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The winter issue of "Light & Matter" is here! Read the latest about #nuclearclocks, #AtomicClocks, #quantumphysicstumphysics #physicsresearch, and more in the latest installment of our quarterly journal.

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January 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
purescience.news
An Old Jeweler’s Trick Could Unlock the Next Generation of Nuclear Clocks #Science #Physics #NuclearPhysics #NuclearClocks #PrecisionTimekeeping #Innovation
An Old Jeweler’s Trick Could Unlock the Next Generation of Nuclear Clocks
A revolutionary achievement could pave the way for smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks. Last year, a research team led by UCLA achieved a milestone scientists had pursued for half a century. They succeeded...
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December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
informaq.bsky.social
Th-229 nuclear clock data constrains nonlocal quantum field theory for the first time, establishing laboratory-scale bounds on the nonlocality energy scale at 22.3 MeV (direct) to 1.72 GeV with nuclear enhancement.

#QuantumSensing #NuclearClocks #Research
Thorium-229 Nuclear Clocks Probe Nonlocal Quantum Field Theory
arxiv.org
July 22, 2026 at 8:53 AM
jila.colorado.edu
In a new "Nature" paper, JILA and NIST Fellow and CU Boulder Physics prof Jun Ye and his team collaborated with UCLA prof Eric Hudson to make a method for creating thin layers of thorium, a promising new platform for future #nuclearclocks.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:10 PM
the-14.com
Why timekeeping is now on the verge of a giant leap forward in accuracy
#Tech #Timekeeping #NuclearClocks #Innovation #Science #Technology #GPS #PrecisionTiming #AtomicClocks #Time #RedefiningTime #Thorium229 #FrequencyComb #Clocks
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December 10, 2024 at 4:21 PM
mainzuniversity.bsky.social
Breakthrough on the path to optical #NuclearClocks: laser-based excitation of Thorium-229 in non-transparent material / Researchers from Los Angeles, Munich, and Mainz open new avenues for nucleus-based #QuantumTechnologies 👉 www.phmi.uni-mainz.de/en/2025/12/13…#Physicscs
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
mainzuniversity.bsky.social
A step closer to the nuclear clock - Oscillations in the atomic nucleus of thorium-229 to be used as pulse generator for future #NuclearClocks http://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/4771_ENG_HTML.php #AtomicClock
December 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM
mainzuniversity.bsky.social
#NuclearClocks could make time measurement even more accurate than #AtomicClocks. The key: thorium-229, an atomic nucleus whose lowest excited state has very low energy https://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/12242_ENG_HTML.php @UniHeidelberg @TUvienna @FAIR_GSI_de @helmholtz_de
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December 12, 2024 at 3:32 PM
purescience.news
How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeeping #Science #Physics #NuclearPhysics #NuclearClocks #Timekeeping #PrecisionTimekeeping

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-ultraprecise-nuclear-clocks-could-transform-timekeeping/
We are on the cusp of ultraprecise clocks
Superprecise timekeepers based on atomic nuclei could be tested as soon as this year
www.scientificamerican.com
March 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
purescience.news
Nuclear clocks: How ultra-precise measurements will let us probe the Universe like never before #Science #Physics #NuclearPhysics #NuclearClocks #PrecisionMeasurements #UniverseExploration
Nuclear clocks: How ultra-precise measurements will let us probe the Universe like never before
Humans have long sought ways to measure the world we live in. Having systems of measurement, and of units, helps us understand ourselves and our surroundings. This is true whether we’re building, buying...
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February 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
fediboard-science.bsky.social
Two independent teams have created the first functional clocks using the nuclei of a radioactive element — ultraprecise timekeepers that could unlock new physics.

#nuclearclocks #darkmatter #timescience
The World's First Nuclear Clocks Are Ticking, Opening a New Way to Investigate Dark Matter and Other Mysteries of Physics
Two independent teams of scientists have created the first functional clocks that can keep ultraprecise time using the nuclei of a radioactive element
www.smithsonianmag.com
June 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM