Success! Physicists Build The World’s First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei
A breakthrough in chronometry decades in the making could redefine the limits of how we keep time. Using…
Physicists use thorium-229 to power the world’s first working nuclear clock
A clock built from thorium-229 has crossed an important line, from a long-discussed concept to a working device.…
World’s first working nuclear clocks built after decades of effort
For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A device that could keep…
The world’s first nuclear clock can detect changes in nature’s fundamental constants
Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not…
World’s first nuclear clock to probe fine-structure constant change
A team of researchers in Austria has recently demonstrated that the world’s first nuclear clock could help answer…