Scientists build world's most accurate atomic clock

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What happened

Take a second and turn it into trillions of moments.

That's how precisely an atomic clock at Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) keeps time—and with record-setting accuracy, according to results published in Nature on Sept.

Key facts

  • Take a second and turn it into trillions of moments.
  • That's how precisely an atomic clock at Singapore's Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) keeps time—and with record-setting accuracy, according to results published in Nature on Sept.
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:20:03 UTC.

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