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Enjoy New Year's Eve a Second Longer!

You can toot your New Year's horn an extra second this year, say physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Along with the rest of
Kitching with an atomic clock

NIST Unveils Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

The heart of a minuscule atomic clock—believed to be 100 times smaller than any other atomic clock—has been demonstrated by scientists at the Commerce
illustration of the NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock

There's nothing like the joy of receiving a precision timepiece as a holiday gift. Thanks to the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and
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