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Quantum Physics Sep 20, 2022

Proving that quantum entanglement is real: Researcher answers questions about his historical experiments

In the 1930's when scientists, including Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger, first discovered the phenomenon of entanglement, they were perplexed. Entanglement, disturbingly, required two separated particles to remain ...

General Physics Sep 19, 2022

Picotesla magnetometry of microwave fields with diamond sensors

Microwave field sensors are important in practice for a variety of applications across astronomy and communication engineering. The nitrogen vacancy center in diamond allows magnetometric sensitivity, stability and compatibility ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 8, 2022

Diamonds reveal neural secrets

The brain is arguably one of the most complex structures in the known universe.

Analytical Chemistry Sep 5, 2022

Transition-metal–free barium hydride mediates dinitrogen fixation and ammonia synthesis

Ammonia is crucial for the manufacture of nitrogen fertilizers. Due to the high energy consumption of industrial ammonia production, the development of alternative materials and approaches for efficient N2 reduction to ammonia ...

General Physics Aug 23, 2022

Measuring currents in the heart at millimeter resolution with a diamond quantum sensor

Heart problems, such as tachycardia and fibrillation, arise mainly from imperfections in the way electric currents propagate through the heart. Unfortunately, it is difficult for doctors to study these imperfections since ...

Quantum Physics Aug 15, 2022

2D array of electron and nuclear spin qubits opens new frontier in quantum science

By using photons and electron spin qubits to control nuclear spins in a two-dimensional material, researchers at Purdue University have opened a new frontier in quantum science and technology, enabling applications like atomic-scale ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 28, 2022

New method of controlling qubits could advance quantum computers

Quantum computing, a field that relies on the principles of quantum mechanics to calculate outcomes, has the potential to perform tasks too complex for traditional computers and to do so at high speeds, making it in some ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 27, 2022

Using nanodiamonds to monitor the temperature inside cells

Nanodiamonds' repertoire of applications expands constantly, including everything from ultra-fine coatings to precise drug delivery.

Quantum Physics Jun 21, 2022

Quantum sensor can detect electromagnetic signals of any frequency

Quantum sensors, which detect the most minute variations in magnetic or electrical fields, have enabled precision measurements in materials science and fundamental physics. But these sensors have only been capable of detecting ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 16, 2022

Improving quantum sensors by measuring the orientation of coherent spins inside a diamond lattice

Scientists from the University of Tsukuba demonstrated how ultrafast spectroscopy can be used to improve the temporal resolution of quantum sensors. By measuring the orientation of coherent spins inside a diamond lattice, ...

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