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