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Quantum Properties in Atom-thick Semiconductors Offer New Way to Detect Electrical Signals in Cells

NIBIB in the News
March 18, 2025

For decades, scientists have relied on electrodes and dyes to track the electrical activity of living cells. Now, engineers at the University of California San Diego with NIBIB funding have discovered that quantum materials just a single atom thick can do the job—using only light. Source: UC San Diego Today