IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million tim...
IBM Research scientists, in collaboration with the Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University, have demonstrated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with volume resolution 100 million times finer than conventional MRI. This result, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), signals a significant step forward in tools for molecular biology and nanotechnology by offering the ability to study complex 3D structures at the nanoscale. By extending MRI to such fine resolution, the scientists have created a microscope that, with further development, may ultimately be powerful enough to unravel the structure and interactions of proteins, paving the way for new advances in personalized healthcare and targeted medicine. This achievement stands to impact the study of materials from proteins to integrated circuits for which a detailed understanding of atomic structure is essential.
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Every time I read something like this Asimovs quote appears in my minds eye: "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." I ask myself: "Who will win the race? Our cleverness or our stupidity?"
I do actually know what I am talking about, yes, having used several NMRs (SS, 1d, COSY, with several nuclei), and having taken several courses on the subject.
1 of my housemates is in a group that works SOLELY on NMR (contrast agents, computational algorithms, etc). the group has their own 600 mhz bruker.
So please, substantiate your claim that this "has nothing to do with medicine". You say it cannot be used to study proteins, it's inventors say otherwise. Forgive me if I take the word of IBM research over some random YouTube user.
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I've had better days, spelling-wise. No nanoMRI microscope is needed to spot this error. :-D
Thanks for noticing, dean0c.
I ask myself: "Who will win the race? Our cleverness or our stupidity?"
1 of my housemates is in a group that works SOLELY on NMR (contrast agents, computational algorithms, etc). the group has their own 600 mhz bruker.