Article: WAIT A SECOND MORE BEFORE SAYING "CHEERS TO 2009!"

Article: 'Leap second' to be added to clocks: Extra time to be added on ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  December 27, 2005 ;     663 words ... ... an extra second on New Year's Eve. That will ... relentless tick of atomic clocks with planet's more ... invented ultra-precise atomic clocks, which showed that ... increasingly reliant on the atomic clocks in global positioning ...

Article: Science: Ahead of the times So accurate are atomic ...
The Independent - London;  December 27, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... ground sundials to the current crop of atomic clocks, the story of time- keeping parallels ... however, the keepers of the world's atomic clocks will do just that. The reason is fairly ... of step with our spinning planet. "Atomic clocks are actually considerably more accurate ...

Article: For some, accuracy of `atomic' clocks is a need, ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... During the holidays, atomic clocks were hot gifts. Restoration ... neat to be tied to the atomic clocks in Colorado. The whole ... timepieces provided New Year's cheer for Megan ... entrepreneur said, "and atomic clocks are going to help ...

Article: Atomic clocks home in on change
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  December 31, 1999 ;     654 words ... ... will be a committee decision by atomic clocks that can split a single second ... trillion parts. More than two dozen atomic clocks of two different types are feeding ... instant that 1999 ends and the new year begins. Time from that Master ...

Article: Why '87 Ends With a Second to Spare; Atomic Clocks ...
The Washington Post;  December 31, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... time to get ready for New Year's Eve celebrations ... bring the highly regular atomic clocks that are the world ... with the clock. While New Year's Eve revelers in time ... years because official atomic clocks, which rely on highly ...

Article: Shrinking atomic clocks open possibilities
University Wire;  September 25, 2002 ;     662 words ... ... BERKELEY, Calif. -- Extremely precise atomic clocks may soon be no bigger than sugar cubes ... scientists comes to fruition. Today's atomic clocks, which fill entire rooms, can calculate ... development of hyper-miniaturized atomic clocks would have applications in communications ...

Article: Harvard scientist: Atomic clocks good for more than ...
University Wire;  November 10, 1999 ;     432 words ... ... Lecture titled, "Exploring the Universe with Atomic Clocks," to more than 500 people Monday night ... for accurate measurements made possible by atomic clocks. Astronomers can use atomic clocks to find out the exact location of stars ...