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Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction

The most accurate clock in space launches within days and will begin building a highly synchronised network out of the best clocks on Earth. But the project, decades in preparation, will only operate ...
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World’s most precise mobile atomic clock to lose just one second in 15 billion years

Scientists in Germany have unveiled that the world’s most precise mobile atomic clock is so accurate that it will be off by ...
AOL

First-ever thorium nuclear optical clock - the world’s most accurate timekeeper

Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like strontium or aluminum—have reached staggering levels of accuracy, with ...
Neowin

This is the "Most Accurate Clock in the World" that took 20 years to build0 0

The world’s most accurate clock now belongs to researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Its new optical atomic clock, built around a single trapped aluminum ion, can ...
TopSpeed

Ultra-Accurate Optical Atomic Clocks Could Enable True Self-Driving Cars

Craig has worked in automotive media for nearly 20 years, producing content for publications ranging from Autoline and AutoGuide to Roadshow by CNET and EV Pulse. Aside from writing, he’s also ...
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New optical atomic clock is 1,000x more accurate than today's standard

The way time is measured is on the edge of a historic upgrade. At the heart of this change is a new kind of atomic clock that uses light instead of microwaves. This shift means timekeeping could ...
FOX31 Denver

New Boulder atomic clock submitted to track world’s time

DENVER (KDVR) — It is said that time is relative and passes differently depending on an observer’s relative motion and gravitational potential. Although some would argue time is a construct, it does ...
Hackaday

2025 One Hertz Challenge: Atomic Decay Clock Is Accurate But Not Precise

At this point, atomic clocks are old news. They’ve been quietly keeping our world on schedule for decades now, and have been through several iterations with each generation gaining more accuracy. They ...
New Scientist

The clocks that helped define time from London's Royal Observatory

From sundials to atomic clocks, London's Royal Observatory explores the timepieces that helped shape the world ...
EDN

Real-Time Clock Adds Accurate Timekeeping to Microcontroller System

Many microcontrollers include timer circuits, but only a few include a battery-backed real-time clock (RTC). Yet many applications require an RTC, which you can easily add by using a 1-Wire network.
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NIST’s ion clock claims record for ‘most accurate in the world’

Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) say they have created the most accurate atomic clock to date — one that can measure time down to the 19th decimal place.