Particle-accelerator study focuses on the r-process thought to be responsible for forming elements heavier than iron ...

Atomic clocks are timekeeping devices that use the vibrations of atoms (commonly cesium, rubidium, or hydrogen) as their ...

Adelaide-based QuantX Labs plans to launch a key subsystem of its optical atomic clock into space to enhance position, ...

A federal judge on Friday lambasted a government lawyer who couldn't explain what, if anything, President Donald Trump's administration has done to arrange for the return of a Maryland man who was ...

A new study shows that electron spins—tiny magnetic properties of atoms that can store information—can be protected from ...

NASA and SpaceX are launching the company's 32nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station later this ...

Quantum sensors offer dramatically increased sensitivity compared to their classical incumbents or even enable new sensing ...

Glass blowing is the conventional technique for manufacturing vapor cells, and while glassblowing can be used to ...

Atomic clocks record time using microwaves to measure the frequency of quantum vibrations of electrons. They are the basis ...

A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, ...

Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, which knocked the country's atomic clocks ...