{"id":192157,"date":"2024-07-01T22:26:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-in-physics"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:26:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:26:34","slug":"worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-in-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-in-physics","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most accurate and precise atomic clock pushes new frontiers in physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/worlds-most-accurate-and-precise-atomic-clock-pushes-new-frontiers-in-physics.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In humankind\u2019s ever-ticking pursuit of perfection, scientists have developed an atomic clock that is more precise and accurate than any clock previously created. The new clock was built by researchers at JILA, a joint institution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder.<\/p>\n<p>Enabling pinpoint navigation in the vast expanse of space as well as searches for <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/new+particles\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">new particles<\/a>, this clock is the latest to transcend mere timekeeping. With their increased precision, these next-generation timekeepers could reveal hidden underground mineral deposits and test fundamental theories such as <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/general+relativity\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">general relativity<\/a> with unprecedented rigor.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/atomic+clock\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">atomic-clock<\/a> architects, it\u2019s not just about building a better clock; it\u2019s about unraveling the secrets of the universe and paving the way for technologies that will shape our world for generations to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In humankind\u2019s ever-ticking pursuit of perfection, scientists have developed an atomic clock that is more precise and accurate than any clock previously created. The new clock was built by researchers at JILA, a joint institution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder. Enabling pinpoint navigation in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}