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View over 500 magazine covers the Bulletin has published since 1945. In these issues, you'll see contributions from luminaries such as Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, and Mikhail Gorbachev. When you ...
The Atomic Spectroscopy Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides the definitive measurements of atomic spectra. Spectra are specific sets of colors emitted by ...
This guide will tell you the Atomfall Atomic Battery Locations we've found and explain how you can use these devices to power up The Interchange. You'll need at least 4 Atomic Batteries to power up ...
In Ireland, the clocks 'spring forward' by one hour at 1am on the last Sunday of March (30 March, 2025). The clocks will then 'fall back' on the last Sunday of October (26 October, 2025).
Until now, optical atomic clocks have been confined to extremely limited scientific and research environments, such as NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Institute of Standards ...
En-route to nuclear clocks, researchers have found a resonant mode in thorium atom nuclei with a low temperature coefficient – nuclear oscillators are mooted initially as replacements for atomic ...
Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA JILA researchers are pioneering a nuclear clock using thorium-229, which offers unprecedented stability compared to atomic clocks. By embedding thorium into a solid-state ...