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The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change (www.quantamagazine.org)

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An ultra-precise measurement of a transition in the hearts of thorium atoms gives physicists a tool to probe the forces that bind the universe.

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[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

That’s what they were saying. We know OP doesn’t say zed because you’d expect to get “CZM” saying it that way. We know OP says zee because the dictation mistakenly typed CZM instead of the desired Cesium - the atom used in atomic clocks.

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