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Quantum microscope offers MRI for molecules

Diamond-based imaging system uses magnetic resonance of electrons to detect charged atoms and peer at chemical reactions in real time.

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Reardon, S. Quantum microscope offers MRI for molecules. Nature 543, 162 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.21573

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