While were not quite there yet, this research brings us closer to that level of precision.
But the highest level of precision is necessary for high-risk measurements, like checking the positions of spacecraft.
All that is left to do is technical development work, with no more major obstacles to be expected.
A graphic depicting an atomic nucleus acting as a clock.Illustration: Oliver Diekmann, TU Wien
The first cars werent any faster than carriages.
It was all about introducing a new concept, Schumm said.
And thats exactly what weve now achieved with the nuclear clock.
In July, a different team of researchers presented themost precise atomic clock yet.
That clock traps thousands of atoms to keep time and will only lose a second every 30 billion years.
These are heady times indeed for, uh, time itself!
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