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Tandem Ions May Lead the Way to Better Atomic Clocks NIST Detects “Ticks” in Aluminum, with Help from Intermediary AtomPhysicists at the Commerce Department`s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used the natural oscillations of two different types of charged atoms, or ions, confined together in a single trap, to produce the “ticks” that may power a future atomic clock.
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