Due to the power outage, time (very) briefly stood still at the NIST Internet Time Service facility in Boulder.

A rare case of deliberately trying to induce an outage A staffer at the USA’s National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Internet Time Service Facility in Boulder lost power Wednesday afternoon ...

Clocks on Earth are ticking a bit more regularly thanks to NIST-F4, a new atomic clock at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado. NIST-F4 measures an ...

NIST scientists Greg Hoth (left) and Vladislav Gerginov work on NIST-F4, NIST’s new cesium fountain clock. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted ...

Here, time ticks precisely. Home to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), this is a place where scientists research time, from developing atomic clocks to investigating more ...

Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) say they have created the most accurate atomic clock to date — one that can measure time down to the 19th decimal place.

Time moves differently on Mars. NIST physicts recently calculated exactly how fast each second passes on Mars. And if humans want to explore the solar system, every microsecond counts.