Tag: Magnetic Resonance

  • Nation & World

    Developing micron-sized magnetic resonance

    Harvard scientists have developed a system that uses nitrogen-vacancy centers — atomic-scale impurities in diamonds — to read the nuclear magnetic resonance signals produced by samples as small as a single cell — and they did it on a shoestring budget using a 53-year-old, donated electromagnet.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Eight weeks to a better brain

    Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital find that participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

    4 minutes
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