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Optical clocks at sea | Nature

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Optical clocks at sea | Nature

Atomic timekeeping plays an essential role in modern infrastructure, from transportation to telecommunications to cloud computing. Billions of devices rely on the Global Navigation Satellite System for accurate positioning and synchronization11. The Global Navigation Satellite System is a network of distributed, high-performance microwave-based atomic clocks that provide nanosecond-level synchronization globally. The emergence of fieldable optical … Read more

Clock-watching could be killing your sleep – why clocks have no place in the bedroom

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Clock-watching could be killing your sleep – why clocks have no place in the bedroom

You wake up and check the clock – 2am, plenty of time left to fall back to sleep on your best mattress. Then you check again and this time it’s 3am, then 4am, and now you’re just lying there watching the clock tick closer to morning. While monitoring the time may seem like a smart … Read more