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This New Atomic Clock Is So Precise It Won’t Lose a Second for 140 Million Years
On a campus in Boulder, Colorado, time just became a little more exact. Inside the National Institute of Standards and ...
New optical atomic clock is 1,000x more accurate than today's standard
The way time is measured is on the edge of a historic upgrade. At the heart of this change is a new kind of atomic clock that ...
New atomic fountain clock joins elite group that keeps the world on time
Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards ...
SpaceX Launches Atomic Clocks With Lasers To Test Einstein Theory
The European Space Agency has launched two atomic clocks on a SpaceX rocket to the ISS to test Einstein's theory of ...
New Boulder atomic clock submitted to track world’s time
According to scientists at NIST in Boulder, their newest atomic clock, the NIST-F4, will help track time more precisely and ...
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The clocks that helped define time from London's Royal Observatory
From sundials to atomic clocks, our understanding of time has become a lot more accurate as technological developments ...
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New Atomic Fountain Clock Props Up the World's Time With Pinpoint Precision
Whether you find yourself glancing at a clock on the wall or checking your phone, the time you constantly see is the product of a meticulous system upheld by the world’s timekeepers. In the U.S., a ...
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Compact optical clock uses quantum interference for improved frequency stability
An atomic clock research team from the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed and implemented a compact optical clock based on quantum interference enhanced ...
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A new version of the periodic table could change how we measure time
An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest ...
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100 years on, ESA tests Einstein’s relativity theory with atomic clocks on ISS
ACES will gather ultra-precise data across at least ten observation windows, each lasting about 25 days during the ...
Atomic Clock, Plant Experiments: SpaceX Launches 3,000 Kg Of Cargo For ISS Astronauts
SpaceX, on Monday, successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft on the 32nd commercial resupply services mission for NASA. The ...