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Good Timing: NIST/CU Collaboration Adds Timing Capability to Living Cell Sensors
Micrograph of human cells modified to act as metal sensors. Researchers at JILA built hardware to help time the dynamic states of these sensors, which change fluorescence color when they bind metal ...

Contact: Laura Ost
laura.ost@nist.gov
303-497-4880
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Pepper Cultivation
This images shows pepper cultivation in greenhouses with symptoms of disease.

Contact: Irati Kortabitarte
i.kortabitarte@elhuyar.com
34-943-363-040
Elhuyar Fundazioa

Optically Excited Quantum Dots (2 of 2)
Optically excited quantum dots in close proximity to a cell control the opening of ion channels.

Contact: Angela Stark
astark@osa.org
202-416-1443
Optical Society of America

Optically Excited Quantum Dots (1 of 2)
Optically excited quantum dots in close proximity to a cell control the opening of ion channels.

Contact: Angela Stark
astark@osa.org
202-416-1443
Optical Society of America

New NIST 'Cell Assay on a Chip': Solid Results from Simple Means
NIST researchers have combined a glass slide, plastic sheets and double-sided tape to create an inexpensive and simple-to-build microfluidic device for exposing an array of cells to different ...

Contact: Michael E. Newman
michael.newman@nist.gov
301-975-3025
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Charter Service: Encasing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta rests in its argon-filled NIST encasement at the Archives Conservation lab.

Contact: Evelyn Brown
evelyn.brown@nist.gov
301-975-5661
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Unusual 'Collapsing' Iron Superconductor Sets Record for Its Class
When calcium atoms (yellow spheres) in these iron-based crystals (left) are replaced on some occasions with praseodymium (blue sphere in right image), the crystals are able to superconduct at up to ...

Contact: Chad Boutin
chad.boutin@nist.gov
301-975-4261
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST Provides Octagonal Window of Opportunity for Carbon Capture
The roughly octagonal pores in zeolite SSZ-13 are like stop signs for carbon dioxide, capturing molecules of the greenhouse gas while apparently letting other substances through. The material could ...

Contact: Chad Boutin
chad.boutin@nist.gov
301-975-4261
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Map of Solar Electricity Potential in Africa
This is a map of Africa showing its photovoltaic solar electricity potential [kWh/m2] and comparison of costs between diesel and photovoltaic electricity generation.

Contact: Berta Duane
berta.duane@ec.europa.eu
39-033-278-9743
European Commission Joint Research Centre

Dr. Lin Mei, Georgia Health Sciences University
Some unusual alliances are necessary for you to wiggle your fingers, researchers report. Understanding those relationships should enable better treatment of neuromuscular diseases, such as myasthenia...

Contact: Toni Baker
tbaker@georgiahealth.edu
706-721-4421
Georgia Health Sciences University