Machine Design

Quantum logic clock is world’s best timekeeper

Move over, mercury. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom, making it ...
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NIST 'quantum logic clock' rivals mercury ion as world's most accurate clock

BOULDER, Colo.- An atomic clock that uses an aluminum atom to apply the logic of computers to the peculiarities of the quantum world now rivals the world's most accurate clock, based on a single ...
Machine Design

Quantum logic clock is world's best timekeeper

Move over, mercury. Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock Move over, mercury. Physicists at the ...