IEEE Spectrum on MSN

A chip that keeps time (almost) like an atomic clock

For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with ...
Phys.org

New atomic fountain clock joins elite group that keeps the world on time

Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado. NIST-F4 measures an ...
University of Nevada, Reno

The most precise clock ever built ticks closer to reality

Nuclear clocks are a technology researchers have been working toward for decades. New research in theoretical physics brings them closer to reality.
Science Daily

Researchers simplify design of optical atomic clocks without compromising performance

Researchers demonstrated a new optical atomic clock that uses a single laser and doesn't require cryogenic temperatures. By greatly reducing the size and complexity of atomic clocks without ...
EurekAlert!

The world's first nuclear clock

For many years, scientists all around the world have been working towards this goal, now suddenly things are happening very fast: it was only in April that a team led by Prof Thorsten Schumm (TU Wien, ...
Electronic Design

Vernier Optical Combs Plus Heterodyned Electronics Yield Atomic Clock

There are significantly different architectures for what are known as “atomic” clocks. Optically driven atomic clocks offer a new set of performance attributes. The optical atomic clocks use paired ...