Researchers Develop Blueprint for Nuclear Clock Accurate Over Billions of Years

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Researchers Develop Blueprint for Nuclear Clock Accurate Over Billions of Years

A clock accurate to within a tenth of a second over 14 billion years ? the age of the universe ? is the goal of research being reported this week in the journal Physical Review Letters. The research provides the blueprint for a nuclear clock based on a single thorium ion.

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