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

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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A new atomic clock is one of the world’s best timekeepers, researchers say — and after years of development, the “fountain”-style clock is now in use helping keep official U.S. time. Known as NIST-F4, ...

Nasa, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), has launched two state-of-the-art atomic clocks to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space ...

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The field of optical atomic clocks, in combination with ultracold atoms, has transformed precision timekeeping and metrology. By utilising laser-cooled atoms confined in optical lattices, researchers ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched one of its most precise science experiments to date — the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES)—to the International Space Station (ISS). This is no ...