(Adam Gault/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images) Researchers in China have created one of the most precise clocks ever made ...

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future ...

Chinese scientists create clock so precise it could redefine second - Optical clock measures time using light emitted by ...

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Nuclear clocks are the next big thing in ultra-precise timekeeping. Recent publications in the journal Nature propose a new method and new technology to build the clocks. Timekeeping has become more ...