Thin-film tech makes nuclear clocks a 1,000 times less radioactive and more affordable
In the quest for ultra-precise timekeeping, scientists have turned to nuclear clocks. Unlike optical atomic clocks—which rely ...
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US eyes developing 1000x less radioactive nuclear clocks with thorium thin films
Using thorium films just 100 nm thick, researchers were able to detect photon emissions and verify working on the nuclear ...
Q&A: Inside the search for dark matter
More than a decade ago, dark matter experts Daniel Akerib and Thomas Shutt joined the Department of Energy's SLAC National ...
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Radioactive decay - AQA Nuclear equations
Alpha decay (two protons and two neutrons) changes the mass number of the element by -4 and the atomic number by -2 so the remaining nucleus will be \(_{90}^{234}?\). A periodic table shows that ...