Media Coverage
Quantum Sensing
- Probing Integrated Circuits
Matthew Turner, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland (August 2020) - Currents in Graphene
Mark Ku, Physics World (August 2020) - The diamond quantum revolution
Matthew Markham, Daniel Twitchen, Physics World (April 2020) - Diamond microscope reveals slow crawl of Earth’s ancient crust
Paul Voosen, Science (April 2020) - New tool aids in sensing magnetic fields
Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette (October 2018) - Exploring New Worlds with Quantum Diamonds
Museum of Science talk where Ron discusses quantum physics & NV diamond technology (September 2018) - Synopsis: A Faster Diamond Magnetometer
Christopher Crockett, Physics (September 20, 2018) - Podcast: Exploring New Worlds With Quantum Diamonds
Museum of Science podcast with Ron discussing quantum physics & NV diamond technology (May 2018) - NanoDays 2018: Pink Diamonds
Museum of Science podcast with Ron discussing quantum physics & NV diamond technology (May 2018) - Physics Today article on picoliter NMR paper
Ashley G. Smart, Physics Today 71, 5, 21 (May 2018) - Light, the universe and everything – 12 Herculean tasks for quantum cowboys and black diamond skiers
Girish Agarwal, Roland E. Allen, Iva Bezděková, Robert W. Boyd, Goong Chen, Ronald Hanson, Dean L. Hawthorne, Philip Hemmer, Moochan B. Kim, Olga Kocharovskaya, David M. Lee, Sebastian K. Lidström, Suzy Lidström, Harald Losert, Helmut Maier, John W. Neuberger, Miles J. Padgett, Mark Raizen, Surjeet Rajendran, Ernst Rasel, Wolfgang P. Schleich, Marlan O. Scully, Gavriil Shchedrin, Gennady Shvets, Alexei Sokolov, Anatoly Svidzinsky, Ronald L. Walsworth, Rainer Weiss, Frank Wilczek, Alan E. Willner, Eli Yablonovich and Nikolay Zheludev, Journal of Modern Optics (April 24, 2018) - A leap forward for diamond-defect nuclear magnetic resonance
Ashley G. Smart, Physics Today (Mar 26, 2018) - Diamond quantum sensor breaks new record
Nanotechweb.org (Mar 15, 2018) - Nature podcast interview about picoliter NV-NMR paper
Nature podcast, story begins at 8:48 (Mar 15, 2018) - Magic Russian Diamond
Physics Girl, PBS Digital Studios (Mar 1, 2018) - Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI: Year’s Best Biomedical Research?
Martinos News (Feb 26, 2018) - These perfectly imperfect diamonds are built for quantum physics
Sophia Chen, WIRED (Feb 15, 2018) - Putting a New Spin on Things
Tim Wogan, Chemistry World (Sep 5, 2017) - Scientist Discover Glittery Diamonds Can Shine New Light on Understanding How the Brain Works
the Hertz Foundation (May 30, 2017) - Diamond sensors boost NMR resolution
Tim Wogan, physicsworld.com (May 25, 2017) - The cutting edge of quantum physics
Daniel Twitchen and Mattheww Markham, physicsworld.com (May 11, 2017) - Flash Physics: LISA Pathfinder beats static electricity, nanodiamonds enhance MRI, quantum pioneer bags prize
Sarah Tesh, physicsworld.com (April 27, 2017) - Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI offers greater range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Terri Ogan, EurekAlert!, AAAS (April 26, 2017) - Diamonds are a lab’s best friend
Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette (December 19, 2016) - Realizing the Potential of Quantum Information Science and Advancing High-Performance Computing
ALTAF H. (TOF) CARIM, WILLIAM T. (TIM) POLK, AND ERIN SZULMAN, the White House blog (July 26, 2016) - Advancing quantum information science:national challenges and opportunities
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) (July 22, 2016) - Using Atomic Magnets to Study Baby Humans And Baby Planets
Chad Orzel, Forbes/Science (Jun 3, 2016) - Nature Methods profile of Ronald Walsworth
Vivien Marx, Nature Methods 12, 695 (July 30, 2015) - Nanoscale MRI
Vidya Praveen Bhallamudi and P. Chris Hammel, Nature Nanotechnology 10, 104–106 (February 5, 2015) - Nanoscale NMR Advances
Jyllian Kemsley, Chemical & Engineering News (January 12, 2015) - Measuring the Ancient Solar Nebula’s Magnetic Field
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (November 21, 2014) - Solar Nebula Magnetic Fields Recorded in the Semarkona Meteorite
Harvard University Department of Physics, (November 17, 2014). - ‘Quantum reporters’ measure magnetic resonance of one proton
Hamish Johnston,
physicsworld (November 10, 2014) - Monitoring Magnetic Bugs
Ruth Williams, The Scientist (October 1, 2013) - Reading a Tiny Compass
Gabriel Hayes, Cell, 153, 1414 (June 20, 2013). - Magnetic field imaging and more
Daniel Evanko, Nature Methods,10, 468 (June 2013). - Quantum-Assisted Nano-Imaging of Living Organisms is a First
Darpa Press Release (May 12, 2013). - Flawed Diamonds Promise Sensory Perfection: Electron Spin Extended for Incredibly Tiny Magnetic Detectors
Science Daily (May 10, 2013). - Technique offers close-ups of electrons and nuclei
S. Bradt, Harvard Gazette (October 2, 2008). - Virtues of diamond defects
M. Romalis,
Nature, 455, 606-607 (October 2, 2008).
Bioimaging and NMR/MRI
- Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI: Year’s Best Biomedical Research?
Martinos News (Feb 26, 2018) - Flash Physics: LISA Pathfinder beats static electricity, nanodiamonds enhance MRI, quantum pioneer bags prize
Sarah Tesh, physicsworld.com (April 27, 2017) - Nanodiamond-enhanced MRI offers greater range of diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Terri Ogan, EurekAlert!, AAAS (April 26, 2017) - Diamonds are a lab’s best friend
Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette (December 19, 2016) - WATCH: Building tomorrow’s MRI — faster, smaller, and cheaper
An online article and video features Matt Rosen and the Low-Field Imaging Lab
Carl Zimmer, STAT news (February 3, 2017). - MRI of Hyperpolarized Media
An online video discussion by Ron Walsworth
Serious Science (September 15, 2014). - Harvard Catalyst funds LFI
The LFI move to Martinos was featured in an article about Harvard Catalyst that appeared in the
Harvard Medical School Dean’s annual report. - Star quest knowledge provides new view of ourselves
A. Powell
Harvard Gazette, October 9, 2008.
HarvardScience Website, October 17, 2008. - A Fuller Picture of Your Lungs
K. Bourzac
MIT Technology Review, April 10, 2008. - Orlando Sentinel: “Heading off MRI claustrophobia”
(Mar. 27, 2007)
Link to Orlando Sentinel Website - Columbia News Service: “MRI scans: Do they still trigger claustrophobia?”
(Feb. 27, 2007)
Link to Columbia News Service Website - Mobilizing magnetic resonance
B. Goodson
Physics World 19(5), 28-33 (May, 2006). - Neuartiger Kernspintomograph entwickelt (in German)
Electrosuisse, issue 9, 59 (2004). - Imaging thin air can spot lung disease
J. Hogan
New Scientist 182(2442), 25 (10 April, 2004). - PhysicsWeb: Claustrophobics breathe sigh of relief at new MRI scanner
http://physicsweb.org/article/news/8/3/16 - Scientific American: “Seeing the breath of life”
http://ba323.scitech.temple.edu/h/sciam.html - Physics New Update: “Sandstone Tortuosity”
http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/1999/split/pnu451-1.htm - Online APS News: “Putting a New Spin on MRI with Laser-Polarized Noble Gases”
http://www.aps.org/apsnews/0799/079909.html - Physics News Update: “Low field MRI”
http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/1998/split/pnu398-1.htm
Exoplanets
- Using Ultrafast Lasers To Look For Earth-like Worlds
Chad Orzel, Forbes/Technology (June 18, 2015). - A green astro-comb to search for Earth-like exoplanets
Chih-Hao Li, SPIE (January 29, 2015). - Rediscovering Venus to Find Faraway Earths
Lyndsay Meyer, The Optical Society (October 13, 2014). - Laser Frequency Combs in Astrophysics
An online video discussion by Ron Walsworth
Serious Science (June 11, 2014). - North set for mass analysis of planets
G. Walker, Nature, 483, 522–523 (March 29, 2012). - Big Advance in Study of Extrasolar Planets
V. C. Coffey, Deseret News (April 8, 2010). - A galaxy of new worlds: Dispatch from the American Astronomical Society meeting
Scientific American Observations (Jan 8, 2010). - Astro-comb enables search for Earth-like planet
V. C. Coffey, Laser Focus World (June 5, 2008). - How to Find Other “Earths”
K. Bourzac, MIT Technology Review (April 3, 2008). - With a coarse-tooth comb
G. Walker,
Nature, 452, 538 (April 3, 2008). - Easy ways to other Earths
E. Hand,
Nature, 452, 514 (April 3, 2008). - Laser precision added to search for new Earths
A. Powell, Harvard website (April 2, 2008).
Fundamental Physics
- Atomic clocks in space could detect gravitational waves
Hamish Johnston, physicsworld, (Jun 20, 2016). - The Role of Measurement Tools in Science
An online video discussion by Ron Walsworth
Serious Science (March 12, 2014). - Special Relativity Reconsidered
A. Cho,
Science, 307, 866 (February 11, 2005). - Physics New Update: “Is Special Relativity Wrong”
http://www.aip.org/pnu/2004/split/712-1.html - The Maser at 50
R. L. Walsworth,
Science, 306, 236 (October 8, 2004). - The Search for Relativity Violations
A. Kostelecky,
Scientific American, 92 (September, 2004).
Scientific American: The Search for Relativity Violations [ SPECIAL RELATIVITY ] - Lorentz Invariance on Trial
M. Pospelov and M. Romalis,
Physics Today 57, 40 (July, 2004). - Breaking Lorentz symmetry
R. Bluhm,
Physics World 17, 41 (March, 2004).
http://physicsweb.org/article/world/17/3/7 - Back to the Future
P. Ball,
Nature 427, 482 (5 February, 2004). - Fabric of the Final Frontier
N. Russell,
New Scientist 179(2408), 22 (16 August, 2003). - Transcript of radio interview with Ron Walsworth
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s230593.htm - Scientific American: “Peering Over Einstein’s Shoulders”
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00003F8F-046D-1D12-8B07809EC588EEDF
“Stopped Light”
- The Story Behind Stopped Light
R. Walsworth, S. Yelin, and M. Lukin,
Optics and Photonics News 13(5), 50 (May, 2002). - EE Times: “Researchers demo secure storage of quantum data”
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020401S0032 - Slowing Light to A “Stop” for Fraction of A Second
Earthfiles, Linda Moulton Howe, Feb 27, 2001. - New York Times: “Scientists Bring Light to Full Stop, Hold It, Then Send It on Its Way”
(Jan. 18, 2001)
(readers with a free subscription at nytimes.com can see this article here). - NPR “All Things Considered”
(Jan. 18, 2001)
Radio interview with Lene Hau, Ron Walsworth, and Seth Lloyd can be played with RealPlayer. - NPR “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday”
(Jan. 19, 2001)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2001/Jan/hour2_011901.html
Radio interview with Seth Lloyd can be played with RealPlayer. - Boston Globe: “The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Stopped”
(Feb. 6, 2001) - Physics News Update: “At Last! Light Brought to a Halt”
http://www.aip.org/pnu/2001/split/521-1.html - Science@NASA: “Sit. Speak. Good Photon!”
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/27mar_stoplight.htm - Science News: “Light stands still in atomic clouds”
http://www.sciencenews.org/20010127/fob1.asp - MSNBC: “Scientists put a light wave on hold”
http://www.msnbc.com/news/242698.asp - Discover Magazine: Year in Science 2001
http://discovermagazine.com/2002/jan/physics