Atomic nucleus clocks are making history after decades of theorizing

Keeping time is easy, keeping precise time is hard, but a new type of clock based on atomic nuclei has pushed time-keeping ...
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First nuclear atomic clock has been used to investigate the properties of dark matter

Back in 2024, a joint collaboration of researchers from TU Wien in Austria and the National Institute of Standards and ...
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World’s first working nuclear clocks built with thorium nucleus after decades of effort

For decades, nuclear clocks have existed as one of physics’ most tempting promises. A ...
Phys.org

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 technology that could help power the next generation of navigation, ...
MIT Technology Review

A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate. In 2003, engineers from Germany and ...
Business Wire

Adtran expands Oscilloquartz atomic clock portfolio with lower-cost optical cesium solutions for wider market adoption

New Oscilloquartz models bring advanced optical pumping technology to telecom, defense, data center and metrology networks Adtran’s unique cesium clock solutions deliver longer service life and ...
Nature

Precision timekeeping with atomic clocks: evolution and future directions

Precision timekeeping has been rapidly evolving from astronomical observations in ancient times to mechanical clocks to quartz to present-day quantum atomic clocks, becoming a critical requirement in ...
Electronic Design

Next-Gen Chip-Scale Atomic Clock: Thin is In, Noise is Out

Where and why tiny, portable, atomic clocks and their precision are needed. How atomic clocks are no longer room- or box-size arrangements. The size, power, and other metrics of a latest-generation ...
Phys.org

Optical atomic clocks poised to redefine how the world measures seconds

Time is almost up on the way we track each second of the day, with optical atomic clocks set to redefine the way the world measures one second in the near future. Researchers from Adelaide University ...
EurekAlert!

Using atomic clocks to reveal the quantum properties of time

Pictures of the components used in making an atomic clock. The ion trap (left image) holds the clock in place. The optical/laser apparatus (right images) measures the clock’s frequency. Fukuoka, Japan ...
Science Daily

Schrödinger’s clock: Time could tick faster and slower at the same time

Time might be even stranger than Einstein imagined. Physicists are now exploring the possibility that a single clock could exist in a quantum superposition, ticking both faster and slower at the same ...