JILA researchers are pioneering a nuclear clock using thorium-229, which offers unprecedented stability compared to atomic ...

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics ...

The threat of GPS jamming extends beyond aviation. Without GPS, our lives would grind to a halt: in 2017, a government report ...

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision ... where the team made the first frequency-based, quantum-state-resolved measurement of the thorium-229 nuclear transition in ...

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, 2025 / General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today ...

A new study investigated the mortality and mental health correlates of the iconic Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock.

In 1955, the NPL invented the first atomic clock of the sort that is used today, based on the frequency of radiation from an atom of the element caesium. GPS and other satellite navigation systems ...

However, atomic clocks are now reaching unprecedented precision ... protocols to observe how gravitational redshift interferes with quantum behavior. The first issue they focused on was to uniquely ...

Learn how the Doomsday Clock serves as a potential indicator for health crises, including substance use disorders and ...

Results indicate that the closer the Doomsday Clock ticks to midnight, the higher the rates are for mortality specific to ...

Learn more about the study that links some physical and mental health issues to our awareness of global challenges.