The National Institute of Standards and Technology has set a new world record for the most accurate aluminum ion-based ...

The 54-pound NWA 16788 has set a new world record as the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction. The first major ...

However, aluminum is tricky. The element is difficult to measure with lasers, as well as cool to absolute zero. But when ...

If, like me, you can't go a day without making sure your watch is synced to the second, you'll be delighted to learn that a ...

By Alimat Aliyeva Scientists at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have successfully develope ...

There's a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Our measurements of gravity are not good enough for NIST's new atomic clock. By Avery Thompson Published: Nov 30, 2018 3:14 PM EST. Save Article. National Institute of Standards and Technology.

NIST Atomic Fountain Clock Gets Much Better With Time. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / 09 / 050926080117.htm ...

Precision time is ubiquitous today thanks to GPS and WWVB. Even your Macbook or smartphone displays time which is synchronized to the NIST-F1 clock, a cesium fountain atomic clock (aka the ‘A… ...

The newly launched atomic clock, called NIST-F2, is accurate to within plus or minus one second over 300 million years. Both clocks are based on a Cesium atom fountain.

And, because these measurements and adjustments take place at twice the speed of a single atomic clock, the new NIST unit reaches stability levels 10 times faster than previously possible.

NIST physicists have demonstrated a compact atomic clock design that relies on cold rubidium atoms instead of the usual hot atoms, a switch that promises improved precision and stability.