News

World's most precise clock achieves 19-decimal accuracy with aluminum ion technology
There's a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ...
World’s most accurate clock requires a 2-mile laser beam
However, aluminum is tricky. The element is difficult to measure with lasers, as well as cool to absolute zero. But when ...
Physicists Create World's Most Accurate Atomic Clock
By Alimat Aliyeva Scientists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have successfully develope ...
The dark side of time: Scientists develop nuclear clock method to detect dark matter using thorium-229
For nearly a century, scientists around the world have been searching for dark matter—an invisible substance believed to make ...
Daniel Kleppner, Physicist Who Brought Precision to GPS, Dies at 92
He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to global positioning systems and helped confirm a rare state of ...
NewsBytes1d
World's most accurate clock measures time to 19 decimals
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record by developing the world's most accurate clock, ...
Intercontinental optical clock comparison sets stage to redefine the second
In the final analysis, by showing that 10 heterogenous clocks across three continents could agree with each other to within a ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN1d
World’s most accurate atomic clock uses 2-mile laser beam to track time precisely
The laser beam traveled 3.6 kilometers (over 2 miles) via fiber optic links to NIST, where a frequency comb (acting as a “ruler for light”) allowed the aluminum ion clock’s laser to adopt its superior ...
Mother Jones7d
Is AI Pushing Us Closer to Nuclear Disaster?
On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the ...
India eyes global quantum computer push — and QpiAI is its chosen vehicle
QpiAI, an Indian startup that integrates AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, has raised $32 million in a new ...
Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up This Summer. Here’s Why
The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.