A Diamond Smaller Than a Grain of Rice Could Transform Heart Monitoring
Diamond defects known as nitrogen-vacancy centers could eventually help clinicians measure magnetic signals from the heart, brain, and nerves without bulky cryogenic equipment. Credit: Shutterstock A new generation of quantum sensors could improve medical diagnostics. Diamond-based quantum sensors could make it easier to record the heart’s activity without attaching electrodes to the skin. Physicists at … Read more