Mother hails ‘groundbreaking’ nanodiamond treatment that could save babies born with rare condition
“As the saying goes: ‘diamonds are forever’, so we now want to create a delivery system that would break down as the baby grows, this isn’t an insurmountable problem, and we could be in a place to offer this to the first families in as little as five years.”
Global Semiconductor Market show continued growth in Q2 2025
Global Semiconductor Market show continued growth in Q2 2025 Growth, Size of Global and US Semiconductor Market Global Semiconductor Market show continued growth in Q2 2025 The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has released Q2 statistical data and confirmed the WSTS Spring forecast for the global semiconductor market through 2026. Statistic: The […]
Secretive X37-B space plane to test quantum navigation system — scientists hope it will one day replace GPS
A US military space-plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments. One of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science as a tool for navigation: a quantum inertial sensor. Satellite-based systems like GPS are ubiquitous in our daily lives, from smartphone maps to aviation and logistics. But GPS isn’t available everywhere. This technology could revolutionize how spacecraft, airplanes, ships and submarines navigate in environments where GPS is unavailable or compromised.
Quantum Navigation Breakthrough Highlights Growing Role for Technology-Grade Grown Diamonds
The future of navigation is on the cusp of a major transformation. Honeywell has recently secured significant U.S. Defense Department contracts to develop quantum sensor-based navigation systems, marking a critical step toward technologies that can operate independently of GPS. Unlike traditional GPS systems, which are vulnerable to jamming or signal loss, quantum navigation promises unparalleled precision in even the most challenging environments—submarines deep underwater, aircraft in contested airspace, or autonomous vehicles in GPS-denied urban landscapes.
A Special Diamond Is the Key to a Fully Open Source Quantum Sensor
Quantum sensors can be used in medical technologies, navigation systems, and more, but they’re too expensive for most people. That’s where the Uncut Gem open source project comes in.
Quantum sensors could help end our risky over-dependence on GPS
Defence and industrial investors are increasingly interested in using quantum sensors to go where the GPS system cannot take us.
Quantum Magnetometers are Crossing the Magnetic Frontier
The number and variety of device prototypes that have advanced from the lab into the real world in recent years offers irrefutable evidence that quantum sensing technologies are making major forward strides. As end users and systems integrators increasingly deploy these prototypes to perform useful, industrial applications, some have begun to emerge as bona fide disruptors to existing commercial systems. The innovative prototypes that have achieved this status have met two critical benchmarks. First, they effectively harness the advantages of quantum technology to improve upon the capabilities of baseline, nonquantum systems. Second, they target essential applications, often as these applications evolve or pose new challenges that push the limits of the current solutions.
Scientists Say Diamond Precision May Cut a Path to Scalable Quantum Devices
If successful, the method could unlock scalable, room-temperature quantum systems that function outside the constraints of cryogenic labs. The goal is to build compact, energy-efficient quantum accelerators for a number of uses and applications that stretch across fields and industries.
“This Battery Never Dies”
Diamond Quantum Tech Stuns Scientists as It Holds Charge Indefinitely Without Energy Leakage
The 1.4 eV nickel color centers in diamonds
The 1.4 eV nickel color centers in diamonds Photoluminescence study at low temperatures (80–300 K) Abstract Diamonds synthesized at high pressures and temperatures (HPHT) often contain defects associated with nickel impurities. We present a detailed spectroscopic study of the 1.4 eV nickel-related color centers in microdiamonds over the temperature range of 79–298 K. The temperature […]