From the lightest Hydrogen isotopes up to the recently synthesized Oganesson (Z = 118), it is estimated that as many as about 8,000 atomic nuclei could exist in nature. Most of these nuclei are too ...

A new high-tech atomic clock has been developed by scientists at the top-secret Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). It is expected to be a leap forward for intelligence, surveillance ...

Troops on military operations will soon be able to use a British-made atomic clock built with quantum technology instead of GPS for the first time. The quantum clock, which in the next five years ...

One of my least favorite tropes of comic book storytelling is when an issue opens in the middle of an action-packed sequence before flashing back to some time before the proverbial excrement hits ...

School of Chemistry, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi’an 710049, China School of Chemistry, Xi’an Jiaotong ...

The Challenge of Defining Contact on an Atomic Scale At the human scale, “touch” generally refers to the meeting of well-defined surfaces. For instance, when you place a glass on a table, you might ...

Why is mutual fund overlap a concern? 1. Reduced diversification: The primary goal of investing in mutual funds is diversification. Overlap undermines this objective by concentrating investments in ...

Spacecrafts, spent rocket boosters and even astronauts' lost tool bags can combine with old satellites to create a halo of orbital debris that lasts for decades. The risk of all these new objects ...

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