A team of Chinese researchers has reportedly developed the most precise portable atomic clock ever. Small and rigid by design, this new timepiece can be easily transported to war zones, making it ...
The Global Positioning System (GPS), which provides location information by transmitting signals from satellites, is used for vehicle navigation, as well as the operation of aircraft and ships. While ...
Standing 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) tall and roughly the size of a single-door refrigerator, the caesium atomic fountain clock can be loaded onto a military truck and, after enduring long-distance ...
Once China produced weapons-grade uranium, it assembled its first atomic bomb in as little as three to five weeks. Iran may ...
Atomic clocks typically excite cesium atoms with photons ... the interaction between light and the nucleus can be weak. Now ...