Quantum physics could make secure, single-use computer memories possible
Computer security systems may one day get a boost from quantum physics, as a result of recent research from the National Institute of Standards and … Read more
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Atoms dressed with light show new interactions, could reveal way to observe enigmatic particle
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a way to manipulate atoms’ internal states with lasers that dramatically influences their interactions in specific ways. Such light-tweaked atoms can be used as proxies …
NIST Detectors to Probe Origins of Stars, Planets and Galaxies
The world’s largest submillimeter camera—based on superconducting technology designed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—is now ready to scan the universe, including … Read more
NIST, Food Marketing Institute co-host webinar on ensuring accurate net weights in retail
A reliable and trustworthy system of weights and measures is vital for economic activity. Maintaining that system requires constant vigilance, and that’s where the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Weights and Measures Division (…
Etched quantum dots shape up as single photon emitters, NIST tests show
Like snowflakes or fingerprints, no two quantum dots are identical. But a new etching method for shaping and positioning these semiconductor nanocrystals might change that. What’s more, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technolo…
The NIST role in role-based control: A 20th anniversary appraisal
What NIST-led innovation is estimated to have saved U.S. industry $6.1 billion over the past 20 years? Well, probably several, but, perhaps surprisingly, a new economics study* points to the development of “role-based access control,” a computer-sec…
Compact high-temperature superconducting cables demonstrated at NIST
A researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has invented a method of making high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables that are thinner and more flexible than demonstration HTS cables now installed in the electri…
2 publications recommend organization-wide IT security risk management
Two new draft publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provide the groundwork for a three-tiered risk-management approach that encompasses computer security risk planning from the highest levels of management to th…
Extracting cellular ‘engines’ may aid in understanding mitochondrial diseases
Medical researchers who crave a means of exploring the genetic culprits behind a host of neuromuscular disorders may have just had their wish granted by a team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scienti…
NIST telescope calibration may help explain mystery of universe’s expansion
Is the expansion of the universe accelerating for some unknown reason? This is one of the mysteries plaguing astrophysics, and somewhere in distant galaxies are yet-unseen supernovae that may hold the key. Now, thanks to a telescope calibrated…
IPv6 guide provides path to secure deployment of next-generation Internet protocol
As the day draws nearer for the world to run out of the unique addresses that allow us to use the Internet — now predicted to happen by the end of 2012 — researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a guide …
