FOR THE discerning timekeeper, only an atomic clock will do. Whereas the best quartz timepieces will lose a millisecond every ...

Nuclear clocks could be more accurate than atomic clocks by a factor of about 10, potentially leading to improved GPS ...

The most precise clocks in the world will lose only one second every 300 billion years—and someday they might fit in your ...

Coordinated Lunar Time will help with precise space-travel calculations. But first, NASA has to figure out how to make it ...

Before a nuclear plant construction project breaks ground and the clock starts ticking, many years are often spent behind ...

So longitude is really about clocks. Timekeeping, the way we do it now, is as much about making sure you show up at the right place as the right time. This is also true for GPS. Every satellite in a ...

By studying decay of bound-state beta decay of thallium-205 (205Tl81+), scientists can better understand the timing and ...

According to the US Drought Monitor, the long periods of hot and dry conditions have left every state in the country facing ...

For the first time in nine years, I am not attending the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties ...

The crux of the Time zone converter lies in its capacity to switch between standard time references like the atomic standard of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC ... Navigating between varying time ...