Japan aims to set first new global standard for second in 63 years

Instrument maker Shimadzu and others to use optical lattice atomic clock Shimadzu President Yasunori Yamamoto speaks next to BIPM Director Annette Koo and Riken President Makoto Gonokami May 12 in Kawasaki, Japan. (Photo by Akitoshi Sugiura) TOKYO/KYOTO, Japan — A new type of atomic clock developed in Japan is close to being adopted as the tool for measuring the official length of a second.

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