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

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.
Phys.org

Innovative optical atomic clock could combine single-ion accuracy with multi-ion stability

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more accurate clocks: optical atomic clocks. In a few years' time, they could ...
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Explaining how our biological clocks work and how to better regulate our circadian rhythms

As anticipation builds for the longer days that follow this weekend’s switch to daylight savings time, the moment seemed ideal to turn to one of the nation’s leading circadian-rhythms researchers, UC ...
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.