Free-space laser link beats the stability of optical clocks
Setting up links to satellites could create a global timing network, say researchers
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Accelerometer sensitivity gets a laser boost
An improved technique to measure acceleration works using laser light
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Three top atomic clocks are compared with record accuracy
Research could lead the way to a new time standard
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Physicists measure energy of lowest nuclear excited state
High-precision magnetic microcalorimeter experiments could bring nuclear clocks a step closer
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Physicists pin down deuteron mass
Penning trap enables the most precise measurement ever of the mass of a deuterium nucleus
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Machine learning and Doppler vibrometer monitor household appliances
System could provide energy-saving advice
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Queensgate: collaborating to push the boundaries of measurement science
The National Physical Laboratory and Queensgate share an unrelenting passion for better precision at the cutting edge of measurement science
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Quantum calorimeter is as precise as nature allows
The nanoscale thermometer observes the fundamental fluctuations in a sample’s electron temperature, showing how sensitive such a device can be
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Gas-pressure standard gets down to fundamentals
Researchers at Germany's national metrology institute have developed a new standard for pressure measurement that does not rely on physical artefacts
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A decade of Physics World breakthroughs: 2010 – new ways of controlling antimatter
Margaret Harris assesses the 2010 Physics World Breakthrough of the Year and subsequent developments in antimatter research
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