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.

In the open seas, the only way to hide is to disguise yourself as water. Cystisoma have mostly transparent bodies that reduce their visibility to predators. But, they also rely on an anti-reflective coating to make them even more difficult to see. Life under the sea can be nasty, brutish, and short if you don't have an effective form of camouflage. The cuttlefish's skin, for instance, holds some ten million color cells, allowing it to impersonate a chunk of a coral, a clump of algae, or a patch of sand.