Precision equipment manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. said it has created the world’s most accurate time device: a clock that won’t ...

Atomic clocks are the basis upon which a second is defined. But there is a new kid on the block, the optical clock, which ...

according to its Kyoto-based manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. Known as a "strontium optical lattice clock", it is 100 times more accurate than caesium atomic clocks, the current standard for defining ...

A new study shows that electron spins—tiny magnetic properties of atoms that can store information—can be protected from ...

The size, power, and other metrics of a latest-generation chip-scale atomic clock.

according to its Kyoto-based manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. Known as a “strontium optical lattice clock”, it is 100 times more accurate than caesium atomic clocks, the current standard for ...

Standing 1.5 metres (4.9 feet) tall and roughly the size of a single-door refrigerator, the caesium atomic fountain clock can be loaded onto a military truck and, after enduring long-distance ...

Optical lattice clocks, the pinnacle of timekeeping, are key to exploring the relationship between quantum mechanics and ...

Caesium also has applications in atomic clocks, solar and battery technology, catalysis and medicine. “We know that 3,000 tonnes of [caesium] concentrate is the annual consumption, which is not ...

according to its Kyoto-based manufacturer Shimadzu Corp. Known as a “strontium optical lattice clock”, it is 100 times more accurate than caesium atomic clocks, the current standard for ...