadmap provides recommendations and actions for putting the U.S. standards strategy into effect. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/07/pandemics-pedicures-nist-rebuilds-world-class-uv-calibration-system" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/07/pandemics-pedicures-nist-rebuilds-world-class-uv-calibration-system" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/07/19/uv-calibration-lab.png?itok=HeKPBQlh" width="100" height="67" alt="A high-tech laboratory with large black equipment featuring two circular insets showing detailed machinery setups. A computer workstation is in the foreground." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/07/pandemics-pedicures-nist-rebuilds-world-class-uv-calibration-system"><span property="schema:name">From Pandemics to Pedicures: NIST Rebuilds World-Class UV Calibration System</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-07-22T12:00:00Z">July 22, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> UV detectors need to be carefully calibrated to ensure that the UV light used is both safe and effective. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/07/worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-physics" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/07/worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-physics" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/06/060edit_%281%29.jpg?itok=ZSMnrQrG" width="100" height="75" alt="Close-up of a scientific instrument with wires and a circular metallic component, illuminated by blue light, featuring a small red dot at the center." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/07/worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-physics"><span property="schema:name">World’s Most Accurate and Precise Atomic Clock Pushes New Frontiers in Physics</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-07-01T12:00:00Z">July 1, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The clock is the latest demonstration that a much more precise definition of the official second is possible and that new applications of clocks are feasible. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-researchers-identify-cheaper-more-convenient-method-detect-asbestos" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-researchers-identify-cheaper-more-convenient-method-detect-asbestos" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/21/Picture3.png?itok=-TnrYt7f" width="72" height="100" alt="Grid of six B&W images of asbestos fibers taken by scanning electron microscopy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/06/nist-researchers-identify-cheaper-more-convenient-method-detect-asbestos"><span property="schema:name">NIST Researchers Identify a Cheaper, More Convenient Method to Detect Asbestos</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-06-25T12:00:00Z">June 25, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Researchers have verified that scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a highly accurate way to test air samples for the presence of asbestos. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/06/some-bumps-nist-scientists-devise-novel-way-extend-wavelength-range" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/06/some-bumps-nist-scientists-devise-novel-way-extend-wavelength-range" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/05/17/pump-laser.png?itok=XAII5XDj" width="100" height="100" alt="pump laser illustration" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/06/some-bumps-nist-scientists-devise-novel-way-extend-wavelength-range"><span property="schema:name">With Some Bumps, NIST Scientists Devise a Novel Way to Extend the Wavelength Range of Microcombs</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-06-05T12:00:00Z">June 5, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Microcombs – chip-scale devices that generate and measure frequencies of light with exquisite accuracy – have transformed timekeeping and boosted optical </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/05/spotlight-geomagnetic-storm-creates-bright-northern-lights-while-also" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/05/spotlight-geomagnetic-storm-creates-bright-northern-lights-while-also" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/05/21/northern_lights.jpg?itok=ZY1Gp4ui" width="100" height="67" alt="A photo of the night sky with greenish lights on the right." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/05/spotlight-geomagnetic-storm-creates-bright-northern-lights-while-also"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: Geomagnetic Storm Creates Bright Northern Lights While Also Affecting NIST’s Cesium Clocks</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-05-21T12:00:00Z">May 21, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Did you see the northern lights recently? NIST’s cesium fountain clocks did. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/04/big-quantum-chill-nist-scientists-modify-common-lab-refrigerator-cool" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/big-quantum-chill-nist-scientists-modify-common-lab-refrigerator-cool" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/04/22/thumb%20%281%29.png?itok=3whDqxl9" width="100" height="100" alt="pulse tube refrigerator thumbnail" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/big-quantum-chill-nist-scientists-modify-common-lab-refrigerator-cool"><span property="schema:name">The Big Quantum Chill: NIST Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-04-23T12:00:00Z">April 23, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> By modifying a refrigerator commonly used in both research and industry, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-real-world-applications-quantum-julia-scherschligt" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-real-world-applications-quantum-julia-scherschligt" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/01/24/julia_vert1.jpg?itok=ovgeN1s7" width="67" height="100" alt="Scientist working at scientific equipment" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-real-world-applications-quantum-julia-scherschligt"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: The Real-World Applications of Quantum With Julia Scherschligt</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-04-15T12:00:00Z">April 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> For NIST physicist Julia Scherschligt, the most exciting thing about quantum is seeing the real-world applications of this science. Julia leads a group that is </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-building-next-generation-quantum-computers-and-networks-tasshi" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-building-next-generation-quantum-computers-and-networks-tasshi" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/04/18/Tasshi_Dennis_2.jpg?itok=4QRw141D" width="100" height="58" alt="Tasshi Dennis stands in his lab and reaches toward a countertop full of equipment with lots of wires and circuitry." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-building-next-generation-quantum-computers-and-networks-tasshi"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: Building the Next Generation of Quantum Computers and Networks With Tasshi Dennis</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-04-15T12:00:00Z">April 15, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> When NIST scientist Tasshi Dennis first encountered quantum physics as a student, he was skeptical it would ever amount to any practical applications. Little </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-shape-shifting-probes-will-help-improve-mri-imaging" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-shape-shifting-probes-will-help-improve-mri-imaging" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/04/18/social_media_2_%28004%29.jpg?itok=tb-9Ht9A" width="100" height="100" alt="Tiny red cylinder probes are presented in front of a much larger ice cube." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-shape-shifting-probes-will-help-improve-mri-imaging"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: Shape-Shifting Probes Will Help Improve MRI Imaging</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-04-12T12:00:00Z">April 12, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Not all gems are the precious stone kind. In the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a type of microscopic magnetic probes called geometrically encoded </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-chip-scale-frequency-combs-can-be-integrated-other-sensors" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-chip-scale-frequency-combs-can-be-integrated-other-sensors" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/04/12/Frequency_comb_on_chip.png?itok=yOfSK3fX" width="100" height="100" alt="Illustration shows tiny columns of light in different colors standing vertically along circuits on a chip. " typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/spotlight-chip-scale-frequency-combs-can-be-integrated-other-sensors"><span property="schema:name">Spotlight: Chip-Scale Frequency Combs Can Be Integrated With Other Sensors</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-04-02T12:00:00Z">April 2, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> 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 </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/04/nist-researchers-use-cellphone-compass-measure-tiny-concentrations" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/nist-researchers-use-cellphone-compass-measure-tiny-concentrations" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/02/28/cell_phone_magnetometer_v9_22.png?itok=OhnEUEhW" width="100" height="85" alt="magnetometer illustration" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/04/nist-researchers-use-cellphone-compass-measure-tiny-concentrations"><span property="schema:name">NIST Researchers Use Cellphone Compass to Measure Tiny Concentrations of Compounds Important for Human Health</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-04-01T12:00:00Z">April 1, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Nearly every modern cellphone has a built-in compass, or magnetometer, that detects the direction of Earth’s magnetic field, providing critical information for </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/03/bullseye-nist-devises-method-accurately-center-quantum-dots-within-photonic" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/bullseye-nist-devises-method-accurately-center-quantum-dots-within-photonic" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/03/12/illustration_photonic_structure.png?itok=Tf-dsJg_" width="100" height="42" alt="quantum dot illustration" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/bullseye-nist-devises-method-accurately-center-quantum-dots-within-photonic"><span property="schema:name">Bullseye! NIST Devises a Method to Accurately Center Quantum Dots Within Photonic Chips</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-03-18T12:00:00Z">March 18, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Devices that capture the brilliant light from millions of quantum dots, including chip-scale lasers and optical amplifiers, have made the transition from </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/03/researchers-develop-new-type-frequency-comb-promises-further-boost-accuracy" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/researchers-develop-new-type-frequency-comb-promises-further-boost-accuracy" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/03/14/two-laser-system-thumbnail.png?itok=VOiC44L_" width="100" height="86" alt="new comb system illustration" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/researchers-develop-new-type-frequency-comb-promises-further-boost-accuracy"><span property="schema:name">Researchers develop a new type of frequency comb that promises to further boost the accuracy of time keeping</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-03-14T12:00:00Z">March 14, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized time keeping, the </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/03/shrinking-technology-expanding-horizons-compact-chips-advance-precision" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/shrinking-technology-expanding-horizons-compact-chips-advance-precision" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/03/05/Best1.jpg?itok=mqbug8Jd" width="100" height="56" alt="Chip that converts lights into microwave signals. The chip is a fluorescent panel that looks like two tiny vinyl records. A gold box sits to the left of the chip, which is the semiconductor laser." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/shrinking-technology-expanding-horizons-compact-chips-advance-precision"><span property="schema:name">Shrinking Technology, Expanding Horizons: Compact Chips Advance Precision Timing for Communications, Navigation and Other Applications</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-03-06T12:00:00Z">March 6, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> This technology shrinks a tabletop system into a chip-sized format, reducing power usage and making it more applicable for use in everyday devices. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2024/03/nist-physicist-sae-woo-nam-pioneer-single-photon-detectors-passes-away" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2024/03/nist-physicist-sae-woo-nam-pioneer-single-photon-detectors-passes-away" 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="/news-events/news/2024/03/nist-physicist-sae-woo-nam-pioneer-single-photon-detectors-passes-away"><span property="schema:name">NIST Physicist Sae Woo Nam, Pioneer in Single-Photon Detectors, Passes Away</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2024-03-01T12:00:00Z">March 1, 2024</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> During his 25-year career at NIST, Sae Woo performed groundbreaking work. 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