Pair of aluminum atomic clocks reveal Einstein's relativity at a personal scale

Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 22:14 in Physics & Chemistry

Scientists have known for decades that time passes faster at higher elevations, and more slowly when you move faster, curious aspects of Einstein's theories of relativity. Physicists have now used a pair of the world's best clocks to conduct new "time dilation" experiments to measure these effects at heights and speeds on personal, comprehensible scales.

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