Researchers at MIT say they have discovered a way to double the precision of optical atomic clocks by quieting the quantum ...

For the first time, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs that lay buried in rock for millions of years, using a groundbreaking ...

Optical lattice clocks are emerging timekeeping devices based on tens of thousands of ultracold atoms trapped in an optical ...

The investments, gathered from both public and private sectors, will be used in five projects centered on hardware, medical ...

The exhibition will run for a year, and access to it is included in the price of a regular ticket to the centre. Read more at ...

Linda Parsons tells about the real and imagined story of her stepmother's brother. Audience members may confront their fear ...

Optical clocks are highly precise timekeeping devices that measure time by tracking the oscillations of light, as opposed to microwaves, like conventional atomic clocks. The accuracy of these clocks ...

Kathryn Bigelow's latest film, A House of Dynamite, examines how the US government would respond to a nuclear attack in ...

For centuries, scientific progress has depended on more precise tools for measuring the world around us. Galileo’s telescope revealed Jupiter’s moons and shook the geocentric universe.

Cold atom experiments are among the most powerful and precise ways of investigating and measuring the Universe and exploring ...

A team from the Faculty of Physics and the Center for Quantum Optical Technologies at the University of Warsaw has developed ...

Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs ...