Vladan Vuletić with members of his Experimental Atomic Physics group. From left to right: Matthew Radzihovsky, Leon Zaporski, Qi Liu, Vladan Vuletić, and Gustavo Velez. Credit:Melanie Gonick, MIT MIT physicists have developed a new method to reduce “quantum noise” in atomic clocks, significantly improving their stability and precision. This breakthrough could enable the creation of highly accurate, transportable optical atomic clocks. Atomic clocks are the backbone of modern