Tag Archives: nuclear physics

Clocks on the cusp of a nuclear age

Posted on July 6, 2024 by

You need three things to build a clock: an energy source, a resonator, and a counter. In an analog wrist watch, for example, a small battery is the energy source that sends a small electric signal to a quartz crystal, … Continue reading →

Posted in Scicomm, Science | Tagged caesium standard, calcium fluoride, fine structure constant, frequency comb, Indian Standard Time, ISOLDE, lithium strontium hexafluoroaluminate, metastability, nuclear clock, nuclear isomer, nuclear physics, optical atomic clocks, Planck equation, strong interaction parameter, strong nuclear force, thorium-229, thorium-229m, vacuum ultraviolet | Comments Off

‘Poverty first, Mars next’ is a non-idea

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

The government has mismanaged scientific research to the point of the people thinking its only goals are to alleviate poverty. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged autonomy, bureaucracy, engineering, GM crops, grants allocation, nuclear physics, research and development, Research Funding Organisation, Science in India, telecommunication | Comments Off