Search

Sort by:
Results 11 - 20 of 64 for Cesium
  • News - 5 Jun 2007
    Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have proposed a new way to determine accurate time faster. Very precise time keeps the Internet and e-mail functioning, ensures...
  • News - 25 Feb 2010
    Like a Venus flytrap, a newly discovered chemical material is a picky eater-it won't snap its jaws shut for just anything. Instead of flies, however, its favorite food is radioactive nuclear...
  • News - 18 Feb 2010
    While airplane and rocket experiments have proved that gravity makes clocks tick more slowly - a central prediction of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity - a new experiment in an atom...
  • News - 15 Jun 2009
    A team of Virginia Commonwealth University A team of Virginia Commonwealth University scientists has discovered a 'magnetic superatom' - a stable cluster of atoms that can mimic different...
  • News - 22 Jul 2009
    Ytterbium was discovered in 1878, but until it recently became useful in atomic clocks, the soft metal rarely made the news. Now ytterbium has a new claim to scientific fame. Measurements with...
  • News - 4 Feb 2010
    Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most...
  • News - 9 Jul 2009
    Let's assume we carried out the following experiment: we put a coin in the hand of a test person. We’ll simply call this person Hans. Hans's task is now to toss the coin several times....
  • News - 25 Jan 2022
    In a recent study published in the journal Materials Today Chemistry, researchers analyzed zinc (Zn)-doped cesium lead bromide (CsPbBr3-Cs4PbBr6) perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) core with silica-coated...
  • News - 12 Nov 2014
    What time is it? The answer, no matter what your initial reference may be — a wristwatch, a smartphone, or an alarm clock — will always trace back to the atomic clock. The...
  • News - 3 Sep 2009
    PTB researchers want to construct the "atomic clock of the future" much more simply and more compactly than the previous elaborate laboratory set-ups. You imagine a clock to be...

While we only use edited and approved content for Azthena answers, it may on occasions provide incorrect responses. Please confirm any data provided with the related suppliers or authors. We do not provide medical advice, if you search for medical information you must always consult a medical professional before acting on any information provided.

Your questions, but not your email details will be shared with OpenAI and retained for 30 days in accordance with their privacy principles.

Please do not ask questions that use sensitive or confidential information.

Read the full Terms & Conditions.