More accurate strontium-based atomic clocks are possible – and accurate to one second every 40 billion years – by emitting radiation in the visible, rather than microwave, spectrum.

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The Department of Defense has awarded quantum technology firm Infleqtion an $11 million contract to help it speed up the development of its atomic timing technology. Atomic clocks are one of the ...

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Atomic scientists moved their "Doomsday Clock" closer to midnight than ever before, citing Russian nuclear threats amid its invasion of Ukraine and other factors underlying the risks of global ...

Atomic scientists kept their “Doomsday Clock” set at 90 seconds to midnight, citing threats from multiple wars, nuclear weapons and climate change as factors.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, one second more than the last two years, attributed to threats posed by climate change and artificial ...

For decades, the world has kept time with the ticks of atomic clocks. But they could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to the introduction of a nuclear clock that could revolutionise how we ...

Atomic scientists on Tuesday kept their "Doomsday Clock" set as close to midnight as ever before, citing Russia's actions on nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, nuclear-armed Israel's ...