The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...

Premium Ekkehard Peik, one of the field’s pioneers, says such a clock could be a factor of 1,000 times better than today’s standard atomic clocks. Image: Pixabay FOR THE discerning timekeeper ...

Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultraprecise clock that could ...

By studying decay of bound-state beta decay of thallium-205 (205Tl81+), scientists can better understand the timing and ...

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Twenty minutes after our bus departed from downtown Omaha, my fellow passengers and I arrived at Offutt Air Force Base, home to the United States Strategic Command. Stratcom, as it’s known, is ...

Tired of being jolted awake by the alarm clock app on your phone? If you're like me and looking to break the habit of reaching for your phone first thing in the morning, switching to a traditional ...

For instance, a traditional quartz clock loses a millisecond every six weeks. Advancements have led to the development of highly precise instruments like the atomic clock, which is estimated to lose ...

mol. or eV. on one hand, or in Rydbergs or Hartree atomic units (double Rydbergs) on the other. The latter pair have the advantage of being the primary result of the calculation but the ...

The Climber manga, also known as Kokou no Hito, draws inspiration from the real life mountain climbe­r Buntarō Katō. This captivating manga series is co-written by Shin-ichi Sakamoto and ...

Scientists are planning to install ultra-precise clocks on the moon to establish a unique lunar time system for future missions Since a day on the lunar surface is around 56 microseconds shorter ...