Thorium, an abundant and safer alternative to uranium, could soon become a vital resource in the quest to meet energy needs.

For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics research, and tests of fundamental theories. But researchers are now pushing ...

A rare earth element called thorium has been discovered in large quantities in China's Bayan Obo mining complex in the Inner ...

A thorium-doped calcium fluoride crystal's temperature is continually monitored while a VUV frequency comb is used to directly resolve individual quantum states of the nuclear transition.

Scientists estimate that the Bayan Obo mining complex, if fully utilised, could yield 1 million tonnes of thorium—enough to sustain China’s energy needs for an astonishing 60,000 years ...

Work on the nuclear clock is being carried out by scientists at JILA, led by JILA and NIST Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Jun Ye, in collaboration wit ...

Imagine a world where your electricity bill is as extinct as the dodo. A utopia where plugging in your devices doesn't induce ...

As the world searches for energy alternatives to fossil fuels, the answer may have been in front of us the whole time.

Special thanks to Chuankun Zhang, Tian Ooi, Jacob S. Higgins, and Jack F. Doyle from Prof. Jun Ye's lab at JILA/NIST/University of Colorado, as well as Prof. Victor Flambaum from UNS ...

A world-shaking, first-of-its-kind discovery in China. Endless thorium supply in China can help make unlimited nuclear power ...

China has announced the discovery of vast thorium reserves, a radioactive metal being hailed as a potential " limitless " ...

China has found a treasure that will change its fortunes. Chinese geologists have discovered huge thorium reserves in the country. This reserve is so huge that it can end China's electricity problems ...