Atomic clocks leveraged the atom to keep time, but new innovations will use the nucleus itself.

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding the hunt for dark matter.

Two independent teams of scientists have created the first functional clocks that can keep ultraprecise time using the nuclei ...

Keeping time is easy, keeping precise time is hard, but a new type of clock based on atomic nuclei has pushed time-keeping ...

By using a rare thorium nucleus as a timekeeper, physicists have demonstrated the first working nuclear clock, a device that could lead to even more precise clocks and new ways to search for dark ...

Nuclear clocks should be more robust and portable than the best available clocks today because nuclei are hard to perturb and ...

But physicists have long dreamt of even better clocks that run on atomic nuclei, which are less sensitive to environmental disturbances. According to new research, that dream might soon become reality ...

Atomic clocks are established as the most precise timekeepers created. Atomic clocks work by deploying lasers to measure the vibrations of atoms (electromagnetic signals). By atoms oscillating at a ...

Two teams of physicists have made the world’s first nuclear clocks. These radical new devices use fluctuations in the energy ...

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock That Harnesses ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Positioning System for Resilient, GPS-Independent Precision Timing WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – June 30, 2026 – ...

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