In September, Microsoft made an unusual combination of announcements. It demonstrated progress with quantum error correction, ...

Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?

Beyond the simplistic models of protons and neutrons clustered together like gumballs in a dispenser, the nucleus of a ...

Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultraprecise clock that could ...

The shape of nuclei affects all aspects The shape of a nucleus, the central core of an atom, plays a crucial role in nearly ...

The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...

The simple reason is that it takes much more energy to excite a nucleus into a higher energy state than it does an atom. Atomic clocks typically excite cesium atoms with photons of energy 4 x 10-5 ...

Nuclear clocks could be more accurate than atomic clocks by a factor of about 10, potentially leading to improved GPS ...

CERN researchers found that atomic nuclei shapes impact high-energy collision outcomes, offering new insights into nuclear ...

As if searching for dark matter isn't difficult enough already, physicists may have detected another hurdle known as a ...