Magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) techniques have long been employed to identify subtle deviations in the Earth’s ambient magnetic field, which often indicate the presence of concealed ferromagnetic ...

Artist's impression of hexagonal boron nitride layers containing a spin, represented by the red arrow, which can be used for sensing magnetic fields. A team of physicists at the University of ...

A Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) is an extremely sensitive magnetometer that measures very subtle magnetic fields. It exploits the quantum mechanical properties of ...

Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes underappreciated—part in planetary systems. Without a strong magnetic field, planets can end up as a barren wasteland like Mars, or they could indirectly ...

Magnetic sensors are a workhorse technology for contactless measurement and position sensing applications in automotive and industrial systems. As with all silicon based devices, increasing ...

Physicists have unveiled a breakthrough in quantum sensing by demonstrating a 2D material as a versatile platform for next-generation nanoscale vectorial magnetometry. A team of physicists at the ...