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SHRINKING TECHNOLOGY, EXPANDING HORIZONS: COMPACT CHIPS ADVANCE PRECISION TIMING
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March 6, 2024
This technology shrinks a tabletop system into a chip-sized format, reducing
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NIST TO PROVIDE PUBLIC UPDATE ON HURRICANE MARIA AND CHAMPLAIN TOWERS SOUTH
INVESTIGATIONS DURING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 6-7, 2024

March 4, 2024
The meeting will be livestreamed each day.


NIST AWARDS NEARLY $3 MILLION FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON CIRCULAR
ECONOMY TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE

March 1, 2024
Six universities will create programs to help develop solutions to problems
created by the production and consumption of plastics.


NIST PHYSICIST SAE WOO NAM, PIONEER IN SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS, PASSES AWAY

March 1, 2024
During his 25-year career at NIST, Sae Woo performed groundbreaking work. He
died in January at 53.
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Purpose The Proposer’s Day is intended to familiarize potential applicants with
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The CHIPS Research and Development Office’s Semiconductor Supply Chain Trust and
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