Scientists Achieve Major Breakthrough with World’s First Working Nuclear Clocks
For the first time, researchers from two teams have reported the successful operation of nuclear clocks, marking a…
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
The thorium crystal. The core element of the experiment: a crystal containing thorium atoms. (CREDIT: TU Wien) Scientists…
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…