Next-generation atomic clock successfully tested at sea

Adelaide University researchers have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, using ...
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If GPS goes dark, this atomic clock could keep the world running

This Portable Atomic Clock Maintained Accurate Time on a Rolling Ship at Sea In A Nutshell Australian physicists built a ...

Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever – what this research could mean for future clocks

Atomic clocks exploit the properties of atoms to create incredibly precise 'ticks.' Nate Phillips, NIST Most clocks, from ...

How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeeping

Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought ‘nuclear clock’. This device would keep time by measuring energy ...
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The world's first nuclear clock can detect changes in nature’s fundamental constants

Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not only the passage of time, but shifting rules of nature itself. An ...
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A Chip that Keeps Time (Almost) Like an Atomic Clock

For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with the resonant frequency of atoms, a method so accurate that it serves as the ...
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Entangled Atomic Clock Experiment Could Finally Provide Hints At A Theory Of Everything

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China develops crystal that could enable GPS-free navigation for submarines, missiles

Scientists from Xinjiang University in China have allegedly developed a new ultraviolet (UV) producing crystal ...

Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions.