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'A dream come true': Nuclear clock breakthrough could revolutionize study of the universe's fundamental forces
By nudging a thorium-229 nucleus into a higher energy state, physicists have made it possible to develop a nuclear clock that could probe the most fundamental forces in physics. However, there is still a long way to go.