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Physics
New state of thorium opens possibilities for nuclear clocks
Increase in nuclear excitation probability with a single laser pulse. The symbol η (η) represents the relative strength between the interaction energy and the transition energy. The dashed purple line near the top represents a 10% probability. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.152503 Why do we have atomic clocks but not nuclear clocks? After all, the nucleus is usually…
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Other Sciences
Study finds state order mandating genocide education lacks standards to guide teachers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While Hotel Rwanda was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful film, it wasn’t necessarily the best way to teach high school students about a dangerous subject like genocide. But without guidance on how to approach genocide throughout history, showing movies in class may become the default for teachers to address difficult and uncomfortable subject matter. A…
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