"Leaders, wake up! This is your responsibility. This is on your watch," she said. Nuclear risks from Russia's war on Ukraine. The clock ticked forward largely, though not exclusively, because of ...

Atomic scientists reset the Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, moving its hands to 90 seconds to midnight - closer than ever before to the threat of annihilation. Skip to main content.

On Tuesday, the clock was set at 90 seconds until midnight — the closest to the hour it has ever been, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the clock in 1947 ...

The clock was established in 1947 by Albert Einstein, Manhattan Project director J. Robert Oppenheimer, and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons as part of ...

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to being inhabitable for humanity. Scientists just set the new time for 2025.

Physicists have demonstrated all the ingredients of a nuclear clock — a device that keeps time by measuring tiny energy shifts inside an atomic nucleus. Such clocks could lead to vast ...

That's why atomic physicists at NASA want to build a more precise, more autonomous atomic clock. Sponsor Message. The team hopes a prototype will be ready by late 2025. Related reading: ...