Because they can enumerate one second up to around 18 decimal places, scientists expect optical clocks will become the ...

A new atomic clock is one of the world’s best timekeepers, researchers say — and after years of development, the “fountain”-style clock is now in use helping keep official U.S. time. Known ...

The advantage of a radio-controlled clock that receives the time signal from WWVB is that you never have to set it again. Whether it’s a little digital job on your desk, or some big analog wall ...

On this week’s “More To The Story,” Daniel Holz from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists discusses why the hands of the ...

Atomic Clock Trades Receiver For An ESP8266. 20 Comments . by: Tom Nardi. April 7, 2025. ... I’ve only had to set the time on one of the 10 or so units since the modification about a year ago.

The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to being inhabitable for humanity. Scientists just set the new time for 2025.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the clock to 89 seconds before midnight - the theoretical point of annihilation. That is one second closer than it was set last year.

NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate timekeepers, priming the clock to be recognized as a primary frequency ...

Doomsday clock remains set at 90 seconds to midnight 01:03. The Doomsday clock was set at 89 seconds to midnight on Tuesday morning, putting it the closest the world has ever been to what ...

That's why atomic physicists at NASA want to build a more precise, more autonomous atomic clock. Sponsor Message The team hopes a prototype will be ready by late 2025.