TechnologyEnglish • 7 months ago

Most Precise Atomic Clock Ever Built Will Only Lose a Second Every 30 Billion Years

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Most Precise Atomic Clock Ever Built Will Only Lose a Second Every 30 Billion Years

TechnologyEnglish • 7 months ago

The device, which traps thousands of atoms to keep time, is "pushing the boundaries of what's possible with timekeeping." The device traps thousands of atoms to keep time, and is "pushing the boundaries of what's possible with timekeeping."

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16•7 months ago
Surely in 30 billion years nothing could possibly happen to the supercooled strontium to throw that off, right?

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