Image: Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space: Time to get ready
ESA's Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. This ...
A Nuclear Clock So Precise It Could Redefine Time Itself
JILA researchers are pioneering a nuclear clock using thorium-229, which offers unprecedented stability compared to atomic ...
Q&A: Crystallizing time—physicists create a new phase of matter in the center of a diamond
In their ongoing efforts to push the boundaries of quantum possibilities, physicists in Arts & Sciences at Washington ...
Dialing in the temperature needed for precise nuclear timekeeping
For decades, atomic clocks have been the pinnacle of precision timekeeping, enabling GPS navigation, cutting-edge physics ...
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Cesium Clock Teardown, Or Quantum Physics Playground
Maybe that’s even more than half of the fun. [CuriousMarc] got an HP 5061A Cesium clock, a somewhat famous instrument as the model that attempted to prove the theory of relativity. The reason?
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Sneaky clocks: Uncovering Einstein's relativity in an interacting atomic playground
"Since these clocks simultaneously interrogate many atoms, they provide a unique platform to explore the intersection of GR and many-body quantum physics. In this work, we investigated a system ...
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An adjunct K-State professor is bringing laser physics to the farms
Cutting-edge technology meets the Kansas cow farm in a collaboration between physicists and agriculture scientists.