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Cell phones could keep atomic time

Atomic clocks may be headed into cell phones, thanks to a breakthrough by federal researchers, according to News.com .

"Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the heart of an atomic clock that's believed to be a hundredth the size of any other atomic clock, NIST said Monday.

The clock's inner workings are about the size of a grain of rice, consume less than 75 thousandths of a watt, and are so stable that just one second every 300 years is gained or lost.

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