Tsinghua University built a nuclear clock using thorium-229 crystals that runs six times steadier than Vienna's.

For decades, researchers around the world have been working toward this goal—and now major advances are following in rapid ...

India free-space quantum key distribution reached a new milestone as QNu Labs, BISAG-N, and IIT Gandhinagar demonstrated a ...

University of Auckland and US researchers have demonstrated a self-aligned chip-scale optical frequency comb generated by two ...

Two independent teams have realized the first clocks based on transitions within atomic nuclei. The new nuclear clocks represent the culmination of more than 20 years of research and could become ...

First-principles simulations indicate that the filled skutterudite PrPt₄Ge₁₂ is a stable, metallic, weakly magnetic crystal ...

An undergraduate astrophysics student at UC Berkeley has found three unusual galaxies—cataloged as Shapiro Dwarf Galaxies I, ...

Chinese and European scientists have unveiled prototypes that usher in a new era of timekeeping, using thorium-229 as their ...

University of Auckland research may help the world to miniaturize the laser tools used for ultraprecise measurements such as atomic clocks and quantum ...

In two papers in Nature, scientists from Europe and China have now reported the world’s first working nuclear clocks. While ...

Isaias is the first storm in the Atlantic this year to reach hurricane status. El Niño has kept the season relatively quiet.

Award-winning filmmaker Caroline Cory welcomed a full house of special guests, media, supporters, and consciousness-minded ...