Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions.

The National Atomic Testing Museum is partnering up with DRI for an out-of-this-world celebration of science and Star Wars.

Adelaide University researchers have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, using ...

A team has invented a technique to study electrochemical processes at the atomic level with unprecedented resolution. They have already used it to discover a surprising phenomena in a popular catalyst ...

At Brookhaven, L.I., a dragline excavator manned by a nuclear physicist broke ground last week for the first chain-reacting pile to be built in the U.S. in peacetime.* Financed by a $10 million ...

Scientists have decoded the atomic-level secrets behind catalysts that turn propane into propylene. Their algorithms reveal unexpected oxide behavior that stabilizes the catalytic reaction by ...

When the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, its tremors were felt even in U.S. book publishing. The journalists of science hastily locked themselves up with their thoughts and their typewriters. Editors ...

Ultraprecise clocks are more than scientific curiosities. They play key roles in navigation, communications and international ...