A clock built by a team led by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been estimated to be 41 percent more accurate than the previous timekeeping record holder.

The world's most accurate clock – so precise that it would take 10 billion years for it to deviate by one second – has gone ...

An NIST physicist holds the newly modified ion trap for the aluminum ion clock. By modifying the trap, the aluminum ion and its magnesium ion partner could 'tick' unperturbed. Optical atomic clocks ...

We’ve gotten used to the fact that the clocks on our internet-connected computers and smartphones are always telling the right time. Time servers, provided by a variety of government agencies as well ...

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

Accuracy may come at a cost. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What’s the price of an accurate clock? Entropy, a new study has ...

To avoid being overwhelmed by the myriad options when shopping for a clock, consider their key features to find the best wall ...

Travellers have relied on accurate timekeeping for navigation since the development of the marine chronometer in the eighteenth century. Galileo, Europe’s twenty-first century navigation system, also ...

It would take 15 billion years for the clock that occupies Jun Ye’s basement lab at the University of Colorado to lose a second. This undated handout photo obtained September 8, 2021 shows ...

NTP is one of the most interesting and important, but all to forgotten, protocols that makes the internet tick. Accurate ...

A new experiment shows that the more energy consumed by a clock, the more accurate its timekeeping. Clocks pervade every aspect of life, from the atomic clocks that underlie satellite navigation to ...

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