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FEATURE ATOMIC CLOCKS

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THE COLDEST PLACE

IN THE UNIVERSE

The increasing need for GNSS-denied navigation due to the risks of spoo? ng has led to a quantum step-change in the development of atomic clock technology.

By Wendy Laursen

UK company has reached a temperature of minus The solution to this problem came in 1735 when John Har- 273.149996°C in the quantum technology it uses rison developed the

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