Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have looked for ways to determine how the properties of electronic and optical materials can be harnessed to develop ultrasensitive sensors for ...

Scientists at Berkeley Lab convert diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials under extreme pressure Since their invention more than 60 years ago, ...

Researchers think they have a foundational tool for the thorny problem of how to measure and image the behavior of hydride superconductors at high pressure. They report creatively integrating quantum ...

NV diamond sensor. Courtesy: Ella Marushchenko for Norman Yao’s group Quantum sensors based on nitrogen vacancy (NV) colour centres in diamond can be used to probe the magnetic and structural ...

An artist’s rendering of nitrogen vacancy centers in a diamond anvil cell, which can detect the expulsion of magnetic fields by a high-pressure superconductor. Hydrogen (like many of us) acts weird ...

Scientists have converted diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors that could lead to a new generation of smart materials. Since their invention more than 60 years ago, diamond anvil cells have made ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...