For decades, scientists have tried to build a device even more precise than an atomic clock, which keeps time using electrons ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...

The ability to study extreme processes such as TGFs originating in lightning allows us to better understand the high-energy ...

By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more precise clocks and new ways to search for dark ...

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding the hunt for dark matter.

In the air people breathe, the water on Earth, the stars in the sky and more, atoms are the building blocks that make up the universe. Understanding the structure of the atomic nucleus is crucial for ...

David Gross, a celebrated U.S. theoretical physicist, calls himself an optimist—especially concerning the future of his field. He’s certain that somewhere out there lurks a final, unified theory of ...

Under cover The new transfer-learning system could be used to identify shipments of illicit nuclear materials. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Gualtiero Boffi) Machine-learning could help us use cosmic muons ...

The following is a summary of a story that originally appeared on the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences website. When the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) opened its doors 60 years ago ...

But physicists have long dreamt of even better clocks that run on atomic nuclei, which are less sensitive to environmental disturbances. According to new research, that dream might soon become reality ...

A person in black gloves holds a small square object while a person in blue gloves pokes it with a pencil-shaped object. Staff at Project Omega handle part of a prototype betavoltaic battery. Credit: ...

Several thousand people were in attendance at the Mountain America Center arena in Idaho Falls on Thursday afternoon to ...