Researchers created ultra-small levitating diamonds, with diameters the size of 350 strands of human DNA, that reflect light like a disco ball as they spin over a billion times per minute.

The experiments aren’t just about creating the “world’s smallest disco” but could help the ... To get the nanodiamonds levitating, the team created a surface ion trap by depositing a ...

The disco ball itself is a fluorescent nanodiamond ... "Imagine tiny diamonds floating in an empty space or vacuum. Inside these diamonds, there are spin qubits that scientists can use to make ...