Race behind time. Scientists will give new definition of second

CC0/National Institute of Standards and Technology / Optical strontic atomic clock. Atoms of strontium fluoresce at excitement by blue light Moscow, 25 Nov — Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti", Strekopytov Wladyslaw. Still as a standard of time the caesium hours created in the middle of the last century served. Now there was optical atomic clock of new generation. In their improvement are engaged in physical laboratories of the different countries. The Russian scientists too participate in it. About what they have practices — in material Federal state unitary enterprise RAMI "RIA Novosti". Days divide a natural standard at 24 o'clock, hour — for 60 minutes, minute —...