National Science Foundation News | Thorium Nuclear Clock #shorts #podcast #time @NSFScience | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Time is used to set many standards by counting a periodic event with a known frequency. Eric Hudson, a professor in the department of physics and astronomy at UCLA, joins to discuss working to directly manipulate the energy level of an atomic nucleus using a laser, something that has never been done before and may result in the most accurate clocks ever.