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If left to run for some 14 billion years — roughly the current age of the universe — a new type of atomic clock could keep accurate time to within a tenth of a second. The design by US experts makes use of a bizarre phenomenon called quantum entanglements, in which particles become inextricably linked. … Read more
When I saw the newsflash about the vaccine yesterday, I was immediately reminded of another – and admittedly very different – scientific achievement. The Manhattan Project in World War II led to the development of the atomic bomb. Now whatever your view of the destructive use of nuclear weapons – and tragically more than 200,000 … Read more
Saturday marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II but for many in Japan August 6 remains a more important date. On that day in 1945 between 90,000 and 146,000 people died in Hiroshima after the city was hit by an atomic bomb. The US bomb, ‘Little Boy,’ the first nuclear weapon … Read more
Japan has marked the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing with a memorial service led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as survivors urge for a ban on nuclear weapons. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was joined by survivors, their relatives and officials to mark the 8.15am blast anniversary with a minute of silence at Hiroshima’s Peace … Read more
Atomic bomb tests in the US during the Cold War changed rainfall patterns thousands of miles away in the Shetland Islands, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Reading studied Sheltand rainfall data from between 1962 and 1964, and compared days when there was known to have been a nuclear bomb test … Read more