Helping Next-Generation 5G Cell Technology See Past the Trees
Measurements of trees’ impact on 5G transmissions could prove vital to using a new class of signal. As 5G technology gets fully implemented over the…
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Sneezes, Rain Clouds and Ink Jets: Improved Accuracy in Measuring Microdroplets
Scientists boost the accuracy of optical microscopes to image microdroplets in flight and apply the method to analyze the concentration of plastic nanoparticles. Sneezes, rain…
Groundbreaking Technique Yields Extraordinary Results – Limits on Long-Theorized “Fifth Force” of Nature
Using a groundbreaking new technique at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international collaboration led by NIST researchers has revealed previously unrecognized…
Scientists Discover New Crystal That Exhibits Exotic Form of Magnetism
This ain’t your grandma’s fridge magnet. An exotic form of magnetism has been discovered and linked to an equally exotic type of electrons, according to…
Quantum Crystal With “Time Reversal” Could Be a New Dark Matter Sensor
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have linked together, or “entangled,” the mechanical motion and electronic properties of a tiny blue…
Laser “Comb” Systems Now Measure All Primary Greenhouse Gases in the Air
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their laser frequency-comb instrument to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases — nitrous…
“Agricomb” Measures Gas Emissions From … Cows
After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb to measure starlight and a radar-like comb…
New Technology Uses Radio Signals to Image Hidden and Speeding Objects
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Wavsens LLC have developed a method for using radio signals to create real-time images…
Extraterrestrial Materials: Measuring the Moon’s Nano Dust Is No Small Matter
Like a chameleon of the night sky, the Moon often changes its appearance. It might look larger, brighter, or redder, for example, due to its…
Secret to Building Superconducting Quantum Computers With Massive Processing Power
Optical Fiber Could Boost Power of Superconducting Quantum Computers The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications…
Identifying Individual Molecules: How to Build a Better “Nanopore” Biosensor
Researchers have spent more than three decades developing and studying miniature biosensors that can identify single molecules. In five to 10 years, when such devices…
Novel Three-Atom Molecular Fountain Experiment Could Identify a Candidate for Dark Matter
In Search for Dark Matter, New Fountain Design Could Become Wellspring of Answers You can’t see it. You can’t feel it. But the substance scientists…
Redefining a Second: Three of the World’s Leading Atomic Clocks Compared With Record Accuracy
In a significant advance toward the future redefinition of the international unit of time, the second, a research team led by the National Institute of…
Artificial Life Forged in a Lab? Scientists Create Synthetic Cell That Grows and Divides Normally
New findings shed light on mechanisms controlling the most basic processes of life. Five years ago, scientists created a single-celled synthetic organism that, with only…
A Better Way to Measure Acceleration – Tiny Accelerometer Uses Laser Light to Produce a Signal
You’re going at the speed limit down a two-lane road when a car barrels out of a driveway on your right. You slam on the…
K9 Chemistry: A Safer Way to Train Explosives and Narcotics Detection Dogs
Canine trainers may no longer need to handle or expose dogs to real explosives and narcotics. Trained dogs are incredible chemical sensors, far better at…
A New Way to Synthesize Hydrocarbons Could Reduce CO2 Emissions and Slash Costs of Chemical Manufacturing
Room Temperature Conversion of CO2 to CO New method could potentially reduce carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere and slash costs of chemical manufacturing. Researchers…
Airflow Videos Clearly Show Why Masks With Exhalation Valves Do Not Slow the Spread of COVID-19
This video, created using a schlieren imaging system, shows airflow dynamics when wearing an N95 mask with an exhalation valve (left) and without an exhalation…