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ALT A tall building is adorned with a large American flag on its facade. In the foreground, a flagpole with a waving American flag rises prominently against a clear blue sky. Autumn leaves with vibrant orange and red hues frame the image from the top corners.
ALT A man poses smiling on the curved staircase of the NIST library.
ALT A close-up view of an intricate scientific apparatus featuring a circular metal chamber with multiple bolts. Inside, a glowing blue light is visible through a glass window, surrounded by metallic and electrical components.
ALT A man working on a tablet in a home office surrounded by cardboard boxes, representing a small business owner or e-commerce entrepreneur preparing for shipping.
ALT A digital illustration shows a transition from old encryption standards to new encryption standards. On the left, an outdated server is connected to symbols and codes. In the center, a large, futuristic quantum computer is depicted. On the right, a shield represents the new encryption standards, with symbols indicating modern data security. The background features a binary code theme.
ALT A person in protective clothing places items into a large, circular container emitting vapor inside a cryopreservation chamber.
ALT A humorous poster is pinned to a corkboard. The top reads "Do you have a mole problem?" Below are illustrations: a person with a thoughtful expression and a mole character beside them. The bottom says "Use this number" with tear-off strips containing Avogadro's number.
ALT Two men face away from the camera, pointing to diagrams written on a whiteboard.
ALT Chemical diagram on the left shows two different structures: one green, displaying a benzene ring connected to a secondary amine, and one orange, depicting a benzene ring connected to a bicyclic structure with a secondary amine. On the right, the corresponding 3D shapes are illustrated in a protein environment, colored green and orange respectively, within complex folded structures.
ALT Man wearing protective goggles stands in a lab.
ALT Close-up of a single chip that houses up to 300 tiny ring-shaped resonators that form the heart of the new microcomb technology.
ALT A close-up of a silicon wafer displaying an array of microchips. The surface has a reflective, iridescent pattern with various colors visible across the grid of the chips.