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Two teams have independently gotten a new kind of ultra precise clock working based on isomers of the thorium 229 nucleus. Currently not as accurate as atomic clocks but they ha…
by oofbey · Oct 8, 2026
Atomic Machines – The Matter Compiler
by axialflqx · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 points
Atomic Machines introduces the Matter Compiler to the world
by sdrinan · Oct 8, 2026 · 1 points
I have been using Q4 and running it with https://github.com/gufo-org/gufo which seems to be working pretty well. But I have to get off bazzite as my distro.…
by christkv · Oct 8, 2026
Individual radiation exposures are calculated for different pathways (external radiation, internal radiation), different kinds of ionizing radiation (UV, X-ray, alpha, beta, gam…
by leonidasrup · Oct 8, 2026
"atomic" and "nuclear" have been used interchangeably at various times. In the past almost everything was "atomic". But more recently and more formally atomic deals with nucleus…
by rdtsc · Oct 8, 2026
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Atomic may refer to:Of or relating to the atom, the smallest particle of a chemical element that retains its chemical properties Atomic physics, the study of the atom Atomic Age, also known as the "Atomic Era" Atomic scale, distances comparable to the dimensions of an atom Atom, in mathematics Atomic, a 1950s stovetop coffee machine Atomic (cocktail), a champagne cocktail Atomic (magazine), an Australian computing and technology magazine Atomic Skis, an Austrian ski producer Atomic a British TV serial Read more on Wikipedia