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(Bild: PTB) For decades, it was just a theoretical concept; now it’s ticking steadily: Researchers have succeeded in putting the world’s first atomic clock powered by a thorium nucleus into continuous operation. This clock is powered not by electrons, but directly by the nucleus of a thorium atom. This achievement was…
Scientists in Austria and China have independently built the first operating nuclear clocks. The breakthrough could advance precision timekeeping and open a new tool for probing dark matter and other physics.