A nuclear transition such as that in thorium-229 will be much less disturbed in the solid state, and its clock transition will be mostly preserved even in a crystal environment. The solid-state ...

Scientific clockmakers have crafted a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to perform precise measurements of time and make new tests of fundamental ...

At the onset of the nuclear era, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic indicator of how near humanity is to annihilating the planet. The Doomsday Clock is now at 85 seconds to midnight, ...

Atomic Clock Market Forecast 2026-2036: Market to Reach USD 1,281.8 Million by 2036 at 7.0% CAGR as GNSS, Defense, and 5G Synchronization Drive Demand ...

The heart of a minuscule atomic clock—believed to be 100 times smaller than any other atomic clock—has been demonstrated by scientists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have demonstrated a new optical atomic clock that uses a single laser and doesn’t require cryogenic temperatures. By greatly reducing the size and complexity of atomic clocks ...

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more accurate clocks: optical atomic clocks. In a few years' time, they could ...

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Every single day, humans rely on hundreds of hidden clocks. GPS location, Internet stability, stock trading, power grid management ... all rely on atomic clocks in order to work. Many of those clocks ...

On January 17, 2025, a Ryanair flight from London was just moments from touching down in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius when its descent was abruptly aborted. The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had descended ...

Scientists at Delft University of Technology have managed to watch a single atomic nucleus flip its magnetic state in real time. Using a scanning tunneling microscope, they indirectly read the nucleus ...