{"id":246107,"date":"2026-10-29T05:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/quantum-sensor-loop-design-could-improve-magnetic-measurements-for-medicine-and-communications"},"modified":"2026-10-29T05:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:58:50","slug":"quantum-sensor-loop-design-could-improve-magnetic-measurements-for-medicine-and-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/quantum-sensor-loop-design-could-improve-magnetic-measurements-for-medicine-and-communications","title":{"rendered":"Quantum sensor loop design could improve magnetic measurements for medicine and communications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adelaide University quantum engineers have found a new way to improve some of the world\u2019s most sensitive sensors of electromagnetic fields, a breakthrough that could help advance brain imaging, medical diagnostics, communications technology and next-generation quantum devices.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Quantum sensor loop design could improve magnetic measurements for medicine and communications\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VtKqTRJPojo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/wc1k-wxtc\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a>, published today in <i>Physical Review Applied<\/i>, is led by the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VtKqTRJPojo\" target=\"_blank\">Quantum and Nano Technology Group<\/a> (QuaNTeG) and solves a long-standing problem that has limited the performance of superconducting quantum interference devices, known as SQUIDs.<\/p>\n<p>SQUIDs are among the most sensitive magnetic field detectors ever created. They are used in specialized applications including brain imaging systems, scientific instruments and advanced radio-frequency sensors. However, while they can detect incredibly small changes in magnetic fields, they have struggled to accurately identify when a magnetic field is exactly zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide University quantum engineers have found a new way to improve some of the world\u2019s most sensitive sensors of electromagnetic fields, a breakthrough that could help advance brain imaging, medical diagnostics, communications technology and next-generation quantum devices. The research, published today in Physical Review Applied, is led by the university\u2019s Quantum and Nano Technology Group [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}