Mechanical inputs boost diamond quantum sensor states as Q factor tops one million

by quasarn01 | Apr 6, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Most people think of diamonds as high-end adornments. Not Ania Bleszynski Jayich. The UC Santa Barbara physicist sees diamonds, which she grows in the UC Quantum Foundry, as a potentially powerful foundation for quantum sensors. Sensors are currently much farther...

Mass. PD to add body cameras after Kelsey Fitzsimmons’s acquittal

by quasarn01 | Apr 6, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

Ex-North Andover officer Kelsey Fitzsimmons was acquitted of pointing a gun at Officer Patrick Noonan after a judge ruled that the prosecution had not met the burden of proof Go to Source

Artemis II crew breaks Apollo 13 record, reaching 252,760 miles from Earth

by quasarn01 | Apr 6, 2026 | Astronomy

The four astronauts embarking on NASA’s lunar flyby became on Monday the humans to travel farthest from our planet, as they get set to view areas of the moon never before seen by the naked eye. Go to Source

BWC: Ky. officers shoot woman in crisis after she threatened to kill them, advanced with broken porcelain

by quasarn01 | Apr 6, 2026 | Police Lives Matter

The woman, who had cut herself and drank cleaning supplies after locking herself in a bathroom, said that she would “kill anyone who tried to help” her Go to Source

Quantum ground state of rotation achieved for the first time in two dimensions

by quasarn01 | Apr 6, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Quantum mechanics tells us that a particle can never be perfectly still. But how precisely can it be oriented? A research team at the University of Vienna, together with colleagues at TU Wien and Ulm University, has now cooled the rotational motion of a levitated...