As we scour and scorch the Earth for deeper wells of energy, investors and government agencies are pouring billions into ...

By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that ...

Scientists studying particle collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) usually capture what happens when ...

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Jefferson Lab, a nuclear physics research lab, broke ground on a 30,000 sq ft (2,787 sqm) data center last Friday.

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

A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device. The shift ...

The nucleus of an atom is now the modern version of sand flowing through an hourglass. Researchers have spent 15 years trying to increase accuracy in timekeeping. The U.S. standard currently relies on ...

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

A nuclear engineer reacts to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s ideas about “moon power,” breaking down the science, feasibility, and what ...

Numerous phenomenological nuclear models have been proposed to describe specific observables within different regions of the nuclear chart. However, developing a unified model that describes the ...