Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second)

Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected by a wind-induced power ...

NIST warns that its NIST-F4 atomic clock lost track of time after a power outage

The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently warned that an atomic clock device installed at its Boulder campus had failed due to a prolonged power ...

US official time slowed down by a few microseconds last week due to power outage, watchdog says

Atomic clocks went out of sync after a severe windstorm knocked out power at a Denver laboratory and a backup generator ...
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Reinventing the clock: NASA’s new tech for space timekeeping

Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for ...

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 ...
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Small Atomic Clocks Chart New Horizons

The goal of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) program is to provide warfighters with enhanced radio communications and jam-resistant navigation ...
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Move over, atomic clocks: Nuclear clocks are on the way

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Atomic clocks have served as the world’s most precise means of ...
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MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks

Vladan Vuletić with members of his Experimental Atomic Physics group. From left to right: Matthew Radzihovsky, Leon Zaporski, Qi Liu, Vladan Vuletić, and Gustavo Velez. Every time you check the time ...