The University of Maryland has been awarded $10.3 million in stimulus funds by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to build an advanced quantum science lab. The new lab at the University of Maryland will feature environmental controls for electromagnetic interference, clean air, and low vibration as well as stable temperature and humidity that meet the exacting standards of the Advanced Measurement Laboratories at NIST, which are widely regarded as the most sophisticated facilities of their kind.Learn more from the University of Maryland.