Physicists in Colorado say that they’ve refined an innovative atomic clock to be more precise than the breed of clocks that’s been the best for 50 years.
CLOCK WORKS. When installed in an atomic clock, this molybdenum structure (left) traps a mercury ion (right, arrow) at its center. The clock uses the ion to keep time with unprecedented precision.
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