According to a new study published in the journal Physical Review Applied, Australian researchers found that ordinary supermarket grapes can enhance quantum sensor performance by amplifying magnetic fields.
Traditionally, materials like sapphire have been used in quantum sensing devices. However, the researchers proposed that water, due to its properties, could perform better in concentrating microwave energy. “Water is actually better than sapphire at concentrating microwave energy, but it is also less stable and loses more energy in the process. That is the main challenge we need to solve,” said Dr. Sarath Raman Nair, a lecturer in quantum technology at Macquarie University and co-author of the study, according to Phys.org.
The team utilized specialized nanodiamonds…