This typically involves using microwaves to stimulate atoms to shift between energy states. These shifts, called oscillations, happen naturally at an extremely high rate, acting like an ultra-precise ...

With an optical atomic clock, you may achieve a precision of just a few centimeters [where 1 centimeter is 0.4 inches]," study co-author Minghao Qi, professor of electrical and computer ...

Shimadzu Corp, a Kyoto, Japan-based precision equipment maker, has started selling a clock which is accurate to a deviation of one second over ten billion years. The strontium optical lattice ...

Shimadzu Corporation, a Kyoto, Japan-based precision equipment maker, has started selling a clock which is accurate to a deviation of one second over 10 billion years. The strontium optical ...

Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world's most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday. The "Aether clock OC 020" is so precise that it would take 10 billion years for it ...