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Globe's Most Precise Atomic Clock Invented

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Globe’s Most Precise Atomic Clock Invented
Time is an adventure that humans seem to be preoccupied in for everything from when we get up in the morning, when we go to work and when we go to bed, but if you compared all the clocks and watches of the world, there’s a new atomic clock out that is so accurate that it will only lose one tiny second in a timeframe of 15 billion years!
Apple may have invented its new Apple Watch, but this new optical lattice clock, or it is also being called the strontium atomic clock, will put it to shame when it comes to accuracy. The new atomic clock was created by scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (www.nist.gov/index.html), last year, but now they have adjusted it to the point where it is the most precise atomic clock in existence. …show more content…

When it comes to defining precision in this case, it means how close the new atomic clock can get to the actual frequency in which the strontium atoms inside of it resonate and oscillate in-between two electronic energy levels.
In this case, this new atomic clock is so precise that it can even measure how the passage of time changes at higher levels of elevation on the Earth, as clocks will actually tick faster if you travel to a higher elevation area. This fact fits in with Einstein’s theory of relativity (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity). According to the scientists who created it, this means the clock can measure gravitational shits if you raise it up a mere two centimeters from the surface of the Earth.
Accuracy Important for Quantum Physics, Navigation Systems,

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