The time is nigh for nuclear clocks.
In a first, scientists have used a tabletop laser to bump an atomic nucleus into a higher energy state. It’s a feat that sets scientists on a path toward creating the first nuclear clock, which would keep time based on the inner workings of atomic nuclei.
The advance is a “remarkable breakthrough,” says Olga Kocharovskaya, a physicist at Texas A&M University in College Station who was not involved in the research.
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