Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to the changing numbers on a ...
World's first thorium-229 nuclear clock shows potential for ultra-precise timekeeping and fundamental physics tests.
Two independent research teams have achieved a longstanding goal in physics: building a working nuclear clock. The devices, ...
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World’s first working nuclear clocks built with thorium nucleus after decades of effort
For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A ...
When it comes to navigation in outer space, keeping precise time is incredibly important, that's why NASA needs to use ...
Vladan Vuletić with members of his Experimental Atomic Physics group. From left to right: Matthew Radzihovsky, Leon Zaporski, Qi Liu, Vladan Vuletić, and Gustavo Velez. Every time you check the time ...
In popular culture, lasers are often portrayed as portable blasters that superheat whatever they hit. Some lasers do deliver tremendous amounts of energy in reality, but for scientists and engineers, ...
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