The way time is measured is on the edge of a historic upgrade. At the heart of this change is a new kind of atomic clock that ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's new cesium fountain clock is one of the most precise atomic clocks ever ...

Inside the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, a new atomic clock named NIST-F4 has begun to tick — not ...

This shift means timekeeping could become 1,000 times more accurate than today's standards. Researchers at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Germany have pushed atomic clocks into ...

Cesium fountain clocks such as NIST-F4 are a type of atomic clock—a complex ... reported that NIST-F4's frequency measurements were accurate to within 2.2 parts in 10 to the 16th (10 million ...

NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate ...

Whether you find yourself glancing at a clock on the wall or checking your phone, the time you constantly see is the product of a meticulous system upheld by the world’s timekeepers. In the U.S., a ...

A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a short shelf life: it will burn up in the atmosphere at the end of the decade ...

The clock is based on a “fountain” design that represents the gold standard of accuracy in ... Kind of Clock Cesium fountain clocks such as NIST-F4 are a type of atomic clock — a complex ...

Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ...