MIT researchers double the accuracy of optical atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise with an innovative laser technique.
MIT researchers unlock a hidden effect to stabilize optical clocks, which may help advance the search for elusive phenomena ...
Every second of modern life runs on precision — from GPS navigation to the time signals that keep the internet in sync. But ...
Over the years, many new amenities have been installed in space, one of them being atomic clocks. These clocks aid the human population in a myriad of ways, like in GPS navigation, internet timing, ...
As if timekeeping in the U.S. wasn’t already pretty accurate, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) just declared a new atomic clock, the NIST-F2, to ...
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 ...