The world’s first nuclear clocks start ticking

The world’s network of atomic clocks is already mind-bogglingly accurate. They also underpin a slew of modern necessities, ...
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First-ever thorium-based nuclear atomic clock is a new tool to probe fundamental forces – and even hunt for dark matter

What you'll discover in this article ・The first thorium-229 nuclear clock has been achieved. ・It is not as precise as regular atomic clocks, but it could be a revolutionary tool in probing fundamental ...
MIT Technology Review

A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate. In 2003, engineers from Germany and ...
Nature

Nuclear clocks tick for the first time

Ultraprecise clocks that use transitions in atomic nuclei to keep time show promise as a next-generation time standard and for probing fundamental physics.
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New thorium nuclear clock runs unaided for 24 hours, errs 1 second in 30 million years

Researchers in Austria have built the world’s first self-stabilizing nuclear clock, using thorium nuclei to keep its laser ...
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Nuclear Clock Runs Steady for Over a Day in Thorium Breakthrough

Austrian collaboration has demonstrated the first continuously operating optical nuclear clock based on thorium-229, running ...
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'The Most Accurate Clock in The World': Atomic Clock Just Set a New World Record

(Patcharin Saenlakon/iStockphoto/Getty Images) The time-keeping offered by your watch or phone may be good enough for ...
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This Nuclear Clock Corrects Its Own Laser

A thorium-229 nuclear clock uses feedback from atomic nuclei to correct laser-frequency drift, operating for more than 24 ...