But physicists have long dreamt of even better clocks that run on atomic nuclei, which are less sensitive to environmental ...

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding ...

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually ...

Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to the changing numbers on a ...

Two independent research teams have achieved a longstanding goal in physics: building a working nuclear clock. The devices, ...

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The adage goes "like mother like daughter," and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the daughter of two Nobel Prize laureates, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and ...

A Mississippi State physicist has produced a direct laboratory measurement of a key nuclear reaction believed to occur during explosive bursts on neutron stars. These bursts forge heavier elements—the ...

Radioactive decay is a fundamental process in nature by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. Studying nuclear decay modes is crucial for understanding properties of atomic ...

She laid much of the theoretical groundwork for the atomic bomb, although she did not participate directly in its production. By Special to The New York Times This obituary was originally published on ...