A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By ...

Most lawyers and law firms operate on billable hours when charging clients for services. When analyzed, billable hours, also known as billable time, allow clients and law firms the chance to measure ...

Physicists uncover a universal limit on timekeeping precision, proving that anything from heartbeats to ocean waves can be a ...

A problem is coming for global timekeeping, according to a paper published in the March 27, 2024 issue of Nature by Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, ...

U.S. government contracts account for over $700 billion annually, a significant portion of which hinges on the ability of contractors to "establish and maintain an acceptable accounting system," which ...

Electronic and digital records allow companies to easily manage and process employee information such as hours worked, but they also come with threats that can do more harm to your business than good.

From water clocks and sundials to modern smartwatches, the devices we use to tell time have shaped many aspects of civilisation (Credit: Edouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout) The methods we use to ...

Scientific clockmakers have crafted a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to perform precise measurements of time and make new tests of fundamental ...

The 151st Kentucky Derby kicks off on Saturday, May 3, with Longines returning as the Official Partner, Timekeeper, and Watch. In honor of this year's race, we're revisiting this milestone story from ...