Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists1d
When Rome’s fountains run dry
Climate change, waste, and inaction are putting Italy’s capital at risk of a water crisis that would threaten residents, ...
CNET on MSN2d
What's All This About NASA Working on a Time Zone for the Moon?
Coordinated Lunar Time will help with precise space-travel calculations. But first, NASA has to figure out how to make it ...
20 million years to become a star: Cosmic clock unlocks mystery of sun’s birth time
By studying decay of bound-state beta decay of thallium-205 (205Tl81+), scientists can better understand the timing and ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists2d
Dispatch from a nuclear petting zoo
Petting zoos, parks, and America’s pastime: how the language of deterrence depicts nuclear weapons as natural and ...
The era of nuclear clocks is almost here: What it means for the world
Nuclear clocks could be more accurate than atomic clocks by a factor of about 10, potentially leading to improved GPS ...
The world’s first nuclear clock is on the horizon
FOR THE discerning timekeeper, only an atomic clock will do. Whereas the best quartz timepieces will lose a millisecond every ...
Scientists Are Building the World’s Most Accurate Clock. It Could Be a Turning Point for Humanity.
The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...
Science Daily4d
Breakthrough in photonic time crystals could change how we use and control light
An international research team has for the first time designed realistic photonic time crystals ---- exotic materials that exponentially amplify light. The breakthrough opens up exciting possibilities ...
A breakthrough in timekeeping: Progress toward a nuclear clock
Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultraprecise clock that could ...