• Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 27th, 2015
Reminder: June 30 Will Be Precisely One Second Longer

Reminder: June 30 Will Be Precisely One Second Longer

Tuesday, June 30, will last 86,401 seconds

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • April 22nd, 2015
Atomic Clock Will Not Lose or Gain Be It 1 Second for 15 Billion Years

Atomic Clock Will Not Lose or Gain Be It 1 Second for 15 Billion Years

The astoundingly precise clock is the work of scientists with the US National Institute of Standards and Technology

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • January 9th, 2015
June 30, 2015 Will Be a Second Longer than Any Other Day of the Year

June 30, 2015 Will Be a Second Longer than Any Other Day of the Year

The so-called leap second will be added to June 30, 2015, to sync atomic clocks with our planet's rotational time

3D Printing Tech Makes Atomic Pocket Watch Possible

3D Printing Tech Makes Atomic Pocket Watch Possible

The No10 will have its outer shell made via selective layer sintering

Atomic Pocket Watch Released by Genius Inventor Richard Hoptroff

Atomic Pocket Watch Released by Genius Inventor Richard Hoptroff

He managed to turn a potentially enormous device into a bracelet

NIST Creates Atomic Clock That Uses Cold Rubidium Atoms

NIST Creates Atomic Clock That Uses Cold Rubidium Atoms

Only hot atoms were ever used in such devices before

Proposed Nuclear Clock Is Accurate over Universal Timescales

Proposed Nuclear Clock Is Accurate over Universal Timescales

It will only lose one tenth of a second ever 14 billion years

Fourth PTB Atomic Clock Added to the UTC Club

Fourth PTB Atomic Clock Added to the UTC Club

The group keeps track of global time

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • March 10th, 2008
Galileo Test Spacecraft Prepares for Launch

Galileo Test Spacecraft Prepares for Launch

Giove-B to lift off in April

Optical Clocks, Atomic Clocks of the Future

Optical Clocks, Atomic Clocks of the Future

Strontium atomic clocks to replace cesium ones

  • Audio
  • By Florin Tibu
  • April 17th, 2007
0.03 Parts per Billion Accuracy: Antelope Audio Isochrone M10

0.03 Parts per Billion Accuracy: Antelope Audio Isochrone M10

Atomic master clocks at their best