Two independent teams have created the first functional clocks using the nuclei of a radioactive element — ultraprecise timekeepers that could unlock new physics. #nuclearclocks #darkmatter #timescience

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-first-nuclear-clocks-are-ticking-opening-a-new-way-to-investigate-dark-matter-and-other-mysteries-of-physics-180989002/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Breakthrough on the path to optical nuclear clocks: laser-based excitation of Thorium-229 in non-transparent material / Researchers from Los Angeles, Munich, and Mainz open new avenues for nucleus-based quantum technologies 👉 https://www.phmi.uni-mainz.de/en/2025/12/13/https-www-blogs-uni-mainz-de-fb08-pmc-breakthrough-on-the-path-to-optical-nuclear-clocks-laser-based-excitation-of-thorium-229-in-non-transparent-material/

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"Physicists have demonstrated all the ingredients of a nuclear clock — a device that keeps time by measuring tiny energy shifts inside an atomic nucleus. Such clocks could lead to vast improvements in precision measurements, as well as new insights into fundamental physics."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02865-w

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