Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

Even your Macbook or smartphone displays time which is synchronized to the NIST-F1 clock, a cesium fountain atomic clock (aka the ‘Atomic Clock’) that is part of a global consortium of atomic ...

Atomic Digital Clock Auto Set (no back light) - Using radio frequencies broadcast from NIST’s Colorado , the clock will automatically set to the correct time. Automatically adjusts to Daylight ...

Atomic clocks are exceptionally sensitive to temperature ... With this development, NIST continues to push the boundaries of scientific discovery. This method opens a door to a world where ...

"Atomic clocks are exceptionally sensitive to temperature changes, which can cause small errors in their measurements," said NIST research scientist Chris Holloway. "We're hopeful this new ...

Accurate frequency measurements of a narrow optical clock transition in ... develop increasingly accurate atomic clocks. The spectral resolution achieved in the NIST experiment is higher than ...

(Courtesy: R Jacobson/NIST) A new way to measure the temperatures of objects ... “It’s sort of designed so that all the hardware is the same as atomic clocks, so without modifying the clock ...

Our research focuses on the development of optical clocks using ultracold atomic systems. By tightly confining ytterbium ... interactions to advance state-of-the-art capabilities of the NIST ytterbium ...

Researchers at NIST used a similar principle to improve the atomic force microscope (AFM), allowing them to measure rapid changes in microscopic material more accurately than ever before.