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New atomic clock could keep accurate time until the world ends
If the atomic clock in
the University of Colorado Boulder's JILA laboratory had been started
when the Earth came into existence, its time would still be perfect down
to the very second today. Likewise, if the clock were reset now and
kept running, it would likely outlast life on Earth.
The laboratory's atomic clock is — perhaps unsurprisingly — said to be
the most precise one in the world, and it's being unveiled today by a paper in Nature. But while it's an incredible feat for timekeeping, for researchers it's only one tick forward.
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