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Teams in Vienna and Beijing Build First Thorium Nuclear Clocks

Researchers in Vienna and Beijing independently built the first nuclear clocks, which keep time using oscillations inside thorium-229 nuclei and could eventually outperform atomic clocks.

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Oct 10, 8:06 PM sciencedaily.com Scientists build a nuclear clock that could make atomic clocks obsolete
Oct 8, 8:00 PM science.slashdot.org First Thorium Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick
Oct 7, 7:52 PM nytimes.com In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick