GÉANTSo much of fundamental #science relies on being able to measure everything with precision and virtually all these measures rely on #TimeMeasurement.
The GÉANT & #NRENs community will contribute to this during the GN5-2 project by developing a pan-European fibre-based #network to support the interconnection of #OpticalClocks.
A pathfinder project between Poznan (PSNC) & Braunschweig (PTB) has already been successfully completed!
https://connect.geant.org/2024/10/29/time-and-frequency-pathfinder-study-helping-redefine-time-for-the-21st-century
Time and Frequency Pathfinder Study – Helping Redefine Time for the 21st Century | GÉANT CONNECT Online
“I’ll be a second”, “Can I borrow you for a second?”, “Have you got a second?”. Phrases we hear many times each day but what exactly is a second? Since, well time immemorial, we have been attempting to measure time to greater and greater degrees of precision and accuracy because so much of fundamental science