The world’s first nuclear clock is on the horizon
FOR THE discerning timekeeper, only an atomic clock will do. Whereas the best quartz timepieces will lose a millisecond every ...
The era of nuclear clocks is almost here: What it means for the world
Nuclear clocks could be more accurate than atomic clocks by a factor of about 10, potentially leading to improved GPS ...
Scientists Are Building the World’s Most Accurate Clock. It Could Be a Turning Point for Humanity.
The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...
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10 Best Desktop Atomic Clocks
Automatically adjusts to Daylight Savings Time while set the DST on. Atomic Wall Clocks Battery Operated with Alarm - This digital calendar alarm day clock required 3 “AA” long life batteries ...
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How We Determined the Length of a Second
The length of a second was initially determined astronomically, using Earth's rotation. One second was defined as 1/86,400th ...
Is Daylight Saving Time good for the climate?
But a study published in Nature last year suggested that in fact, climate change might be affecting timekeeping in general. Our universally agreed measurement of time, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ...
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What's All This About NASA Working on a Time Zone for the Moon?
Coordinated Lunar Time will help with precise space-travel calculations. But first, NASA has to figure out how to make it ...
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Multi-qubit entangled states boost atomic clock and sensor performance
Atomic clocks are the most accurate timekeeping devices we have ... the faster the clock ticks and the more precisely it can keep time. The clock with the best precision today is operated by Jun Ye’s ...