{
  "id": 11394877,
  "title": "David vs Goliaths: Singapore builds most accurate clock ever, leaves US and China in dust",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/david-vs-goliaths-singapore-builds-most-accurate-clock-ever-leaves-us-11394877",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-02T08:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3369532/david-vs-goliaths-singapore-builds-most-accurate-clock-ever-leaves-us-and-china-dust"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A small Singaporean research team has beaten scientists in China and the United States to build the world’s most accurate atomic clock. The clock, built with a single ion of a rare earth metal element known as lutetium, is so precise that it would lose one second every 260 billion years – nearly 20 times the age of our universe. It is about four times as accurate as the previous record holder, a…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "China warns foreign spies about crypto, Singapore dominates Asia: Asia Express",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/china-warns-foreign-spies-about-crypto-singapore-dominates-asia-asia",
        "published": "2026-10-01T23:17:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "David vs Goliaths: Singapore builds most accurate clock ever, leaves US and China in dust",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/david-vs-goliaths-singapore-builds-most-accurate-clock-ever-leaves-us",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:00:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}