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Tipoffs for Boulder, Colorado (Federal Agencies) Newsletter for Friday September 06, 2024 ( 1 items )  

NIST: Major Leap for Nuclear Clock Paves Way for Ultraprecise Timekeeping
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology issued the following news: * * * * Nuclear clocks would measure time based on changes inside an atom's nucleus, which would make them less sensitive to external disturbances and potentially more accurate than atomic clocks. * These clocks could lead to improved timekeeping and navigation, faster internet speeds, and advances in fundamental physics research. * Scientists have demon  more