Tag Archives: NMR/MRI

Evolutionary insights into shape-shifting proteins

Posted on March 2, 2021 by rberkowitz

Over millions of years a protein that now folds into two stable structures likely favored first one configuration, then the other, before settling on both. Continue reading →

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Evolutionary insights into shape-shifting protein

Posted on January 27, 2021 by rberkowitz

A protein that has two stable structures likely evolved from an ancestor that had only one. Continue reading →

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NMR Using Earth’s Magnetic Field

Posted on August 19, 2014 by rberkowitz

Berkeley Lab researchers carried out a proof-of-concept NMR experiment using a high-sensitivity magnetometer and a magnetic field comparable to that of the Earth. Continue reading →

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Producing Hyperpolarized Xenon Gas on a Microfluidic Chip

Posted on June 10, 2014 by rberkowitz

While big machines were once the stuff that scientific dreams are made of, analytical spectroscopy instrumentation has trended to smaller products that are portable, affordable, and fit into locations far removed from a standard laboratory. Continue reading →

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What Do You Get if You Cross a Geophysicist with a Particle Physicist?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by rberkowitz

Physicist(geo)  x Physicist(particle) sinθ. Or, an experiment using polarized electrons and Earth’s magnetic field that probes the existence of a new force predicted by particle physics. Continue reading →

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