TOKYO: Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 billion years ...

TOKYO, Japan — Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world's most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million (P188 milllion) ...

For over a century, physicists have grappled with one of the most profound questions in science: How do the rules of quantum mechanics, which govern ...

Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world's most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday.

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Manufactured by Kyoto-based Shimadzu Corp, the clock’s precision is so remarkable that it would take 10 billion years for it to deviate by a single second.

The machine, a box around a metre (three feet) tall, is small for its kind with a volume of around 250 litres. It can also be used in research.

The optical lattice clock was developed by a team led by University of Tokyo Professor Katori Hidetoshi. To count time, it measures vibrations of atoms that are confined by laser beams. The developers ...

Japanese firm Shimadzu Corp plans to sell 10 units of the optical lattice clock over three years in Japan and internationally ...