China has quietly solved a problem that only becomes obvious once you try to live and work off-world: clocks on the moon do ...

Physicists uncover a universal limit on timekeeping precision, proving that anything from heartbeats to ocean waves can be a ...

Scientists in Germany have unveiled that the world’s most precise mobile atomic clock is so accurate that it will be off by only one second after 15 billion years of continuous operation. Optical ...

The NPL has developed a miniaturised Atomic Fountain Clock that promises to make accurate timekeeping technology smaller.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dave Altavilla is a Tech Analyst covering chips, compute and AI. As mobile devices continue to take on more complex tasks—from ...

Researchers are looking for new ways to improve timekeeping because even small gains in stability can help physicists discover subtle physical effects. The thorium-229 nuclear clock is a newer venture ...

Over on his secondary YouTube channel, [Jeff Geerling] recently demoed the new Mitxela Precision Clock Mk IV. This clock uses GPS to get the current time, but also your location so it can figure out ...

Vladan Vuletić with members of his Experimental Atomic Physics group. From left to right: Matthew Radzihovsky, Leon Zaporski, Qi Liu, Vladan Vuletić, and Gustavo Velez. Every time you check the time ...