Time is almost up on the way we track each second of the day, with optical atomic clocks set to redefine the way the world ...

The “Doomsday Clock” on Tuesday moved to 85 seconds till midnight, bringing the world closer than ever to destruction on the metaphorical timepiece.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the theoretical point of annihilation.

The symbolic Doomsday Clock managed by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moved forward by 4 seconds this year, to 85 ...

“The Doomsday Clock’s message cannot be clearer,” the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists CEO Alexandra Bell said in a ...

The "Doomsday Clock" is a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 27 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved forward four seconds and now sits at 85 seconds to midnight—the closest the symbolic clock has ...

Atomic clocks are the best timekeepers humanity's got these days, but scientists are working toward something even better: a ...

The new Doomsday Clock time has been set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Here’s what it means.

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more accurate clocks: optical atomic clocks. In a few years' time, they could ...

The field of optical atomic clocks, in combination with ultracold atoms, has transformed precision timekeeping and metrology. By utilising laser-cooled atoms confined in optical lattices, researchers ...