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After Decades of Trying We've Officially Entered the Nuclear Clock Era in 2026

2026-06-22 Science & Technology
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Anton Petrov
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the new way to keep track of time - nuclear clocks Links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1533-4 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.08870 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.04997 #nuclearclock #atomicclocks #science 0:00 First nuclear clock ever 1:05 Why do we need a new clock? 1:45 Problems with the atomic clocks 2:30 Nuclear clock benefits and challenges 4:10 Why Thorium 229 is so important and initial breakthroughs 6:28 How this was done and the achievement from the new study 8:50 What these studies achieved 9:30 Implications and first tests 11:00 Challenges remain 11:30 What will change in science and conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com LarsvdW CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_clock#/media/File:Nuclear_clock_concept.png Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@vialinux 2026-06-22

It's about time

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@harrodesu 2026-06-22

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

223 8 replies
@Pasci234 2026-06-22

Imagine trying to explain to a medival pesant, why we ever would need a clock more precise then the towns clocktower.

203 16 replies
@pressureswitch 2026-06-23

More precise clocks means more sensitive interferometry, hopefully we can detect smaller gravitational waves with this better resolution EDIT: After updating my knowledge on interferometry, my original comment doesn’t not make sense. I am still excited to be able to experience the achievement in time keeping.

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@ugiswrong 2026-06-22

It’s 12 o’quark in this era

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@nkronert 2026-06-23

This clock is so accurate, when someone parks a heavy vehicle outside, the time dilation due to the changed gravity is enough to make it less accurate.

109 13 replies
@Iammrspickley 2026-06-22

finaly...never late for a appointment ever again...pfiew

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@allentac6222 2026-06-23

Great! We’re going to get written up for being 7 Picoseconds late!

73 2 replies
@robertfontaine3650 2026-06-23

This will almost certainly lead to Nobel prizes. Smaller ticks means the experimentalists will be able to prove things that were previously conjectures.

65 4 replies
@dosesandmimoses 2026-06-22

Very special thanks to theoretical physicists, physics programmers, physics professors, nuclear scientists, and those companies that help talented people measure our world! Gratitude!

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