Goal: developing the best atomic clock in the world

They are masters at working with light: the scientists at the newly founded QUEST Institute at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig. And they want to work on some of the most exciting questions relating ...

Team paves the way for the redefinition of the ampere

By 2018, scientists want all physical base units to be based on solid, unchangeable fundamental constants. The units "meter" and "second" are well ahead of schedule; the kelvin, the kilogram, the mole and the ampere are next ...

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