Hickory dickory dock, this nucleus could make a great clock. A special variety of the element thorium hosts an atomic nucleus that could be used to keep time, scientists say. In a first, researchers ...
Avalanche Energy, a fusion energy startup, has won a $5.2 million contract to build ...
Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even rewrite ...
Atomic and molecular physics is a discipline at the heart of understanding matter at its most fundamental level. Over the past century, pioneering experiments and theoretical breakthroughs have ...
The IAEA advances public health around the world by helping countries apply nuclear techniques to diagnose, treat, and prevent diseases. From cancer therapy to heart disease, nutrition and zoonotic ...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued one of the starkest nuclear safety warnings in the Middle East’s modern history ...
A Washington-based company has successfully validated its borehole technology for safe disposal of high-level ...
How new mega-accelerators and reactors will help scientists obtain breakthrough materials and pharmaceutical products ...