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For Newly Discovered 'Quantum Spin Liquid', the Beauty Is in Its Simplicity
Release Date: 12/19/2012

A research team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed long-standing suspicions among … more

JILA Physicists Achieve Elusive 'Evaporative Cooling' of Molecules
Release Date: 12/19/2012

Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar … more

The Year in Patents
Release Date: 12/18/2012

NIST scientists and engineers have been recognized as inventors in a variety of research areas, including the biosciences, building and fire … more

Conferences and Events
NIST Health IT Symposium Series - January 2013
January 10, 2013

To introduce innovative health IT R&D to NIST's researchers working in health IT and to increase collaborations. more

The Idea Factory
January 11, 2013

Bell Laboratories, which thrived from the 1920s to the 1980s, was arguably the most innovative research and development organization of the 20th … more

Trusted Geolocation in the Cloud Technical Demonstration
January 14, 2013

 This workshop explains selected security challenges involving Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing technologies and … more