The most environmentally stable advanced technologies in the world can now be found at the new Advanced Measurement Laboratory (AML) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The new facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, gives NIST and its partners in U.S. industry access to research and development capabilities unequalled in the world for research in such 21st century applications as nanotechnology, semiconductors, biotechnology, advanced materials, quantum computing and advanced manufacturing.
The new $235 million building, completed in December 2003 and officially opened in June 2004, features five separate wings with stringent environmental controls on particulate matter, temperature, humidity, vibration and electromagnetic interferences.