Summary
- Scientists from the University of Chicago have developed quantum sensors made from proteins that can be manufactured inside cells.
- The quantum sensors could be used to create magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the scale of individual cells, or help drug research.
- The fluorescent proteins the researchers focused on for the study can be used to store quantum information in their triplet state.
- They also demonstrated that the protein can be used to detect changes in magnetic fields inside bacterial cells.
- While the research is at an early stage and needs refining, the team said it opens “a radically different approach to designing quantum materials”.
By Edd Gent
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