NSNM Research is focused on studying the physics of magnetism and spin at the nano and atomic length scales. Both theory and experiment are used to explore these topics. Experiments include molecular beam epitaxy of magnetic semiconductors and magnetic metals as well as scanning tunneling microscopy of their surfaces. In addition, MBE-grown samples are transferred under ultra high vacuum to a low-temperature, cryogenic STM for imaging and atom manipulation experiments at 6 Kelvin.  Theory work is addressing the physics of spins in electron Fermi sea, for example the Kondo effect, and also the physics and simulation of selected semiconductor and metal surfaces of relevance to the NSNM projects.