March 2025 - "Researchers in France have devised a new technique in quantum sensing that uses trapped ultracold atoms to detect acceleration and rotation. They then combined their quantum sensor with a conventional, classical inertial sensor to create a hybrid system that was used to measure acceleration due to Earth’s gravity and the rotational frequency of the Earth. With further development, the hybrid sensor could be deployed in the field for applications such as inertial navigation and geophysical mapping."
See the article in PhysicsWorld : "Magnetically launched atoms sense motion" in https://physicsworld.com/a/magnetically-launched-atoms-sense-motion/
The reserach is described in "Quantum sensing of acceleration and rotation by interfering magnetically launched atoms" (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq4498)