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New atomic clock sets the record for stability

27 Aug 2013
Photograph of the ytterbium lattice atomic clock set-up at NIST
Tick-tock: measuring with extreme accuracy. (Courtesy: Burrus/NIST)
  Researchers in the US have built an atomic clock that is nearly 10 times more stable than t

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