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

Our team of physicists studies whether an even better kind of clock could one day be built from the atomic nucleus. Today’s ...

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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Portable atomic clock, technology that could revolutionize navigation and telecommunications

A team of researchers in Australia has successfully tested, in real maritime conditions, a new type of portable optical ...

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 ...
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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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Japanese scientists make ytterbium atomic clock that could detect dark matter

Physicists have developed a highly precise and ultra-sensitive atomic clock based on ytterbium, which ...
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Researchers in Australia test next-generation atomic clock at sea

Researchers in Australia have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea, using technology that could help power the next generation of navigation, communications and scientific ...

Atomic Clocks: Perfect time

What if time could be measured with near-perfect precision? Atomic clocks do exactly that — using atoms as nature’s most ...

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.