High-precision magnetometers are used to measure the strength and direction of magnetic fields for various applications. However, many of today's magnetometers must operate at extremely low ...

Chinese researchers have completed what they describe as a first deep-sea field test of a diamond-based quantum magnetometer, a device that could one day help detect the faint magnetic signatures of ...

From navigation to solar weather forecasting, many different areas of research require space-based sensors to measure Earth's magnetic field as accurately as possible at any given moment. So far, ...