A magnetometer is an electronic device capable of measuring magnetic fields or magnetic dipole moment. Magnetometers are widely used for measuring the Earth’s magnetic field, in geophysical ...

How does a magnetometer work? Magnetometers operate by sensing disruptions in magnetic fields caused by metallic objects. When a person passes through a magnetometer, it alerts security personnel to ...

Fraunhofer IAF presented the latest version of its compact integrated quantum magnetometer at World of Quantum in Munich.

On 21 June, the Chinese Academy of Sciences hailed a breakthrough – a major upgrade to a kind of quantum device that measures magnetic fields. Magnetometers have been used to detect submarines since ...

NASA's contract with the Southwest Research Institute includes the development and operation of two magnetometers as part of NOAA's Space Weather Next program.