NIST Builds A 100,000 Times Better Atomic Clock

J Shumate writes: " NIST has built a better clock, which, no doubt, will lead to a better mouse trap." According to the article, "The new all-optical atomic clock -- so named because of its reliance on laser technology -- measures the shortest intervals of time ever recorded. In fact, those intervals are 100,000 times shorter than those observed by the best current clocks."