The value of a good neighbor

Having good neighbours can be very valuable – even in the atomic world. A team of Amsterdam physicists was able to determine ...

The world's first nuclear clock can detect changes in nature’s fundamental constants

Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not only the passage of time, but shifting rules of nature itself. An ...
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MIT’s new method helps probe inside atom’s nucleus using electrons as ‘messengers’

Scientists have developed a new method that can help them probe inside atom’s nucleus. Developed by researchers at MIT, the ...
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$800K grant to explore atomic level purity for energy developments

KALAMAZOO, Mich.--Future developments in energy-related areas, such as batteries, fuel cells, thermopower devices and splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, rely on developing high-quality ...