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The key was using extremely powerful ultrasound to produce negative pressure of more than 20 megapascals, delivered in short bursts measured in microseconds—but separated by relatively long gaps, between a millisecond and a full second long.
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IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
When the outage started on Wednesday, some of NIST’s on-campus time distribution systems lapsed before the backup generator kicked in, causing a four-microsecond delay to the atomic clock, Jacobson said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
These extreme physical conditions are maintained for a duration of less than one microsecond.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
For example, 5G needs to be accurate to within a tenth of a microsecond.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 22 Dec. 2025
When the outage started on Wednesday, some of NIST’s on-campus time distribution systems lapsed before the backup generator kicked in, causing a four-microsecond delay to the atomic clock, Jacobson said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
These extreme physical conditions are maintained for a duration of less than one microsecond.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
For example, 5G needs to be accurate to within a tenth of a microsecond.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Microsecond.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microsecond. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˌmī-krō-ˈsek-ənd 
-ənt
: one millionth of a second
Medical Definition
microsecond
noun
mi·cro·sec·ond
ˈmī-krō-ˌsek-ənd, -ənt
: one millionth of a second
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