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.
Researchers at Wuhan University (WHU) in China have produced a commercially manufacturable atomic clock less than one-seventh the size of its smallest US counterpart for use in satellites, drones and ...
(Adam Gault/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images) Researchers in China have created one of the most precise clocks ever made ...
Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future standard for measuring time.