Tag: NIST
Do kitchen items shed antimicrobial nanoparticles after use?
Silver nanoparticles measuring between one and 100 nanometers (billionth of a meter) in size are being incorporated outside the United States into a variety...
Redefining the kilogram: A turning point for humanity
The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), and is defined as being equal to the mass...
Signs of interactive form of quantum matter
For the first ever time, JILA scientists have confined groups of a couple of atoms and precisely estimated their multi-particle cooperations inside an atomic clock....
New method to measure 3D polymer processing precisely
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel method based on light-based atomic force microscopy (AFM), named sample-coupled-resonance photorheology...
New electro-optic laser pulses 100 times faster than usual ultrafast light
Using common electronics, NIST scientists have developed a laser that pulses 100 times more often than conventional ultrafast lasers. This newly developed laser is expected...
Laser ranging can see 3D objects melting in fires
Using Laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system, scientists at the NIST have imaged three-dimensional (3D) objects melting in flames. Doing this, they got a precise, safe and...
New instrument helps scientists see what they couldn’t see before
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have to build a new custom-instrument that enables scientists to glimpse moment-by-moment changes in materials on...
How reliable are turtles for measuring ocean trash and marine health?
Marine debris, including plastics, paper, wood, metal, and other manufactured materials are found on beaches worldwide and at all depths of the ocean. About...
To improve auto coatings, new tests do more than scratch the surface
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new suite of tests for simulating scratching processes on automobile clearcoats. Data from...