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* Issue #813 by @hnl [learn]

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* Teams in Vienna and Beijing have built the first thorium nuclear clocks
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* A thorium-229 optical nuclear clock with feedback loop
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* A nuclear clock synchronized to 229Th
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* Unprecedented optical clock network lays groundwork for redefining the second
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* In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick
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