Science News

Clocks made from an atomic nucleus just ticked on for the first time

First dreamed up decades ago, the world's first nuclear clocks are set to improve quickly, becoming more precise and aiding ...

Atomic clocks may be powerful enough to detect the quantum fabric of time

Time feels familiar. It marks every moment of daily life, from the ticking of a wall clock to the changing numbers on a ...

Ultrafast laser shrinks to chip scale, potentially lowering costs for diagnostics and atomic clocks

Ultrafast lasers emit pulses lasting only a few hundred femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second). These flashes of light ...
Science Daily

After 20 years, scientists finally shrink a powerful laser onto a chip

Researchers at EPFL have developed a chip-scale ultrafast laser that performs on par with traditional tabletop femtosecond ...
Optics

Laser tweezers help stabilize atomic clock

A team of physicists in the US has reported that an atomic clock based on laser tweezers offers some "unique possibilities" for a future generation of super-precise timepieces. Demonstrated at JILA ...
Optics

Novel laser makes atomic clock '100 times sharper'

JILA team has now built the super-radiant design based on strontium atoms that it first proposed four years ago. A team of researchers at a laboratory affiliated with the US National Institute of ...
Hackaday

Laser Pointer Clock Makes Timekeeping A Drawn-Out Affair

Designing a unique clock to flex your technical skills can be a rewarding experience and result in an admirable showpiece for your home. [Andres Robam] saw an opportunity to make a laser-pointer clock ...