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Scientists have discovered a solution to the “damped quantum harmonic oscillator,” paving the way for what could become the ...

And so, it’s a highly-accurate measuring stick for timekeeping. Much more refined than pouring sand. Atomic clock goes nuclear As a laser shines into a jet of gas, it generates ultraviolet light.

Modern physics, and particularly the quantum theory — the discovery of Max Planck, the centennial of whose birth was celebrated last year —has raised a series of very general questions ...