In Russia, they began to create a nuclear clock

Determination of the position of spacecraft, ballistic missiles, aircraft, movement of vehicles on the

Satellite communications are impossible without accurate clocks.Therefore, the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Physical, Technical and Radio Engineering Measurements (VNIIFTRI) has begun developing an accurate “nuclear” clock, TASS reports, citing the director of the institute, Sergei Donchenko. Discuss

According to Donchenko, Americans “a lotare investing in the creation of nuclear clocks, which will improve the indicator by two orders of magnitude. We are starting development in this area,” said the director of the institute.

At the same time, as the director of VNIIFTRI explained, inThe institute is also creating third-generation optical clocks, with their accuracy “up to minus 18 digits,” and they will begin to be used in the next 7-10 years.

In general, the world is now plunging into the second quantumrevolution. The first was accomplished... with the advent of the laser. Second – now... She will change many things, in 10 years we will not know much of what we see

Sergey DonchenkoDirector of VNIIFTRI