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Decades in the Making: Laser Excites Atomic Nucleus in Groundbreaking Discovery


For the first time, lasers have successfully excited the "thorium transition," a process long pursued by researchers. This breakthrough sets the stage for groundbreaking advancements in high-precision technologies, such as nuclear clocks. Physicists have eagerly anticipated this breakthrough: sci

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