Research overcomes major obstacle for quantum sensor development
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) have removed a key obstacle for development of extremely sensitive monitoring devices based on quantum technology.
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) have removed a key obstacle for development of extremely sensitive monitoring devices based on quantum technology.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 8, 2023
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The 200 million Europeans who live in coastal zones are already feeling the impact of global warming through extreme variations in sea level and flooding.
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2023
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Researchers have shown that a detection technology borrowed from quantum optics can be used to perform optical coherence tomography (OCT) with much lower light power than previously possible. This could greatly improve the ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2020
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Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are significantly better at photon detection efficiency (DE) compared to their semiconducting counterparts, and have enabled many breakthrough applications in quantum ...
Superconductivity
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An authority on social data, Susan Etlinger argues we need to apply critical thinking and exercise caution as we enter the age of "data ubiquity."
Other
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With each terrorist attack on another airport, train station or other public space, the urgency to find new ways to detect bombs before they're detonated ratchets up.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 7, 2016
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Tumor markers are biological substances, usually proteins, that provide early indication of cancerous or benign tumors in the body.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 22, 2015
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Conventional methods for testing food-borne pathogens is based on the cultivation of pathogens, a process that is complicated and time consuming. So there is demand for alternative methods to test for food-borne pathogens ...
Biotechnology
Mar 26, 2015
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Drawing on their experience building complex software for simulating spaceflight, Portuguese scientists have created a 21st-century way of detecting banking fraud here on Earth.
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A research team using tunable luminescent nanocrystals as tags to advance medical and security imaging have successfully applied them to high-speed scanning technology and detected multiple viruses within minutes.
Bio & Medicine
May 7, 2014
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