Chinese researcher pushes US ahead in race to build ultra-precise nuclear clock


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A graduate student from eastern China is at the centre of a major advancement in precision timekeeping, ending a decades-long search for an essential piece of the puzzle of building a nuclear clock.

Zhang Chuankun was listed as first author of a study, published in the journal Nature earlier this month, that could help pave the way for ultra-precise timekeepers.

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