This atomic clock is so precise it can detect how gravity changes time. Scientists now want to take it outside the lab and measure tiny shifts across Earth

Researchers at Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies have developed a highly accurate lutetium-based atomic clock. This ...
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New atomic clock breaks record for world’s most accurate

As the world considers redefining the precise length of a second, Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies has delivered a ...

Scientists build world's most accurate atomic clock

Take a second and turn it into trillions of moments. Measure each one. That's how precisely an atomic clock at Singapore's ...
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Lutetium atomic clock breaks world record: NUS stands alone in race to redefine second

Lutetium atomic clock from Singapore's NUS achieves systematic uncertainty of 1 x 10-19, surpassing every prior record by roughly four times and becoming the world's most accurate timekeeper -- ...
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NASA supercomputer says Earth’s extinction clock just got slashed in 1/2

For decades, scientists treated the end of Earth’s habitability as a problem for the far future, measured in several billion years. New high powered simulations have now pulled that horizon ...
MIT Technology Review

A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth

The European Space Agency’s ACES mission could ultimately pave the way for a global network of atomic clocks that make these measurements far more accurate. In 2003, engineers from Germany and ...
Ars Technica

Researchers figure out how to keep clocks on the Earth, Moon in sync

Timing is everything these days. Our communications and GPS networks all depend on keeping careful track of the precise timing of signals—including accounting for the effects of relativity. The deeper ...