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Coverage dated October 7, 2026

The first stand-alone nuclear clock is ticking in Vienna

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For decades, researchers around the world have been working toward this goal—and now major advances are following in rapid succession. Vienna is now home to the world's first nuclear clock that stabilizes itself, as atomic clocks typically do.

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  1. Phys

    The first stand-alone nuclear clock is ticking in Vienna (opens Phys)

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    Phys's feed description

    For decades, researchers around the world have been working toward this goal—and now major advances are following in rapid succession. Vienna is now home to the world's first nuclear clock that stabilizes itself, as atomic clocks typically do.

  2. The Boston Globe

    In Vienna and Beijing, the first nuclear clocks begin to tick (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Nuclear clocks are not the same as atomic clocks, and they hold potential advantages over atomic clocks.

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