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The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.

Biden asks for "unified lunar time standard" amid privatized space race

In a strange twist, global warming could help timekeepers by delaying the need for history's first "negative leap second"—a minute with only 59 seconds—by three years, a study suggested.

For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks because the planet is rotating faster than it used to

Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second.

Dublin, Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The

One year ends, another begins; this is how we discipline the flow of time into manageable units. But what sort of order does a calendar impose, and what is it based on? A Brief History...

Silicon photonics is an emerging technology that integrates photonic systems and electronic circuits on a single silicon chip to perform optical functions...

/PRNewswire/ -- The global crystal oscillator market was valued at USD 3.0 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 3.4 billion by 2028; it is expected to...

An international research team has taken a decisive step toward a new generation of atomic clocks. At the European XFEL X-ray laser, the researchers have created a much more precise pulse generato ...