Atomic Nucleus Clocks Are Making History After Decades Of Theorizing

Keeping time is easy, keeping precise time is hard, but a new type of clock based on atomic nuclei has pushed time-keeping ...
New Scientist

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demonstrating a technology that could eventually ...
Phys.org

Why timekeeping is now on the verge of a giant leap forward in accuracy

Time is vital to the functioning of our everyday lives: from the watches on our wrists to the GPS systems in our phones. Communication systems, power grids, and financial transactions all rely on ...
New Scientist

First quantum grandfather clock could probe where gravity comes from

Researchers have designed a quantum version of a pendulum clock. It could shed light on timekeeping in the quantum realm ...
History Snob on MSN

The history of timekeeping before clocks became common

Today, most people can check the time with a glance at a phone, watch, or computer screen. Precise timekeeping has become so routine that it's easy to forget how difficult it once was to measure the ...
Hackaday

Timekeeping For Distributed Computers

Ask any programmer who has ever had to deal with timekeeping on a computer, and they’re likely to go on at length about how it can be a surprisingly difficult thing to keep track of. Time zones, leap ...