New fusion reactions could lead to long-lasting superheavy nuclei with unique properties
Phys.org - Mon 9 Sep 24A team of scientists has made significant progress in the ongoing quest to create new, long-lasting superheavy nuclei. These double magic nuclei, characterized by a precise number of protons ...
Daily briefing: The Doritos dye that makes mouse tissue transparent
Nature News - Mon 9 Sep 24Nature, Published online: 06 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02941-1A dye that helps to give Doritos their orange colour helps scientists look inside tissues. Plus, the ...
World-first nuclear clock prototype could outperform atomic clocks
New Atlas - Thu 5 Sep 24Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers we have, losing only seconds across billions of years. But apparently that’s not accurate enough – nuclear clocks could steal their thunder, ...
Progress on nuclear clocks shows the benefits of escaping from scientific silos
Nature News - Wed 4 Sep 24Nature, Published online: 04 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02829-0Nuclear clocks might soon rival the best atomic ones as supremely accurate timekeepers — a testament ...
‘Nuclear clock’ breakthrough paves the way for super-precise timekeeping
Nature News - Wed 4 Sep 24Nature, Published online: 04 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02865-wPhysicists are one step closer to developing a clock based on energy shifts in atomic nuclei.
Long-sought 'nuclear clocks' are one tick closer
Nature News - Wed 4 Sep 24Nature, Published online: 04 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-02859-8Physicists make breakthrough towards building a clock based on atomic nuclei — plus how engineered ...
Physicists Are Closer Than Ever to Creating A Nuclear Clock That Could Change Physics Forever
Inverse - Wed 4 Sep 24— Oliver Diekmann, TU WienThe nucleus of an atom is now the modern version of sand flowing through an hourglass.Researchers have spent 15 years trying to increase accuracy in timekeeping. ...
World’s 1st thorium-powered nuclear clock unveiled for ultraprecise timekeeping
Interesting Engineering - Wed 4 Sep 24 Physics breakthrough brings nuclear clock closer to reality, CNN - Tue 10 Sep 24Scientists Have Slowed Light Down To An Embarrassing 38 Miles Per Hour, IFLScience - Tue 10 Sep 24
Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Is Another Step Forward In Extreme Timekeeping, IFLScience - Wed 4 Sep 24
Nuclear Clocks: The Next Frontier in Ultraprecise Timekeeping, Science Blog - Wed 4 Sep 24
Nuclear Clock Breakthrough Enables Ultraprecise Timekeeping, Mirage News - Wed 4 Sep 24
World's First Nuclear Clock Unveiled, Mirage News - Wed 4 Sep 24
Nuclear clock promises to outperform atomic clocks
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 4 Sep 24Credit: Oliver Diekmann, TU Wien “Imagine a wristwatch that wouldn’t lose a second even if you left it running for billions of years,” says Professor Jun Ye, referring to the first ...
Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping
Phys.org - Wed 4 Sep 24The world keeps time with the ticks of atomic clocks, but a new type of clock under development—a nuclear clock—could revolutionize how we measure time and probe fundamental physics.
Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping, SpaceDaily - Tue 10 Sep 24Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping, ScienceDaily - Wed 4 Sep 24
Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping, Scienmag - Wed 4 Sep 24
Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping, Eurekalert - Wed 4 Sep 24
The World’s First Nuclear Clock Could Unlock the Universe’s Dark Secrets
Scientific American - Wed 11 Sep 24After decades of work, physicists have finally broken into the atom to build the first nuclear clock
Scientists Inch Closer to World’s First Nuclear Clock — A New Tool to Probe the Mysteries of the Universe
ZME Science - Thu 5 Sep 24Researchers take a step closer to the world's most precise clock, with implications beyond timekeeping.
Move over, atomic clocks: Nuclear clocks are on the way
Popular Science - Thu 5 Sep 24Atomic clocks have served as the world’s most precise means of measuring time for over 70 years, but their reign may be finally coming to an end. According to an announcement from the National ...
Forget the atomic clock! World's first NUCLEAR clock is unveiled - paving the way for ultraprecise timekeeping
Daily Mail - Wed 4 Sep 24An international team has demonstrated the key elements of the device, which paves the way for ultra-precise timekeeping.
Breakthrough: Scientists Create World's First Nuclear Clock Prototype
ScienceAlert - Wed 4 Sep 24A new era in precision timekeeping.
Ultraprecise Timekeeping: This New Nuclear Clock Won’t Lose a Second in a Billion Years
SciTechDaily - Sat 7 Sep 24An international team at JILA is pioneering a nuclear clock that surpasses current atomic clocks in precision, potentially enabling advancements in GPS, internet synchronization, and secure ...
Nuclear Clock Research Unlocks New Levels of Timekeeping Accuracy
AZoQuantum - Thu 5 Sep 24An international research team under the direction of scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of Colorado Boulder ...
Detecting the "Kick" from a Single Nuclear Decay
Newswise - Thu 5 Sep 24Scientists have for the first time mechanically detected individual nuclear decays occurring in a microparticle. The research used a new technique. Rather than detecting the radiation emitted ...
The world’s first nuclear clock
Scienmag - Wed 4 Sep 24For many years, scientists all around the world have been working towards this goal, now suddenly things are happening very fast: it was only in April that a team led by Prof Thorsten Schumm ...
The world's first nuclear clock, Eurekalert - Wed 4 Sep 24Precision Meets Power in the World’s First Thorium Nuclear Clock
SciTechDaily - Wed 4 Sep 24Atomic clocks have been used for decades – but now, even greater precision has become possible: presenting the world’s first nuclear clock. Scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough ...