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. The shift ...
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Success! Physicists Build The World's First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei

(koto_feja/Getty Images) A breakthrough in chronometry decades in the making could redefine the limits of how we keep time.
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First nuclear atomic clock has been used to investigate the properties of dark matter

Back in 2024, a joint collaboration of researchers from TU Wien in Austria and the National Institute of Standards and ...

Physicists Just Built the First-Ever Nuclear Clock

But physicists have long dreamt of even better clocks that run on atomic nuclei, which are less sensitive to environmental ...

Nuclear clocks tick for the first time

Two independent research teams have achieved a longstanding goal in physics: building a working nuclear clock. The devices, ...
Phys.org

Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way.
Digital Journal

Essential Science: New atomic clock improves measuring time

Atomic clocks are established as the most precise timekeepers created. Atomic clocks work by deploying lasers to measure the vibrations of atoms (electromagnetic signals). By atoms oscillating at a ...
New Scientist

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually ...
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World’s first working nuclear clocks built with thorium nucleus after decades of effort

For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A ...
Aerospace and Mechanical Insider on MSN

Quantum breakthrough reveals ultra‑stable clocks for deep‑space navigation

How does a clock become precise enough to guide a spacecraft across interstellar distance without drifting a single second ...
Houston Chronicle

Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever – what this research could mean for future clocks

(THE CONVERSATION) Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a ...