Adelaide University researchers have successfully tested a new type of portable atomic clock at sea for the first time, using ...

Most clocks, from wristwatches to the systems that run GPS and the internet, work by tracking regular, repeating motions. To ...

Researchers at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have created a tiny atomic fountain clock. It is only 5 percent the size of a normal one but keeps the same high-precision time. The clock’s ...

To find out how clock accuracy is verified and which reference is used for comparison, we visited the Belarusian State Institute of Metrology (BelGIM), where most of the national standards are kept.

For the first time, an international team of physicists has successfully harnessed a rare orbital transition in atoms of ...