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Oct 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM ET
Teams in Vienna and Beijing develop nuclear clocks
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Scientific teams in Vienna and Beijing have developed the first two operating nuclear clocks, reporting their results on Oct. 7 in papers published in Nature. The devices measure how laser light interacts with atomic nuclei; researchers say they could eventually outperform conventional atomic clocks, though they do not yet.
WHO: Scientific teams in Vienna and Beijing
WHAT: Developed the first two operating nuclear clocks
WHEN: Oct 7, 2026
WHERE: Vienna, Austria, and Beijing, China
WHY: To advance precise timekeeping and provide a tool for investigating fundamental physics.
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