Chinese scientists develop crystal that could lead to ultra-precise nuclear clocks

Chinese breakthrough in ultraviolet crystals could lead to navigation systems resistant to jamming ...

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 ...
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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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Atomic clocks could reveal the hidden quantum nature of time itself

(bymuratdeniz/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Although there are many variables in life, there's one metric by which our existence ...

Breakthrough ion clock experiments reveal that time can go quantum

Time already behaves strangely in modern physics. It can stretch, slow, and split depending on speed and gravity.
Phys.org

Ytterbium atomic clock could open a new window on fundamental physics

For the first time, an international team of physicists has successfully harnessed a rare orbital transition in atoms of ytterbium to create a new type of atomic clock that is both highly precise and ...
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Doomsday clock set to a record 85 seconds to midnight

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight for 2026. The Doomsday Clock is a design that warns the public about how close we are to ...
China Daily

China mass-produces chip-scale atomic clock with ultra-high precision

China has taken a critical step forward in high-precision timekeeping by mass-producing a fingernail-sized chip-scale atomic ...
E&T Magazine

Portable atomic clock could keep ships on course without GPS

A portable atomic clock that has been successfully tested at sea could change the future of marine navigation.
Physics World

Ion-clock transition could benefit quantum computing and nuclear physics

Nuclear effect The deformed shape of the ytterbium-173 nucleus (right) makes it possible to excite the clock transition with a relatively low-power laser. The same transition is forbidden (left) if ...