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A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a ...
The Bengals have invested enough in quarterback and receiver, so they won’t be represented in the final part of this draft ...
Now a Japanese company has commercialized one approach—an optical-lattice clock it claims is the most accurate on the market.
At the quantum level, the past and the future are indiscernible. That could have profound effects on the world we can see.
After netting the world’s highest-paying science award, preeminent theoretical physicist Gerard ’t Hooft reflects on his legacy and the future of physics ...
The two starting pitchers tasked with taking the mound for the Twins over the weekend found themselves at a similar point in ...
Sixers offseason mailbag: Where do they go from here? The Sixers are virtually locked into the NBA’s fifth-worst record, but their offseason outlook remains murky. What questions do you have ...
That was because, in 2022, scientists globally agreed that we should start work on redefining the second based on our latest and greatest timekeeping technology: optical clocks. However ...
Atomic clocks have long been the gold standard for measuring time and frequency. Among them, optical clocks—using atoms like strontium or aluminum—have reached staggering levels of accuracy, with ...
A test rocket aimed at building the ability to launch satellites from Europe crashed about 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian spaceport on Sunday. The unmanned Spectrum rocket, an orbital ...
A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on Sunday, in what German startup Isar ...