Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.
This is the third time that the clock has been moved closer to midnight in the past five years. “Every second counts, and we ...
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Atomic clocks are key for satellites being able to provide positioning data that is used for applications such as navigation ...
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new type of vacuum ...
They have some a-clock-alyptic forecasts. Are the end times at hand? Scientists are preparing to update the Doomsday Clock on Tuesday, sparking speculation it will move ominously forward amid fears of ...
The emission of photons by excited nuclei has been explored for timekeeping and sensing, but nuclear processes that eject electrons offer practical advantages. Electrons in atoms can exist only in ...
Launched aboard the PSLV–C32, ISRO’s workhorse, and successfully placed into geosynchronous orbit on March 10, 2016, it was ...
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser that is 100 to ...