Japan’s Photonics Research Institute is reporting that its scientists have developed a continuous-flow device that generates hyperpolarized xenon gas, a development that they believe might help to improve the sensitivity of medical nuclear magnetic resonance. Incidentally, xenon gas is also a general anesthetic.
To learn more about their work, head on to this article at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan…
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