/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers at The City College of New York have shown how a quantum emitter, the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond, interacts in unexpected ways with a specially engineered photonic structure when moved around with a scanning tip. /news/2025-09-quantum-emitter-discovery-diamonds-enables.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:07:03 EDT news676134422 The same technology behind MRI images of injury or disease also powers nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, which is used to analyze biological molecules for research on diseases and therapeutics. While NMR spectroscopy produces valuable data about the structure of molecules, the resolution is too low to sense individual atoms. /news/2025-08-mri-technology-quantum-advancement-2d.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:11:04 EDT news675515461 Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), often referred to as "hydrogen power banks," are clean energy devices that generate electricity from hydrogen and oxygen with only water as a byproduct. /news/2025-08-high-iron-catalyst-fuel-cells.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:36:03 EDT news675513361 A study conducted by researchers from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Â鶹ÒùÔºics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated how nitrogen vacancies (VN) resolve asymmetric carrier injection in GaN-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs), providing a practical way to improve device efficiency. /news/2025-08-defect-carrier-gan-based.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:12:02 EDT news674993521 Establishing robust isolated spins on solid surfaces is crucial for fabricating quantum bits or qubits, sensors, and single-atom catalysts. An isolated spin is a single spin that is shielded from external interactions. Because isolated spins can maintain their state for long periods, they are ideal for use as qubits, the basic units of quantum computation, and for ultrafast spintronic memory. /news/2025-08-robust-isolated-quantum-magnetic-substrate.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:29:52 EDT news674922588 Used as a versatile material in industry and health care, magnesium oxide may also be a good candidate for quantum technologies. Research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and published in npj Computational Materials reveals a defect in the mineral that could be useful for quantum applications. /news/2025-07-thousands-defects-magnesium-oxide-qubit.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:26:17 EDT news672999972 Quantum batteries (QBs) are energy storage devices that could serve as an alternative to classical batteries, potentially charging faster and enabling the extraction of more energy. In contrast with existing batteries, these batteries leverage effects rooted in quantum mechanics, such as entanglement and superposition. /news/2025-07-scheme-mitigates-discharging-quantum-batteries.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:00:01 EDT news672491889 A powerful new method to control magnetic behavior in ultra-thin materials could lead to faster, smaller and more energy-efficient technologies, a study suggests. /news/2025-07-scientists-unveil-magnetism-super-thin.html Condensed Matter Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:13:57 EDT news671703232 University of Sydney researchers have harnessed human-made lightning to develop a more efficient method of generating ammonia—one of the world's most important chemicals. Ammonia is also the main ingredient of fertilizers that account for almost half of all global food production. /news/2025-07-scientists-lightning-ammonia-thin-air.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:10:01 EDT news670828135 A team of physicists at the University of Cambridge has unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating the use of spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) as powerful, room-temperature sensors capable of detecting vectorial magnetic fields at the nanoscale. The findings, published in Nature Communications, mark a significant step toward more practical and versatile quantum technologies. /news/2025-05-2d-quantum-sensor-defects-precise.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Wed, 28 May 2025 13:20:03 EDT news667657201 Improving energy conversion efficiency in power electronics is vital for a sustainable society, with wide-bandgap semiconductors like GaN and SiC power devices offering advantages due to their high-frequency capabilities. However, energy losses in passive components at high frequencies hinder efficiency and miniaturization. This underscores the need for advanced soft magnetic materials with lower energy losses. /news/2025-05-quantum-eyes-energy-loss-diamond.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 23 May 2025 05:00:03 EDT news667146403 Conventional MRI scans, familiar to us from hospitals, have a resolution of about one-tenth of a millimeter, which allows them to image incredibly thin slices of our bodies from head to toe, helping physicians diagnose a variety of medical conditions. Even this ultra-high resolution, however, is insufficient for researchers who want to study the structure of individual molecules. /news/2025-05-mri-nano-sized.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 19 May 2025 11:17:04 EDT news666872221 Exceptional points (EPs) are unique types of energy-level degeneracies that occur in non-Hermitian systems. Since their existence was first proposed more than a century ago, physicists have only been able to experimentally observe two types of EPs, both of which were found to give rise to exotic phases of matter in various materials, including Dirac and Weyl semimetals. /news/2025-04-experimental-dirac-exceptional.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Sun, 27 Apr 2025 09:50:01 EDT news664796502 Quantum technologies, which operate leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, have the potential to outperform their classical counterparts in some optimization and computational tasks. These technologies include so-called quantum networks, systems designed to transmit information between interconnected nodes and process it, using quantum phenomena such as entanglement and superposition. /news/2025-04-coherent-hybrid-quantum-network-node.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 22 Apr 2025 07:30:02 EDT news664452566 Diamonds with certain optically active defects can be used as highly sensitive sensors or qubits for quantum computers, where the quantum information is stored in the electron spin state of these color centers. However, the spin states have to be read out optically, which is often experimentally complex. Now, a team at HZB has developed an elegant method using a photo voltage to detect the individual and local spin states of these defects. This could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors. /news/2025-04-elegant-method-photovoltage.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:24:03 EDT news663945842 In their ongoing efforts to push the boundaries of quantum possibilities, physicists in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis have created a new type of "time crystal," a novel phase of matter that defies common perceptions of motion and time. /news/2025-03-qa-crystallizing-physicists-phase-center.html Condensed Matter Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:51:39 EDT news661434694 Combine a garden-variety green laser, microwaves with roughly the energy of your wi-fi, and some diamond dust in drops of water, and what do you get? A precise chemical detection tool. /news/2025-03-nanodiamonds-droplets-boost-quantum-precision.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:02:04 EST news660398521 Working at nanoscale dimensions, a team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed a new way to measure high-speed fluctuations in magnetic materials. Knowledge obtained by these new measurements, published in Nano Letters, could be used to advance technologies ranging from traditional computing to the emerging field of quantum computing. /news/2025-03-qubit-quantum-materials-discovery.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:52:03 EST news660311521 As the world moves toward sustainability, the demand for efficient alternatives across industries continues to grow. Ammonia, a key chemical used in fertilizers, explosives, and various other products, is primarily synthesized through the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process. /news/2025-02-transition-metal-free-catalyst-greener.html Analytical Chemistry Materials Science Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:24:04 EST news659024641 An international research team, working with cutting-edge technology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has made a discovery that may dramatically expand the materials used in next-generation, energy-efficient memory and logic devices. /news/2025-01-image-magnetic-skyrmions-room-temperature.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:17:03 EST news655553821 Since the 1950s, scientists have used radio waves to uncover the molecular "fingerprints" of unknown materials, aiding in tasks as varied as scanning the human body with MRI machines and detecting explosives at airports. /news/2025-01-quantum-technology-reveals-atomic.html Nanophysics Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:01:10 EST news655383661 Quantum sensing is a rapidly developing field that utilizes the quantum states of particles, such as superposition, entanglement, and spin states, to detect changes in physical, chemical, or biological systems. A promising type of quantum nanosensor is nanodiamonds (NDs) equipped with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. These centers are created by replacing a carbon atom with nitrogen near a lattice vacancy in a diamond structure. /news/2024-12-high-quality-nanodiamonds-bioimaging-quantum.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:11:05 EST news654178261 Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated how ordinary supermarket grapes can enhance the performance of quantum sensors, potentially leading to more efficient quantum technologies. /news/2024-12-grapes-math-ordinary-fruit-quantum.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:55:51 EST news654177346 UNSW engineers have developed and built a special maser system that boosts microwave signals—such as those from deep space—but does not need to be super-cooled. /news/2024-12-purple-diamond-maser-day-amplify.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:38:04 EST news653834281 A new study in Â鶹ÒùÔºical Review Letters demonstrates the levitation of a microparticle using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), having potential implications from biology to quantum computing. /news/2024-12-scientists-nuclear-coherence-levitating-microparticles.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:34:52 EST news653312081 Researchers are developing new ideas about the best ways to make lab-grown diamonds while minimizing other forms of carbon, such as soot. These diamonds aren't destined for rings and necklaces, though. These are the kinds that are needed for the computers, optics and sensors of the future. /news/2024-11-bright-future-diamond-electronics-sensors.html Condensed Matter Plasma Â鶹ÒùÔºics Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:13:06 EST news650020381 Quantum defects have the potential to act as ultra-sensitive sensors that could offer new kinds of navigation or biological sensor technology. /news/2024-10-harnessing-diamond-imperfections-frontier-quantum.html Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:55:08 EDT news648395703 Synthetic diamond is durable, inert, rigid, thermally conductive and chemically well-behaved—an elite material for both quantum and conventional electronics. But there's one problem. Diamond only likes diamond. /news/2024-10-diamond-bonding-technique-quantum-conventional.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:31:04 EDT news648307861 Measuring tiny magnetic fields, such as those generated by brain waves, enables many new novel opportunities for medical diagnostics and treatment. The research team led by Dr. Jan Jeske at Fraunhofer IAF is working on a globally innovative approach to precise magnetic field measurements: Laser Threshold Magnetometry. /news/2024-10-highly-sensitive-quantum-sensors-medicine.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:04:03 EDT news647604241 Purdue University researchers have developed patent-pending one-dimensional boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) containing spin qubits, or spin defects. The BNNTs are more sensitive in detecting off-axis magnetic fields at high resolution than traditional diamond tips used in scanning probe magnetic-field microscopes. /news/2024-10-independent-magnetic-field-nanotube-qubits.html Nanophysics Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:12:03 EDT news647097121