Yiming Zhang, a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, works at a computer to examine data collected by the quantum diamond microscope, sitting to his left. Credit: John Grimsich

Yiming Zhang, a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, works at a computer to examine data collected by the quantum diamond microscope, sitting to his left. Credit: John Grimsich

Diamonds Are a Paleomagnetist’s Best Friend


By Alka Tripathy-Lang

October 19, 2021

Typical paleomagnetic measurements average a sample’s signal. The quantum diamond microscope helps scientists make micrometer-scale maps of magnetism, showing where a sample locked in its magnetic signatures.

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