Scientists have developed the most precise and accurate atomic clock to date – if you ran it for twice the current age of the universe, it would only be off by one second. This could not only improve ...

Are you going to do something worth remembering today? That’s a question that an app called 1 Second Every Day will make you answer every day. The app was inspired by Cesar Kuriyama who chose to ...

Scientists have developed one of the most precise atomic clocks ever built, and they plan to use it as a reference clock to define time itself. Based on the rising and falling of cesium atoms under a ...

Physicists have built the most accurate clock ever: one that gains or loses only one second every 40 billion years 1. Alexander Aeppli at the research institute JILA in Boulder, Colorado, and his ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

How do you check the accuracy of an atomic clock “that will lose less than 1 second every 40 billion years”, as per a recent New Scientist article? And why, if an unfastened duvet cover is put into a ...

The Earth is spinning faster than it has at any time in the last 50 years, careful study of our planet reveals. Each of the 28 shortest days ever measured came in 2020. It is possible this may require ...