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NIST set its new atomic clock in motion, and it’s astoundingly precise

A new atomic clock is one of the world’s best timekeepers, researchers say — and after years of development, the “fountain”-style clock is now in use helping keep official U.S. time. Known as NIST-F4, ...
SDxCentral

Adtran sets new industry benchmarks with optical pumping cesium atomic clocks

Rising precision demands and GPS/GNSS vulnerabilities are driving the urgent need for secure, reliable synchronization Adtran’s new OSA 3300 Super HP and OSA 3350 Super ePRC+ meet the need for ...
Science Daily

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 ...
GPS World

Microchip Technology unveils low-noise chip-scale atomic clock

Microchip Technology has introduced its second-generation Low-Noise Chip-Scale Atomic Clock (LN-CSAC), model SA65-LN. It features a lower profile height and operates in a wider temperature range, ...
New Scientist

A new version of the periodic table could change how we measure time

A new version of the periodic table of elements has predicted hundreds of highly charged ions that could be used to create the next generation of optical atomic clocks. The periodic table, first ...