{"id":217964,"date":"2025-07-15T18:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T23:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/worlds-most-accurate-atomic-clock-redefines-how-me-measure-second"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T23:07:40","slug":"worlds-most-accurate-atomic-clock-redefines-how-me-measure-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/worlds-most-accurate-atomic-clock-redefines-how-me-measure-second","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s most accurate atomic clock redefines how me measure second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rc2pHJsGsBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) U.S. has set a new world record for the most accurate aluminum ion-based optical atomic clock.<\/p>\n<p>This clock sets a new time-keeping benchmark, accurately measuring a second down to its 19th decimal place. That\u2019s a major leap, making it 41% more accurate and 2.6 times more stable than the former record holder.<\/p>\n<p>The aluminum ion clock\u2019s accuracy record stems from two decades of persistent refinement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) U.S. has set a new world record for the most accurate aluminum ion-based optical atomic clock. This clock sets a new time-keeping benchmark, accurately measuring a second down to its 19th decimal place. That\u2019s a major leap, making it 41% more accurate and 2.6 times more stable [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217964","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\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}