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How to Keep Time on Mars: Clocks on the Red Planet Would Tick a Bit Differently Than Those on Earth
On average, Martian time ticks roughly 477 millionths of a second faster than terrestrial clocks per Earth day. But the Red ...
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US official time slowed down by a few microseconds last week due to power outage, watchdog says
Atomic clocks went out of sync after a severe windstorm knocked out power at a Denver laboratory and a backup generator ...
What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...
Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected by a wind-induced power ...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently warned that an atomic clock device installed at its Boulder campus had failed due to a prolonged power ...
For decades, atomic clocks have provided the most stable means of timekeeping. They measure time by oscillating in step with ...
Disruptions to our circadian clocks—the internal molecular timekeepers "ticking" in nearly every cell of our body throughout ...
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, today announced that Indonesia-based Bank Mandiri has selected NEC's ...
A new study suggests that spending time near windows could help people with type 2 diabetes manage their blood sugar, with ...
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A storm knocked US time off by 4.8 microseconds: How a windstorm briefly messed with America’s clock
A windstorm in Colorado caused a power outage at NIST, disrupting US official timekeeping and causing a 4.8-microsecond lag. Although atomic clocks ran on battery, a backup generator failure affected ...
Amon-Ra St. Brown caught a fourth-down pass within spitting distance of the goal line. But he got sandwiched by two ...
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