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This New Clock Is So Precise It Could Soon Redefine The Second

(Adam Gault/Photographer's Choice RF/Getty Images) Researchers in China have created one of the most precise clocks ever made ...

Chinese scientists create clock so precise it could redefine second

Chinese scientists create clock so precise it could redefine second - Optical clock measures time using light emitted by ...

A New Kind of Atomic Clock Could Redefine the Second

Scientists are exploring a new type of optical atomic clock based on ytterbium-173 ions that could help define the future ...
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An optical clock sets a record, edging us toward a new second

Physicists are quietly rewriting one of the most basic units in science, using a new generation of optical clocks that can keep time so precisely they barely lose a beat over the age of the universe.
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Coaches not worried about switch to 30-second shot clock

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- John Calipari bluntly downplayed the effect a shorter shot clock might have on college basketball. "Thirty seconds is not going to have an impact on the game," the Kentucky ...
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ESPN poll favors 30-second clock

Nearly 60 percent of the nearly 500 college coaches polled by ESPN are in favor of the men's basketball shot clock changing from 35 seconds to 30 seconds. "The shot clock would be fine if they put it ...