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“Scientists have long looked to the brain as an inspiration for designing computing systems. Some researchers have recently gone even further by making computer hardware with a brainlike structure. These “neuromorphic chips” have already shown great promise, but they have …
“An algorithm could reduce the effects of long-term drift in fiber Bragg-grating temperature sensors, making them potentially more useful to industry. Photonic thermometers – which measure temperature using light – have been around in optical fiber form for decades. These devices, called …
“For airliners, cargo ships, nuclear power plants and other critical technologies, strength and durability are essential. This is why many contain a remarkably strong and corrosion-resistant alloy called 17-4 precipitation hardening (PH) stainless steel. Now, for the first time ever …
“After 30 years, NIST is once again calibrating gear artifacts, which could improve electric cars. As mechanical objects, gears have been around for so long that people may take them for granted. But gears are sophisticated parts that play a …
“The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative research and development agreement with Google to develop and produce chips that researchers can use to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices …
“Computer simulation methods from NIST help speed up the search for carbon capture materials. In an effort to reduce the risks from climate change, NIST scientists have set out to discover new materials that can draw planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2 …
“Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have adapted their atom-based radio receiver to detect and display live color television and video games. Atom-based communications systems are of practical interest because they could be physically smaller and …
“It’s good to be clear about your intentions, especially if you intend to edit someone’s DNA. Genome editing can cure diseases, boost food production and open vast new fields of scientific discovery. But to realize its full potential …
“Nanopillar-studded surfaces interact with light to provide a new way to trap, image and manipulate single atoms. Atoms are notoriously difficult to control. They zigzag like fireflies, tunnel out of the strongest containers and jitter even at temperatures near absolute …
“Measuring the numbers and properties of cells moving in a stream — a process called flow cytometry — is critically important to diagnostic medicine, pharmaceutical research and biomedical science. Now researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised …