In the public imagination, lightning is already a powerful force, capable of splitting trees and igniting wildfires. But to ...

Somewhere above Earth, natural radiation may be doing what spies cannot: probing satellites for hidden nuclear weapons.

Two independent teams of scientists have created the first functional clocks that can keep ultraprecise time using the nuclei ...

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 ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. A team at the UQ School of Mathematics and Physics has ...

The time is nigh for nuclear clocks. In a first, scientists have used a tabletop laser to bump an atomic nucleus into a higher energy state. It’s a feat that sets scientists on a path toward creating ...

Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...

The 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. The U.S. standard currently relies on ...

Nuclear fusion inches closer after scientists combine supercomputing, AI and quantum computing to blueprint a way to create ...

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 ...

Nuclear physics investigates the properties, structure and reactions of atomic nuclei, the dense assemblies of protons and neutrons bound by the strong nuclear force. Central themes include the ...