Used as a versatile material in industry and health care, magnesium oxide may also be a good candidate for quantum ...

A clock built by a team led by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been estimated to ...

Vital to the clock's reliability is the pairing of the aluminum with a charged magnesium atom; a 'buddy' ion that made the aluminum ion easier to control with laser light, giving the researchers ...

Yoshito Matsushige’s photographs Hiroshima’s destruction are among the most harrowing visual records of the nuclear age.

Magnesium is a pivotal macronutrient that underpins numerous physiological and biochemical processes in plants. It serves as a central atom in chlorophyll, is critical for enzyme activation, and ...

Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) say they have created the most accurate atomic clock to date — one that can measure time down to the 19th decimal place.

If, like me, you can't go a day without making sure your watch is synced to the second, you'll be delighted to learn that a new atomic clock has broken the record with an accuracy of 5.5 x 10 ...

America's incinerating of civilians in the atom bombs of 1945. Was that war, or war crime? asks Rosita Sweetman ...

Argonne National Laboratory and published in npj Computational Materials, reveals a mineral defect that might be valuable for quantum applications.