more accurate

For much of the first half Italy snapped and fizzed with more danger, throwing cleverer shapes and more accurate passes.

It’s more accurate to say that it channels the standard setters: the sun-soaked garden and foodie fantasy of “Martha Stewart Living,” the high-toned warmth of “The Barefoot Contessa,” the sensual glamor of Nigella Lawson lustily ripping into a chicken leg.

That provided surgeons with more accurate positioning of the nerve and tumour, which meant they could operate with greater precision and confidence that her face would remain unchanged and her smile would be saved.

GPS and other satellite navigation systems reset their own clocks by touching base with these more accurate clocks on the ground.

The NPL researchers are perfecting a so-called optical clock to achieve this, which is 100 times more accurate than the most accurate caesium clocks used today.