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Sussex researchers’ record discovery detects tiny electric fields 100-times more effectively – with ‘exciting’ potential to revolutionise brain scanning

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Falk Bonus and Winfried Hensinger with the trapped-ion quantum sensor capable of measuring electric fields with unprecedented accuracy.

Credit: University of Sussex

Sussex researchers develop most sensitive way to detect electric fields, bettering previous record by two orders of magnitude – making it around 100 times more powerful than before – with potential to increase by one million times

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