China's new atomic clock is more than just ultra-precise

Cesium atomic clocks are some of the most accurate time-keeping devices ever made, but the newest generation of clocks render ...
Yahoo

The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics

For decades, physicists have pursued a goal that sounds nearly impossible: to build a clock that keeps time using an atom's nucleus rather than the electrons orbiting it. "Having worked in this field ...
Yahoo

How ultraprecise ‘nuclear clocks’ could transform timekeeping

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Denver, Colorado | Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought 'nuclear clock'. This device would keep time by ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Have Finally One-Upped Atomic Clocks. Time Will Never Be the Same Again.

Atomic clocks have been around for nearly 80 years, but their successors—nuclear clocks—are ready to take the stage. Two independent studies, both uploaded as preprints, report reliable timekeeping ...
Phys.org

Using atomic nuclei could allow scientists to read time more precisely than ever

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To build a clock, you need something that ticks in a perfectly repeatable way.
New Scientist

Nuclear clock could steal atomic clock’s crown

ATOMIC clocks are the basis of GPS devices, they define the official length of the second and recently played a role in tracking subatomic particles that seemingly travelled faster than the speed of ...
GovInfoSecurity

Time for GPS Spoofing-Resistant Quantum Clocks, Says DARPA

DARPA selected IonQ to create a manufacturing pipeline for rugged optical atomic clocks that could preserve precise military ...
AOL

Atomic clocks may be powerful enough to detect the quantum fabric of time

Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to the changing numbers on a smartphone screen. Yet despite its constant presence, time remains one of the ...
Rutland Herald

DARPA Selects IonQ to Produce Next-Generation Atomic Clocks

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced today that it has been awarded a $28 million contract extension through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) It’s About Time program. Under the program, ...
Scientific American

The first ticking ‘nuclear clocks’ are here

Two teams of physicists have made the world’s first nuclear clocks. These radical new devices keep time using fluctuations in the energy states of an atom’s nucleus, rather than those of its electrons ...
AOL

Atomic Nucleus Clocks Are Making History After Decades Of Theorizing

Perfect timekeeping is more complicated than you think. Most clocks slow down over time (not that many people notice), and tiny imperfections in the manufacturing process ensure that no two timepieces ...