Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like strontium or aluminum—have reached staggering levels of accuracy, with relative ...

Japan puts world's most accurate clock on sale for $3.3 mn Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world's most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday. Aether clock OC 020 ...

Atomic clocks are the basis upon which a second is defined. But there is a new kid on the block, the optical clock, which ...

Precision equipment manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. said it has created the world’s most accurate time device: a clock that won’t ...

A revolutionary timekeeping breakthrough could be on the horizon as scientists explore the thorium-229 nuclear optical clock, ...

IN these days of accurate clocks and watches no one thinks of using a sun dial to tell the time of day. At best such an instrument can be right but four times a year, and in many places it can ...

Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 billion ...

Time and Navigation from the National Air and Space Museum explores the surprising connection between time and place—if you want to know where you are, you need an accurate clock. And the Cooper ...

These shifts, called oscillations, happen naturally at an extremely high rate, acting like an ultra-precise ticking clock that keeps timekeeping accurate to within a billionth of a second.

Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for US$3.3 million in Japan today. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 billion years ...