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Scientists in Vienna and Beijing announce the world’s first nuclear clocks
The two groups say the prototypes still need refinement, but they already point to potential for satellite navigation, data synchronization, and precision physics tests.
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The essentials of this story
- What happened
- Scientists announced the world’s first operational nuclear clocks.
- Who is affected
- The announcement involves research teams in Vienna and Beijing and is relevant to areas such as navigation, communications, and metrology.
- What changes
- The technology could increase the precision of time measurement, but it still needs refinement before it can outperform the best atomic clocks.
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Sources
- Cientistas em Viena e Pequim criam primeiros relógios nucleares do mundo — g1 — tecnologia
- Cientistas em Viena e Pequim criam os primeiros relógios nucleares do mundo — Folha de S.Paulo — ciência
