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New Atomic Fountain Clock Props Up the World's Time With Pinpoint Precision
F4, the latest cesium fountain clock that now stands as one of the most accurate timekeepers in the entire world.
New atomic fountain clock joins elite group that keeps the world on time
Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards ...
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This New Atomic Clock Is So Precise It Won’t Lose a Second for 140 Million Years
On a campus in Boulder, Colorado, time just became a little more exact. Inside the National Institute of Standards and ...
New Boulder atomic clock submitted to track world’s time
According to scientists at NIST in Boulder, their newest atomic clock, the NIST-F4, will help track time more precisely and ...
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US scientists debut atomic clock that stays true for 100 million years straight
Marvel’s Time Variance Authority (TVA) would probably call dibs on this atomic clock if they could! The NIST-F4 atomic clock, ...
World’s most accurate clock sold in Japan for US$3.3 million
Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for US$3.3 million (HK$25.7 million) in Japan last month. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 ...
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Rapid lithium extraction eliminates use of acid and high heat, scientists report
Lightweight lithium metal is a heavy-hitting critical mineral, serving as the key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries ...
Everest inks CSIRO Kick-Start agreement to study Mt Edon rubidium
Having inked an agreement with Australia’s CSIRO, Everest Metals will use the agency’s Kick-Start program to undertake ...
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Quick And Clean Lithium Extraction
The method extracts lithium from rock in minutes using low heat and water, without acid and with less energy than traditional ...