In May, 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for WHO to address the health ...

With all of the current angst about tariffs and other issues, it is easy to forget that there are missile silos around the ...

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these ...

This issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is devoted to lessons learned from the recent COVID pandemic—and how to stop or constrain the next pandemic, by buttressing public support for ...

Founded by scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project in the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been alerting humanity to the ...

The look of resignation on Damian Lillard as he propped himself up after grabbing the back of his ankle was a poignant one. Lillard's nonplussed expression as he waited to be pulled onto his feet ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It is said that time is relative and passes differently depending on an observer’s relative motion and gravitational potential. Although some would argue time is a construct ...

At the heart of this change is a new kind of atomic clock that uses light instead of microwaves. This shift means timekeeping could become 1,000 times more accurate than today's standards.

In the U.S., a new atomic clock called NIST-F4 has already proven to be one of the most precise timekeepers yet. Assembled by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST-F4 ...