The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI ...

We genuinely hope Iran’s rulers react seriously to President Donald Trump’s letter urging them to come to a rapid agreement ...

Scientists in the United States have made significant achievements for the development of a practical nuclear clock. A team of researchers, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado ...

UCLA physicists have developed a new thin film that uses far less of the rare thorium-229 while also being significantly less ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor that represents how close humanity is to self-destruction, due to nuclear weapons and climate change. The clock hands are set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, ...

A thorium nuclear clock resides at the JILA laboratory in Colorado. Gerginov, dressed casually in a short-sleeve plaid shirt and sneakers, spoke of the instrument with an air of pride. He had ...

Analysis: Measuring time to the 19th decimal place, as nuclear clocks could do, would allow scientists to study very fast processes Time is vital to the functioning of our everyday lives ...