New Clock May Be World's Most Precise
The folks at NIST have a new clock that may be the most precise.
The clock measures the oscillations of a mercury ion held in an electromagnetic freezer trap, producing "ticks" at optical frequencies. The high frequencies allow scientists to divide time into smaller units, producing more accuracy.
Tags: mercury, clock, atomic
[via Playfuls.com]
This entry was posted on Monday, July 17, 2006 at 7/17/2006 06:12:00 PM. 
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