The reconciliation of general relativity and quantum mechanics is one of the biggest challenges in science, one that continues to elude us. Now, a new study by Anjun Chu and colleagues has examined ...

Quantum timekeeping has reached a new threshold, with trapped-ion clocks now accurate to the 19th decimal place and a ...

Keeping perfect time is far trickier than it sounds. The world’s best clocks that ...

Mesa Quantum wants to shake up GPS by putting quantum sensors in devices as small as a phone and as large as a data center. The Boulder, Colorado-based startup is working on a suite of chip-scale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MIT and Harvard scientists have built the world’s most precise optical clock, surpassing the quantum limit with entangled atoms ...

How can the strange properties of quantum particles be exploited to perform extremely accurate measurements? This question is at the heart of the research field of quantum metrology. One example is ...

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How can the strange properties of quantum particles be exploited to perform extremely accurate measurements? This question is at the heart of the research field of quantum metrology. One example is ...

From left to right, Adam Kaufman, Nelson Darkwah Oppong, Alec Cao and Theo Lukin Yelin inspect an atomic optical clock at JILA. Imagine walking into a room where several different grandfather clocks ...

IonQ, a quantum computing technology company, has finalized the acquisition of quantum sensing firm Vector Atomic. IonQ said Tuesday the all-stock transaction enhances its position as a full-spectrum ...

The field of optical atomic clocks, in combination with ultracold atoms, has transformed precision timekeeping and metrology. By utilising laser-cooled atoms confined in optical lattices, researchers ...