Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley researchers increase NMR/MRI sensitivity through hyperpolarization of nuclei in diamond

Instrument scans images 2,000 times faster than commercial models.

The new mass-spectral imaging system is the first of its kind in the world and its applications are just beginning to surface

Theodore Price, PhD,  talks to contributing editor Tanuja Koppal, PhD, about the advent of digital cell imaging instruments that are very mobile, user-friendly, inexpensive, and intuitive to work with.

Mathematical modeling enables $100 depth sensor to approximate the measurements of a $100,000 piece of lab equipment

Technique could find uses in fabricating structures for functional nanoscale devices such as microchips

System provides knowledge ital for designing and advancing new functional materials

Image collection includes cell skeletons, guts and bugs, spider web-like nerve cells, cell death, zombie cells and glowing bacteria

Lab's Quiet Wing prevents acoustic noise, vibrations, and stray electromagnetic field sources from interfering with the capabilities of imaging instruments housed inside

Goal is to build a scanner that images the entire human body simultaneously