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World's most stable atomic clock with 'zero downtime'
If you were to ask which type of clock runs most accurately, making an important contribution to the development of mankind, it must be the atomic clock.
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Space science
China brought the first cold atomic clock to space
According to calculations, China's latest cold atomic clock is only a second later ... 1 billion years.
Space science
What happens is a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang
What happens in a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after Big Bang?
Scientific application
Toxicity in two types of universal nanomaterials
Two groups of independent scientists in the US have published new research results showing that iron (Fe) nanoparticles and short nanotubes can pose risks to human and a…
Scientific application
Use of titanium dioxide in protein separation technique
Chemists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Arizona State University have come up with a simple
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Will the clock be only one 120 seconds wrong for 14 billion years?
Some scientists propose to replace the atomic clock with a nuclear clock, because the nuclear clock only runs one-thirds of a second within 14 billion years - the time e…
Medicine - Health
Artificial neurons are faster than human brain
NIST is one of the few research groups trying to develop hardware that mimics the human brain, or neuromorphic chip, in hopes that it will run brain simulation software…
Medicine - Health
Laser beams help discover hidden diseases through breathing patterns
Using lasers to break a person's breath, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU) in Boulder have show…
Computer science
A number of US government agencies
Due to concerns about compatibility, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have not allowed tens of…
New technology
Thanks to the 'synaptic' superconducting switch, the computer can operate like a human brain
Research has shown that this switch of NIST is the missing part of a neural simulation computer.
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US made the world's most accurate atomic clock set a new record
The world's most accurate atomic clock will only deviate a second for 15 billion years.
New technology
The most accurate atomic clock in the world
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have officially launched the most accurate atomic clock in the world.
New technology
Developed the most powerful quantum-engineering device
Physicists in the United States have announced the development of a simulator that will allow them to observe the behavior of subatomic particles that current computers…
New technology
Manufacturing equipment to convert laser light into frequency signals
Researchers working at Purdue University, USA, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have created a device small enough to mount on computer chips, whic…
New technology
Fabrication of memory-based transport circuits of computer ram
Researchers working at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA together with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed: New generation mic…