The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics

By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that ...
The Economist

The world’s first nuclear clock is on the horizon

FOR THE discerning timekeeper, only an atomic clock will do. Whereas the best quartz timepieces will lose a millisecond every six weeks, an atomic clock might not lose a thousandth of one in a decade.
Science Daily

Thorium film could replace crystals in atomic clocks of the near future

Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even rewrite ...
SpaceNews

NIST unveils chip-scale atomic clock

The heart of a minuscule atomic clock—believed to be 100 times smaller than any other atomic clock—has been demonstrated by scientists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and ...

Why does NASA need to use atomic clocks in space?

When it comes to navigation in outer space, keeping precise time is incredibly important, that's why NASA needs to use ...

Atomic clocks may be powerful enough to detect the quantum fabric of time

Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to the changing numbers on a ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Nuclear clock ticks for the first time, using a thorium-229 atomic nucleus

The world’s first nuclear clocks have ticked. A team of physicists has demonstrated a ...
CNN

Physics breakthrough brings nuclear clock closer to reality

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Picture a clock ...
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 ...
Gizmodo

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. Reading time 2 minutes Meet the “nuclear” clock: a device that marks the ...