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Physicists are one step closer to developing a clock based on energy shifts in atomic nuclei.
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.
Nature 633, 262-263 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02865-w
Read the related News & Views: ‘Countdown to a nuclear clock’.
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