Optical lattice clocks are emerging timekeeping devices based on tens of thousands of ultracold atoms trapped in an optical lattice (i.e., a grid of laser light). By oscillating between two distinct ...

MIT researchers double the accuracy of optical atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise with an innovative laser technique.

Scientists in Germany have unveiled that the world’s most precise mobile atomic clock is so accurate that it will be off by ...

Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not only the passage of time, but shifting rules of nature itself. An ...

Gov. Polis and others celebrated the Navy's 250th birthday at the Capitol Tuesday. D'Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer, dies of cancer at 51 Mitt Romney's sister-in-law found dead at Southern ...

IonQ, a quantum computing technology company, has finalized the acquisition of quantum sensing firm Vector Atomic. IonQ said Tuesday the all-stock transaction enhances its position as a full-spectrum ...

Researchers have designed a new type of gravitational wave detector that operates in the milli-Hertz range, a region untouched by current observatories. Built with optical resonators and atomic clocks ...

Tesla is expected to unveil a lower-cost version of its best-selling Model Y SUV today, a move aimed at nudging demand as subsidies go away. Hints dropped in a couple teaser videos—one showing a ...

When the first chords of “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out” hit, the crowd erupted. “Who’s going to be Sally?” he asked. “It’s me!” yelled Siena, a college student who’d driven from Texas A&M that ...

William Leonard Laurence was one of the country’s first full-time science journalists, probably best known for his work at The New York Times. While there, he won two Pulitzer Prizes. He was the only ...

Tesla Inc. unveiled less expensive versions of its best-selling Model Y and Model 3, both with the aim of propping up sales after expiration of a federal tax credit for electric vehicle buyers. The ...

Editor’s note: This article is published after the passing away of Dan Hirsch. The draft manuscript was prepared by all authors. It has been lightly edited for style, length, and clarity. In May, ...