The advantage of a radio-controlled clock that receives the time signal from WWVB is that you never have to set it again. Whether it’s a little digital job on your desk, or some big analog wall clock ...

The world’s network of atomic clocks is already mind-bogglingly accurate. They also underpin a slew of modern necessities, from GPS to internet communication. Atomic clocks work by tuning a laser to ...

(Patcharin Saenlakon/iStockphoto/Getty Images) The time-keeping offered by your watch or phone may be good enough for day-to-day life, but scientists are much more ambitious in terms of precision, and ...

Scientists in Vienna have achieved a major breakthrough in timekeeping by creating the world’s first self-stabilizing nuclear clock, a technology that could eventually surpass even the most precise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests trapped-ion atomic clocks could detect quantum superpositions of time, opening a path toward uniting quantum ...

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 ...

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Physicists from the the National Metrology Institute of Germany have developed a new variant of atomic clock boasting up to 100 times the accuracy of today’s traditional microwave-based atomic clocks.

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How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...