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New Atomic Fountain Clock Props Up the World's Time With Pinpoint Precision
F4, the latest cesium fountain clock that now stands as one of the most accurate timekeepers in the entire world.
New atomic fountain clock joins elite group that keeps the world on time
Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards ...
New Boulder atomic clock submitted to track world’s time
According to scientists at NIST in Boulder, their newest atomic clock, the NIST-F4, will help track time more precisely and ...
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Nasa launches atomic clocks to space to prove Einstein's theory about time
The atomic clock payload to be installed on the ISS’s Columbus module, aims to push the boundaries of precision timekeeping ...
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100 years on, ESA tests Einstein’s relativity theory with atomic clocks on ISS
ACES will gather ultra-precise data across at least ten observation windows, each lasting about 25 days during the ...
New Scientist on MSN11d
Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction
A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...
Electronic Design29d
Next-Gen Chip-Scale Atomic Clock: Thin is In, Noise is Out
National Institute for Standards and Technology, “NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock.” EE World Online, “The PC-board atomic clock, Part 2: The CSAC design.” EE World Online ...
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We're About To Achieve The Most Accurate Time Signal Ever Transmitted From Space
Testing Einstein’s relativity, measuring fundamental constants, and even searching for dark matter are all on the cards ...
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100 years on, ESA tests Einstein’s relativity theory with atomic clocks on ISS
At the heart of the mission are two advanced atomic clocks. One is PHARAO (Projet d’Horloge Atomique à Refroidissement d’Atomes en Orbite), a cesium-based clock designed to be compact in ...
World’s most accurate clock sold in Japan for US$3.3 million
Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for US$3.3 million (HK$25.7 million) in Japan last month. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 ...