Technology: Quantum microscope can zoom in on tiny structures with 35 per cent more clarity

A quantum-powered microscope that can zoom in on tiny structures with 35 per cent more clarity could be a major leap for medical research, a study has reported. Researchers from the University of Queensland created the device, which is capable of revealing biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see. Specifically, it can image biological cells and other object on a micrometre (µm) scale -- that is, 70 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. It operates by making use of quantum entanglement -- the effect which theoretical physicist Albert Einstein once referred to as'spooky interactions at a distance'. The new microscope design is the first entanglement-based sensor capable of outperforming existing, classical physics-based technology.