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New Atomic Clock Pushes Boundaries of Accuracy

Posted by timothy on from the pushes-them-the-right-way-even dept.

Neophytus writes "An interesting story on the BBC reports on how a new type of atomic clock is near completion that would only loose about a second in every 100 million years. Within ten years they hope to have a clock with billion year accuracy which would potentially bring advances in disease research by watching timing genes. More reports from this year's AAAS Annual meeting can be found on the BBC, and information about the event on the AAAS Annual Meeting website."

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  1. In other news ... by one9nine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Scientists have now discoverd that it's more accurate to count "1 Alabama, 2 Alabama" instead of "1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi". Scientists predict quartback sacks during backyard football games will increase 27% over the next four years.

  2. Brownouts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Experiments suggest this clock may lose only one second in 100 million years.

    And the power will never go out, not in 100 million years.