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The World’s First Nuclear Clock Is Finally Ticking
Questing for a truly constant “tick,” scientists have zoomed in on the atomic world, where the minuscule scales and ...
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Scientists Inch Closer to World’s First Nuclear Clock — A New Tool to Probe the Mysteries of the Universe
In the dead of night at a Colorado laboratory, a discovery was made that could reshape our understanding of time and the ...
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World’s first nuclear clock unveiled: Mind-boggling 99.9999999% accuracy challenges physics
Researchers have created a device that promises to revolutionize everything from GPS navigation to our understanding of the ...
Scientists Reveal the World’s First Nuclear Clock
The timekeeping device is made with atomic nuclei of thorium, although it is not yet more precise than standard atomic clocks ...
Move over, atomic clocks: Nuclear clocks are on the way
It might not sound like there is much difference between the two clocks at first glance, but it’s all about scale. Atomic ...
Ultraprecise Timekeeping: This New Nuclear Clock Won’t Lose a Second in a Billion Years
An international team at JILA is pioneering a nuclear clock that surpasses current atomic clocks in precision, potentially ...
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World’s 1st thorium-powered nuclear clock unveiled for ultraprecise timekeeping
The world’s first nuclear clock could begin ticking soon after researchers at JILA, a joint institute of the National ...
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World-first nuclear clock prototype could outperform atomic clocks
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeepers we have, losing only seconds across billions of years. But apparently that’s ...
Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping
The world keeps time with the ticks of atomic clocks, but a new type of clock under development—a nuclear clock—could ...
Precision Meets Power in the World’s First Thorium Nuclear Clock
Atomic clocks have been used for decades – but now, even greater precision has become possible: presenting the world's first ...
A Sinister Figure Glances at a Clock. It’s Got to Be Film Noir.
Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time?
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The world's first nuclear clock
Atomic clocks are considered to be the most accurate timekeeping instruments available today. But now a new technology has been developed that promises even greater accuracy: Atomic clocks could be a ...