A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device. The shift ...

World's first thorium-229 nuclear clock shows potential for ultra-precise timekeeping and fundamental physics tests.

Two teams of physicists have made the world’s first nuclear clocks. These radical new devices use fluctuations in the energy ...

Explore the latest advances in thorium reactor technology, which could revolutionize nuclear power in a way similar to ...

For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A ...

India must seize its thorium resources now to enhance energy security and lead in global clean energy production.

Nuclear energy produces carbon-free electricity, and the United States has used nuclear energy for decades to generate baseline power. Nuclear energy, however, carries a dreaded stigma. After ...

The thorium isotope with the mass number 229 (229 Th) is highly exciting in many respects—for fundamental physics as well as for future applications, for example in the sense of a nuclear clock. An ...

On Monday, Democratic candidate for president Andrew Yang revealed his climate plan. Like the plans of fellow nominees Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the plan is ambitious. But Yang's ...

We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...