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First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually beat the accuracy of today’s best atomic clocks

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Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion

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Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally

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A portrait of Mark Thomson - a middle-aged man in glasses, smiling - with a background collage. The collage contains particle sprays, the LHC, and road signs from the CERN campus

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CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality

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Hidden store of manganese may have helped Earth get its oxygen

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Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them

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The day quantum computers break the internet

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The day quantum computers break the internet

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First quantum grandfather clock could probe where gravity comes from

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We may finally know why gold stays so shiny

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Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything

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Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a theory of everything

A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physicists’ biggest goals and reveal the ultimate fuzziness of time

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Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test

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Can we harness quantum effects to create a new kind of healthcare?

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Odd “butterfly” molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm

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3 things you need to know about quantum computers, from an expert

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