World's first thorium-229 nuclear clock shows potential for ultra-precise timekeeping and fundamental physics tests.

For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A ...

For decades, biologists assumed a cell's energy simply diffused to wherever it was needed. It turns out the most important ...

Nuclear physicists used a little magic in their latest experiment conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

Atoms are the building blocks of matter. Everything around us — from air and water, to rocks, plants and animals — as well as everything within our bodies, is made up of atoms. They are very small, ...