Discover how reading a quantum clock can surprisingly cost more energy than keeping it ticking, impacting timekeeping and ...

† Department of Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Gakugei University, 4-1-1 Koganei, Tokyo 184-8501, Japan, ‡ Department of Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8501, ...

Paleoseismology helps scientists understand how frequently large earthquakes have occurred in the past — especially in regions with incomplete or no historical seismic records. By studying traces of ...

Wisconsin has launched a groundbreaking project that could reshape how the state generates and uses electricity. The Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County combines a massive solar farm with a ...

Asthma is a rhythmic disease, with symptoms, airway physiology and inflammation showing strong time-of-day differences. Biological rhythms in our bodies (circadian rhythms) occur through the action of ...

Kolkata: Work on the repair and restoration of the New Market clock tower has finally begun. Masons have started work inside the tower on Friday, chipping off the damp and portions of the plaster in ...

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In 1889, 136 years ago, the Jasper County Courthouse, recently completed in the Italianate style, had a clock tower as part of its original design by architect Eugene T. Heiner. The tower, ...

The Council gave its final green light today on one of the Commission’s proposals to simplify EU rules and thus boost EU competitiveness. This proposal (the so-called ‘Stop-the-clock’ directive) ...

There's a scene in Richard Linklater's 2004 film, Before Sunset, where protagonists Jesse and Céline drift past Notre Dame on a Paris riverboat. Taken by the cathedral's beauty, Jesse tells a story of ...