Revamping Energy Recovery: New Way To Efficiently Convert Waste Heat Into Electricity
A team from NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a novel device using gallium nitride nanopillars on silicon that significantly improves the…
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Quantum Computing’s Dynamic Duo: Ion Trap Meets Single-Photon Detector
A combined ion trap and single-photon detector device has been developed to improve quantum computing systems, overcoming previous challenges in tracking multiple ions for increased…
NIST Breakthrough: Simple Material Could Scrub Carbon Dioxide From Power Plant Smokestacks
Easily synthesized chemical filter could stop the greenhouse gas from reaching the atmosphere. How can carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, be removed from the exhaust…
Seeking COVID’s Kryptonite: Best UV Light for COVID-19 Virus Disinfection
NIST and DHS research collaboration reveals which wavelengths of UV light work best for COVID-19 virus disinfection. To disinfect a surface, you can illuminate it…
Custom Copper “Headphones” Boost Atomic Radio Reception 100x
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have increased the sensitivity of their atomic radio receiver a hundredfold by enclosing the small…
Everyday Plastic Products – Such As Coffee Cups – Release Trillions of Microscopic Particles Into Water
Plastics are all around us, whether it’s the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and detergent bottles. Plastics…
Urban vs. Suburban Ways of Thinking: Urbanization Linked to Poor Ecological Knowledge, Less Environmental Action
A new study that highlights a sharp contrast between urban and suburban ways of thinking about coastal ecosystems has been completed by researchers at the…
First Complete Human Genome Improves DNA Sequencing and Strengthens Genetic Analysis
Alongside the newly updated human genome, which fills in long-standing gaps to fully spell out the more than 3 billion letters that compose our genetic…
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…
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 research collaboration led by NIST scientists has revealed previously…
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
Scientists 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…
