Innovative optical atomic clock could combine single-ion accuracy with multi-ion stability

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more ...
Science Daily

An old jeweler’s trick could change nuclear timekeeping

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By ...
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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 Technology, or NIST, a new atomic clock named NIST-F4 has begun to tick — not ...
Electronic Specifier

Mini atomic clock to revolutionise global timing

The NPL has developed a miniaturised Atomic Fountain Clock that promises to make accurate timekeeping technology smaller.
Physics World

NPL unveils miniature atomic fountain clock

Smaller version Illustration of a conventional atomic fountain clock (left) next to NPL’s miniature atomic fountain clock.
Nature

Atomic Clocks And Frequency Standards

Atomic clocks and frequency standards represent the pinnacle of precision timekeeping technology. By harnessing the natural oscillatory behaviour of atoms, these devices deliver unparalleled accuracy ...
IFLScience

New Way To Hunt Dark Matter: Precise Atomic Clocks And Lasers

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
NPR

To explore deep space, we'll need better clocks. Here's why

Every single day, humans rely on hundreds of hidden clocks. GPS location, Internet stability, stock trading, power grid management ... all rely on atomic clocks in order to work. Many of those clocks ...