News tagged with magnetometry

Scientists find new set of multiferroic materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- The trail to a new multiferroic started with the theories of a U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory scientist and ended with a multidisciplinary collaboration that created ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Team develops most sensitive scale ever

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Spanish research team in Barcelona working out of the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology, has succeeded in building the most sensitive scale ever created. It’s capable, as the team describes in their ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

A new spin in diamonds for quantum technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- To explore the future potential of diamonds in quantum devices, researchers from Macquarie University have collaborated with the University of Stuttgart and University of Ulm in Germany towards ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chilled atoms are going to heat up scientific opportunities

A collection of atoms in the basement of Small Hall is a million times colder than outer space. It’s one of the coldest spots in the universe, but it’s not cold enough. Yet.

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Nuclear magnetic resonance with no magnets

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a powerful tool for chemical analysis and, in the form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an indispensable technique for medical diagnosis. But its uses have been limited ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (25) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Sensitivity of precision measurements enhanced by the environment

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to quantum measurements, interaction with the environment usually limits sensitivity, since it causes decoherence. But in a new study, scientists have shown that the environment ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Physicists observe exotic state in an unconventional superconductor

A new fractional vortex state observed in an unconventional superconductor may offer the first glimpse of an exotic state of matter predicted theoretically for more than 30 years. In a paper published in the ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Putting a spin on light and atoms: How to build a better magnetometer

Magnetometers come in many shapes and sizes - an ordinary hand-held compass is the simplest - but alkali-vapor magnetometers are extrasensitive devices that measure magnetic fields using light and atoms. They ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher Hopes to Find Hidden Tomb of Genghis Khan Using Non-Invasive Technologies

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to legend, Genghis Khan lies buried somewhere beneath the dusty steppe of Northeastern Mongolia, entombed in a spot so secretive that anyone who made the mistake of encountering ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (26) | comments 3

Future 'quantum computers' will offer increased efficiency... and risks

An unusual observation in a University of Central Florida physics lab may lead to a new generation of “Quantum Computers” that will render today’s computer and credit card encryption technology obsolete.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (40) | comments 1

New mini-sensor may have biomedical and security applications

A tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslas-equivalent to the brain waves of a person daydreaming-has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 01, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 1


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