In a perspective article recurrently published in the National Science Review, Dr Xin Tong (Innovation Academy for Precision ...

Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like ...

Not a morning person? Consider investing in a Sunrise Alarm Clock, which is taking social media by storm for its straightforward yet effective design. With less natural light in the mornings ...

A schematic illustration of the experimental setup shows a scanning ... a strange twist in how superconductors behave when they’re reduced to just a few atomic layers. Using powerful magnetic imaging, ...

The clocks sprung forward an hour last night, meaning an hour less in bed – but it’s not all bad news. British Summer Time (BST) has officially begun, meaning more sunshine throughout the day ...

Work on the nuclear clock is being carried out by scientists at JILA, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Jun Ye, in collaboration with the Technical ...

This isn't the first time atomic batteries have made the news. The first radioisotope battery was developed in 1954 by the Atomic Energy Commission in the US. It used strontium-90 as the ...

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 ...

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is discussing plans to eliminate an entire team responsible for publishing and maintaining critical atomic measurement data in the ...

Yup, that’s right, the clocks are going forwards and we lose a sweet, sweet hour of sleep in return for even longer days. As with every year, the clocks change to British Summer Time on the ...

The clocks are finally set to go forward in the next couple of days, marking the beginning of the Irish Summer Time and the coveted grand stretch in the evening. While some people may be mad that ...