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An Atomic Pendulum Clock Accurate Enough For CERN
With access to a 10-MHz timebase from a cesium fountain atomic clock — no less a clock than the one that’s used to define the SI second, by the way — [Daniel] looked for ways to sync the ...
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Pentagon’s new move aims to field atomic clock faster with defense systems
The Department of Defense has awarded quantum technology firm Infleqtion an $11 million contract to help it speed up the ...
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US eyes developing 1000x less radioactive nuclear clocks with thorium thin films
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have ...
Science Daily10d
Thorium film could replace crystals in atomic clocks of the near future
Atomic clocks that excite the nucleus of thorium-229 embedded in a transparent crystal when hit by a laser beam could yield the most accurate measurements ever of time and gravity, and even rewrite ...
Nature20d
Father time: the physicist on a mission to build the world’s first nuclear clock
That was back in 2001, when he and his colleague Christian Tamm proposed a device with the potential to be even more precise and portable than the world’s best atomic clocks. Peik’s estimate ...
Cambridge University Press1y
Time, Frequency and the Atomic Clock
It discusses the stability and accuracy of atomic frequency standards, including different types of oscillators and atomic clocks, covering recent developments and uses of these devices. The precision ...
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Flotilla of boats carries atomic clock on Thames
But the River Thames is perhaps the choice for the most special deliveries - including an optical atomic clock. A flotilla of 15 boats, led by royal barge Jubilant, has carried the extremely ...