Researchers at Wuhan University (WHU) in China have produced a commercially manufacturable atomic clock less than one-seventh the size of its smallest US counterpart for use in satellites, drones and ...
For the first time, an international team of physicists has successfully harnessed a rare orbital transition in atoms of ...
Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not only the passage of time, but shifting rules of nature itself. An ...
Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought ‘nuclear clock’. This device would keep time by measuring energy ...
Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which ...
Physicists are exploring thorium-229’s unique properties to create a nuclear clock so precise it could detect the faintest hints of dark matter. Recent measurement advances may allow scientists to ...
For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with the resonant frequency of atoms, a method so accurate that it serves as the ...
Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The thorium crystal. The core element of the experiment: a crystal containing thorium atoms. (CREDIT: TU Wien) Scientists have ...