An international team led by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany, has used advanced ...

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.

The end of the world is an eventuality that cannot be escaped, but one group of scientists believe that the end is closer ...

Atomic structure of the hexagonal diamond. Image from the study. Researchers named it lonsdaleite, after crystallographer ...

The strontium optical lattice clock is one of the most accurate timepieces ever made, capable of measuring seconds to 19 decimal places.

In 1939, German scientists Otto Hahn (later a Nobel laureate in Chemistry) and Fritz Strassmann discovered the effect of ...

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have uncovered a new way to manipulate unusual magnetic states by exploiting “frustration” ...

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, but his principled opposition to Nazi ideology nearly destroyed his career ...

His best-selling 1968 book, which forecast global famines, made him a leader of the environmental movement. But he faced criticism when his predictions proved premature.

Explore the double standards in the global nuclear regime, highlighting conflicts and shifting strategies of Iran, Israel, ...

The Mirror can reveal proof that the Atomic Weapons Establishment and the Ministry of Defence worked together in the longest ...