'Quantum Logic Clock' Based on Aluminum Ion is Now World's Most Precise Clock

From PhysOrg.com:

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world’s most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom.

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