Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

A new study shows that when combined with lasers, atomic clocks can help us catch the most mysterious matter in the universe.

Atomic scientists moved their "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its invasion of Ukraine and other factors underlying the risks of global ...

They are searching for dark matter using atomic clocks and cavity-stabilized lasers. A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in ...

Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter believed to be everywhere, outnumbering regular matter (what we're made of) 5-to ...

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 89 seconds to midnight, the closest to catastrophe in its nearly eight-decade history. Here's a look at how — and why — it's moved.

Researchers in Germany have found a way to accurately study atomic reflections in quantum sensors by deploying special light ...

Scientists and global leaders revealed on Tuesday that the "Doomsday Clock" has been reset to the closest humanity has ever come to self-annihilation.

A team of international researchers has developed a new technique that promises to detect dark matter using atomic clocks and a network of optical-cavity lasers. An atomic clock is a super-precise ...

This year’s Doomsday Clock Statement landed like a damp squib in a Trump-swamped corporate news cycle on January 28th. The ...

Juan Noguera, an industrial design professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, stands in the university's design shop.

In a collaboration between the University of Queensland, Australia, and Germany's metrology institute (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB), the team used data from atomic clocks and cavity ...