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Chemistry awakens a silent giant

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Progress in NMR spectroscopy has been held back by sensitivity issues inherent to the way the measurements are taken. Now, two separate studies show how simple chemical processes can be used to unveil NMR's sensitive side

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Figure 1: Population differences between equilibrium and hyperpolarized states.
Figure 2: Chemistry comes to the aid of NMR — and vice versa.

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