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Scientists achieve coherence of nuclear spins in suspended particles

Left: Schematic diagram showing a floating diamond with 14 nitrogen nuclear spins embedded. Right: Spin energy levels showing polarization. Credit: Julien Voisin. A new study published in Physical Review Letters demonstrates the suspension of microparticles using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), with potential implications from biology to quantum computing. NMR is a spectroscopic technique commonly used to analyze various materials based…