Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have reported important progress in quantum physics and materials ...

Nuclear physics is a research area focused on the structure, dynamics, and interactions of atomic nuclei and their constituent nucleons, governed primarily by the strong and weak nuclear forces within ...

A Transformative Decision In 1928, shortly after arriving at Cambridge to pursue mechanical engineering, a young man from ...

Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought ‘nuclear clock’. This device would keep time by measuring energy transitions in the nuclei of atoms and could become the most precise clock on ...

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, take a step back!” Aiden McMillan’s mother exclaimed in horror. “Tell me exactly what could go wrong and how it could go wrong and make sure it doesn’t go wrong,” she asked him. But ...

Nuclear effect The deformed shape of the ytterbium-173 nucleus (right) makes it possible to excite the clock transition with a relatively low-power laser. The same transition is forbidden (left) if ...