Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like ...

Camera lenses? A few decades ago, camera companies added rare elements like thorium to their glass to change the optical properties in desirable ways. The downside? Well, it made the lenses ...

You can get in touch with John by emailing [email protected] Chinese media has reported that the country's geologists had uncovered vast deposits of thorium in the autonomous region of Inner ...

A top-down view of an experimental thorium-based nuclear reactor from the 1960s. (Photo: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy) The sands of India are brimming with potential to fuel ...

A national survey of China has revealed China’s huge reserves of thorium. The South China Morning Post quoted an expert as saying in its report that this radioactive metal alone can ...

Research has been published over the past few decades on the possible use of thorium in various nuclear power reactor types. Therefore, it is worthwhile to analyse the supply situation for additional ...