# Scientists in Vienna and Beijing create the first operating nuclear clocks

https://mins.news/en/item/90113

- Reuters, 2026-10-07 17:40 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/science/scientists-vienna-beijing-create-worlds-first-nuclear-clocks-2026-10-07/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac683fe785858000146417b

> Research teams in Vienna and Beijing have separately developed the first two operating nuclear clocks. They describe the advance as promising broad practical uses in timekeeping and a new way to investigate fundamental physics.

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