The nucleus of a thorium atom could make a helpful clock
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The discovery of an elusive flash of sunshine from the nucleus of the ingredient thorium, which physicists have been trying to find a long time, brings us a step nearer to constructing a nuclear clock. This could be the most exact timepiece in the cosmos and assist probe our understanding of the universe.
You might have already heard of atomic clocks, which use the vitality ranges of electrons round a nucleus to inform time – every electron can solely have sure, mounted …