Every clock in your house probably tells a slightly different time. Now picture those clocks as the most precise instruments humanity has ever built, so accurate that they wouldn't lose or gain a ...

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate. In 2003, engineers from Germany and ...

There are significantly different architectures for what are known as “atomic” clocks. Optically driven atomic clocks offer a new set of performance attributes. The optical atomic clocks use ...

That clock, called the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space, or ACES, launched into orbit from Florida last month, bound for the International Space Station. ACES, which was built by the European Space ...

NASA Scientists Excited to Use the Most Precise Atomic Clocks as It Will Help Them Explore Deep Space Over the years, many ...

Timekeeping just got a quantum upgrade. A new quantum clock uses wave-like motion to tell precise time with minimal energy loss.

Atomic clocks and frequency standards represent the pinnacle of precision timekeeping technology. By harnessing the natural oscillatory behaviour of atoms, these devices deliver unparalleled ...

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 ...

The study was published in Nature Photonics. Optical atomic clocks can improve time and location accuracy by a factor of ten, enhancing applications such as GPS systems, personal computers ...

The new models also address industry demand for alternatives to legacy magnetic cesium clocks that are more difficult to manage over time.

New Oscilloquartz models bring advanced optical pumping technology to telecom, defense, data center and metrology networks Adtran’s unique cesium clock solutions deliver longer service life and ...

This holiday, we bring you a meditation on time ... and clocks. There are hundreds of atomic clocks in orbit right now, perched on satellites all over Earth. We depend on them for GPS location ...