Physicists revive 1990s laser concept to propose a next-generation atomic clock

Researchers in the US and Germany have unveiled a theoretical blueprint for an atomic clock driven by a highly synchronized ...

Breakthrough ion clock experiments reveal that time can go quantum

Time already behaves strangely in modern physics. It can stretch, slow, and split depending on speed and gravity.
IFLScience

Atomic Clocks Could Catch Time Going Quantum, Measuring Ticking That Goes Faster And Slower At the Same Time

Over the last few years, optical atomic clocks have broken record after record in precision timekeeping. Atoms are cooled to ...

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.
E&T Magazine

Portable atomic clock could keep ships on course without GPS

A portable atomic clock that has been successfully tested at sea could change the future of marine navigation.
AOL

The world's first nuclear clock can detect changes in nature’s fundamental constants

Scientists have taken another giant step towards building the most precise clock ever imagined—one that could display not only the passage of time, but shifting rules of nature itself. An ...
China Daily

China mass-produces chip-scale atomic clock with ultra-high precision

China has taken a critical step forward in high-precision timekeeping by mass-producing a fingernail-sized chip-scale atomic ...
Donga Science

Atomic clocks may reveal time existing in two states at once

Physicists have suggested the possibility of experimentally confirming the phenomenon of time's flow existing in multiple ...
AOL

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 the resonant frequency of atoms, a method so accurate that it serves as the ...
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Atomic clocks near test of quantum time superposition

Physicists are preparing to test whether time itself can exist in a quantum superposition, using ultra-sensitive atomic clocks capable of detecting minute fluctuations. The proposed experiment could ...
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Atomic clocks may soon test quantum time superposition

Physicists are preparing to test whether atomic clocks can experience quantum superposition, ticking faster and slower simultaneously. The concept merges principles from quantum mechanics and ...