Researchers have created a device that promises to revolutionize everything from GPS navigation to our understanding of the ...

It might not sound like there is much difference between the two clocks at first glance, but it’s all about scale. Atomic ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new optical atomic clock that uses a single laser and doesn't require cryogenic temperatures.

Atomic Digital Clock Auto Set (no back light) - Using radio frequencies broadcast from NIST’s Colorado , the clock will automatically set to the correct time. Automatically adjusts to Daylight ...

Such a device would greatly surpass the capabilities of atomic clocks, which define the span of a second through controlled energy jumps in atoms’ electrons and are currently the pinnacle of ...

Brace yourselves because now, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has reset the Doomsday Clock, moving it even closer ... just ...

Atomic clocks, which are used to measure standard time and calculate GPS, boast extremely high accuracy, with an error of just one second per several hundred thousand ...

Precision instrument: Optical lattice clock ... the age of the universe. The high precision of OLCs gives them the potential to unlock technologies that can be used to sense quantities such as ...

One example of this type of sensor is an atomic clock, which goes inside electronic devices to provide the same sort of precision referencing as wireless GPS. They could eliminate the need for the ...

While trying to improve the accuracy and precision of atomic clocks, Chen and his colleagues at NIST stumbled upon a paper that outlined a new scheme for the Sisyphus laser cooling of hydrogen and ...