Stabilizing the transmission of time signals for relativity research
They say time waits for no man but David Gozzard might have found a way to at least tame it.
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Why we need to keep adding leap seconds
Today at precisely 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, something chronologically peculiar will take place: there'll be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00.
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2015
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Highly-precise comparison of mercury and strontium optical lattice clocks
A University of Tokyo and RIKEN research group has developed a mercury-based optical lattice clock and measured the mercury clock frequency using the same group's recently developed strontium-based optical lattice clock as ...
General Physics
Jun 30, 2015
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Monitoring volcanoes with ground-based atomic clocks
An international team led by scientists from the University of Zurich finds that high-precision atomic clocks can be used to monitor volcanoes and potentially improve predictions of future eruptions. In addition, a ground-based ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2015
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The challenge of building a better atomic clock and why it matters
Prior to the mid-18th century, it was tough to be a sailor. If your voyage required east-west travel, you couldn't set out to a specific destination and have any real hope of finding it efficiently.
General Physics
Jun 25, 2015
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Second thoughts: Is a tiny addition in time too much?
Question: When is a minute not a minute?
General Physics
Jun 16, 2015
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Deep space atomic clock
As the saying goes, timing is everything. More so in 21st-century space exploration where navigating spacecraft precisely to far-flung destinations—say, to Mars or even more distant Europa, a moon of Jupiter—is critical.
Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2015
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Examining Einstein—precise experiments using lasers in space
Tests carried out in zero-gravity on board the FOKUS research rocket. Successful demonstration of technology for the QUANTUS mission.
General Physics
Apr 23, 2015
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About time: New record for atomic clock accuracy
In another advance at the far frontiers of timekeeping by National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers, the latest modification of a record-setting strontium atomic clock has achieved precision and stability ...
General Physics
Apr 21, 2015
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3,000 atoms entangled with a single photon
Physicists from MIT and the University of Belgrade have developed a new technique that can successfully entangle 3,000 atoms using only a single photon. The results, published today in the journal Nature, represent the largest ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 25, 2015
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