Accurately measuring electric fields is important in a variety of applications, such as weather forecasting, process control on industrial machinery, or ensuring the safety of people working on ...

Schematic of the ultrafast pump-probe sensing measurement with a diamond NV tip with the “pin-point mode”, that is vertically approaching and retracting the AFM probe at each designated points on the ...

Physicists have linked together, or 'entangled,' the mechanical motion and electronic properties of a tiny blue crystal, giving it a quantum edge in measuring electric fields with record sensitivity ...

Quantum crystal: A quantum sensor built from a collection of beryllium ions (red spheres) in a Penning trap. (Courtesy: Steve Burrows) An ultra-precise quantum sensor based on trapped beryllium ions ...

Eureka! As scientists continue to unravel the mysteries of our planet's atmosphere, a new finding provides valuable insights into Earth's ionosphere. Scientists have measured an electric field that ...

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new quantum crystal they believe could be used to sense dark matter. Physicists created the crystal by entangling ...

A new study shows that traffic-related pollution in a major urban area in central Israel produces immediate, measurable changes in the atmospheric electric field, while particulate matter creates ...