http://www.ebyte.it News/articles selected/written by Stan Sykora http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog.html#12Mar28 A note about Paul Callaghan, Anatole Abragam, Robert Blinc, and Rudolf Mossbauer 28 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog.html#12Mar25 Obituary for a great scientist and educator 25 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Oct05 A major update of planned MR events from now up to the end of 2013 5 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11May31 Just an apology for having been silent for so long 31 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Apr20 Wiley launches 'Analytical Science e-Newsletter' and hands out lots of articles 20 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Apr15 John Hollerton's reflection about the feasibility of ASV software and its usefulness 15 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Apr07 A rare self-celebrating entry on Stan's NMR Blog 7 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Mar22 The first MR event organized specifically to educate the educators 22 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Mar12 A new, slimmed-down NMR well-logging device 12 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Mar08 Will new NMR software make redundant some NMR jobs? 8 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb28 There is now a large supply of used NMR spectrometers. Is this good or bad? 28 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb26 A reflection about the possibilities and limits of NQR detection of compounds 26 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb21 An interesting proposal launched by the Nobel Prize winner Richard Ernst 21 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb18 Magnetic Resonance teaching module to be presented at the next APS March Meeting 18 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb10 About the weird behavior of ferromagnetic objects in magnetic fields 10 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb06 Just published: The Reference Manual for Magnetic Resonance Safety, Implants, and Devices 6 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Feb04 Magritek looks for 2 engineers. Paul Callaghan named New Zealander of the Year 2011 4 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan29 Illustration of artifacts caused by a dirty spinner 29 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan27 Huge data-logging capacities might change the way instruments are built and run 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan23 A planned SMASH 2011 workshop will test NMR spectroscopy wizards 23 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan20 Essential Practical NMR for Organic Chemistry by S.Richards and J.Hollerton 20 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan13 Agilent Technologies started a new Magnetic Resonance e-Zine and Blog 13 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan12 A new, exciting product from STELAR 12 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan10 Clarification of a confusing aspect of NMR 10 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan06 The 3.5 kg picoSpin 45 MHz NMR spectrometer is causing ripples 6 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan05 Job opening for a C++ programmer (NMR firmware and hardware interfacing) 5 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan03 Two nice NMR meetings coming up in what once used to be 'Eastern' Europe 3 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog11.html#11Jan01 ASV Contest, OpenMR, and much more ... 2011 is starting strong in MR 1 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Dec31 End-of-the-year inventory of Magnetic Resonance Events and Books 31 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Dec29 First practical applications of the parametric longitudinal relaxation filters 29 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Dec20 Answer to a query about the feasibility of 199Hg MRI 20 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Dec09 Next year's activity in Magnetic Resonance meetings is starting in a grand way 9 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Dec08 An open-access set of 50+ EPR papers published in 'Current Topics in Biophysics' 8 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Dec01 Job opening announcement for a low-field NMR Application Scientist 1 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov30 A cosy, small NMR meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was a success 30 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov27 Small Molecules Are Still Hot - and so is SMASH, the NMR meeting dedicated to them 27 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov25 ISMRM and SMRT launch a new MR Wiki focussing on MRI and its medical applications 25 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov24 A new crop of six MRI monographs has just left the presses .. 24 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov23 Answer to a query about possible use of modern meta-materials as MR detectors 23 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov22 Review of a sometimes controversial point in NMR spectroscopy practice 22 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov17 Complete online Directory of Companies having anything to do with NMR, MRI, EMR or NQR 17 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Nov15 Slides of an introductory MR talk for physics students 15 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Oct22C1 Steve Silber points out the decline of instrument vendor's documentation 28 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Oct22 The one and only in-depth book on MR hardware was published 24 years ago ... (?) 22 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10d.html#10Oct20 Polish EPR Society becomes Polish EMR Group 20 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Sep18 Answering a question about magnetic field shim systems on NMR spectrometers .. 18 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Sep04 A belated obituary in the memory of Robert Vivian Pound 4 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Aug31 Seven MR books just became available: 4 in MRI, 2 in NMR, and 1 in EMR 31 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Aug26 'No Lie MRI' - the very first commercial venture offering fMRI lie detection services 26 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Aug19 A personal view of the of the Quantum Computation frenzy, with an eye on MR 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Jul23 Happiness and true bliss from the point of view of a Spin 23 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10c.html#10Jul21 Personal comments on the recent joint EUROMAR and ISMAR meeting 21 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Jun26 Roy H.Bible Jr., an NMR old-timer has passed away 26 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Jun24 Newest edition of "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics" available for US$ 100 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Jun23 A query about the use/abuse of the term "high half-integer spin" in NMR 23 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Jun15 Compact MR-quality permanent magnets available off the shelf up to 0.5 T 15 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Jun08 Starting NOW, helium-3 is rationed and becoming strategically scarse 8 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Jun01 EEG-fMRI combination is becoming a reality. What about CT-MRI scanners? 1 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May29 NMR in a sctructural biology song! 29 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May27 A Google map with markers for various NMR instruments in Italy: call for input 27 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May26 Multi-D methods summed up by the Gotha of NMR Spectroscopy, plus the 2nd Edition of a popular textbook 26 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May24 Will this phase out the present magnets filled with liquid cryogens? 24 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May19 Personal recollections of the last edition of the Experimental NMR Conference 19 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May16 Explanation of the central role of the Lorentzian lineshape in spectroscopy 16 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May15 Varian Inc is now wholly owned by Agilent Technologies 15 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May13 Update on the acquisition of Varian Inc by Agilent Technologies 13 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10May09 Update of the web's largest lists of MR Companies and Books points to heavy activity in MRI 9 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Apr11 An exhortation to the managers of NMR labs: please, keep your solvents clean! 11 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10b.html#10Apr01 An epochal breakthrough in Mathematical Physics 1 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10a.html#10Feb13 NMR education and Art - plus an apology for the author's delays 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10a.html#10Jan13add EU conditionally approves the Varian takeover by Agilent 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10a.html#10Jan17 Two new NMR books, plus a crop of items in NMR/ESR monograph series 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10a.html#10Jan13 The Agilent - Varian merger is now on a stand-by pending EU Commission anti-trust decision 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10a.html#10Jan09 A reflection about emerging imaging modalities which will compete with MRI 9 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog10a.html#10Jan06 A selection of five constants considered fundamental in MR physics and engineering 6 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Dec31 The world first 1 GHz NMR spectrometer has been energized and is now operative 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Dec19 An Autumn 2009 crop of eight MRI and MRI-related monographs 19 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Dec09 Pointer to an important source of historic and educational EPR/ESR documantation 9 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov28 The 2010 meeting of the Euroean Geosciences Union will again dedicate a full Session to NMR, MRI, and ESR 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov21 A Chinese Company produces high-tech materials for EMI screening 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov19 A simple and universal inequality which should find applications to relaxation phenomena 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov16 A partial glimpse of NMR activities in Leipzig, Germany, with a historic recollection 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov12 A free issue of 'International Journal of Quantum Chemistry' prompts a reflection about the current role of quantum chemistry in NMR 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov09 The Varian 'EM360/A/L 60 MHz Spectra Set' has been made available online 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov03 Proceedings of the 9th MRPM conference are now available for free in Diffusion Fundamentals 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Nov01 A remark on the signs of geminal 2J(HD) and 2J(HH) couplings 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Oct31 A few recommendations collected from literature and internet 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Oct17 A new NMR shop is accessible worldwide and carries much more than just books .. 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Oct09 Reminder of the end of free access to 20 special issues of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 9 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Oct07 Three MR books hit the shops in Q2/2009 (topics: NQR of Explosives, NMR of Food, and EPR Imaging) 7 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09d.html#09Oct04 A [very personal] report from the 'Small Molecules Are Still Hot' NMR meeting 4 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09Sep30 Reflection about why minor relaxation pathways can't affect the determination of the shapes of protein molecules 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/educards/nmr/Nmr_ScalarRelaxation.html Stan's Library edu article: reviews the concept, including some order-of magnitude estimates 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09Sep13 Discussion of the recent discovery of look-alikes of magnetic monopoles in spin ices 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09Sep06 Reflection on NMR/MRI patents, prompted by the move of PERFIDI pages to this site 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09Sep03 At its anniversary, a great NMR journal makes 20 special issues available for free 3 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09Aug11 Prices of used scanners are supercon magnets are in free fall. Read about some cases 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09July27 Complete Varian takeover by Agilent Technologies announced on July 27, 2009 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09July24 The list of NMR and MRI book titles available for Kindle is becoming respectable, but .. 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09July21 Comments about storing, cleaning and sealing of NMR spectroscopy sample tubes 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09July14 An interview with Chris Spronk of 'Spronk NMR Consultancy' 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09c.html#09July08 Paul Callaghan, a top NMR and MRI expert, has just made free ten educational MR videos 8 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09June30 Is the worldwide center of Varian NMR R&D moving to UK? 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09June13 A new commercial software package for continuous ILT 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09June03 In memoriam of Filippo Conti, an NMR expert and a friend 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09May31 Reminiscences over a 1975 CW-NMR spectrum of ODCB 31 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09May15 A useful driver update for Users of Stelar NMR relaxometers 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09May13 Reviews of two collections of major essays on NMR, MRI, and the Spin 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09May12 Mestrelab Research, a leading NMR spectroscopy software producer, starts a Company blog 12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09May10 Will cryogen-free magnets replace the current supercons cooled by liquid helium and nitrogen? 10 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09Apr30 Obsolete or broken superconductor magnets: a new high-tech garbage category 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09Apr29 Article about the 50th anniversary edition of the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09Apr10 Article about the Symposium in honor of Professor Aksel A.Bothner-By at Carnegie Mellon University 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09b.html#09Apr06 A recent talk by Stan Sykora at the 50th ENC meeting 6 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Mar22 Publication of the first complete biography of the co-discoverer of chemical shifts 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Mar15 Three new Electron Spin Resonance books have just left the presses 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Mar11 A very brief primer on the MRCDI and MREIT techniques 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Mar08 Larmor precession may be difficult for students to grasp - until they see a toy gyroscope 8 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Mar04 Invitation to a Mestrelab Research meeting on NMR spectra evaluation at 50th ENC 4 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Mar02 Know Thy Spins: the problem with generally low resolution of 'modern' NMR spectra 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Feb27 How many patients a day (or month) can an MRI scanner handle? 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Feb25 This meeting is a new bi-annual event to be held in various places in Central and Eastern Europe .. 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Jan31 This is essentially an exhortation to prevent a schism 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog09a.html#09Jan01 A reflection on the perspectives of magnetic resonance in 2009 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Dec31 Counts of 2008 NMR/ESR/MRI meetings and books 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Dec21 An Italian-language introductory NMR Spectroscopy course 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Dec18 A new list/repository of free, online MR Books, Theses and Courses 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Dec06 A free, online re-edition of the famous Jim Shoolery's booklet 6 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Nov15 A historic episode illustrates the complexity of scientific progress 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Nov08 How many scans are economically appropriate for a magnetic resonance essay? 8 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Oct25 New Italian-language educational texts on NMR Spectroscopy 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Oct15 A brief review of the classification of nuclides according to their spin values 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Sep30 Did you know that the full proton NMR window is actually 90 ppm wide and not just 12? 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Sep25 This is the opening article of a series entitled 'Know Thy Spins' 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Sep19 A reflection about the low level of NMR data formats standardization 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Sep15 ... with a small update on Italian NMR woes 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Sep08 An inexpensive way to start using DICOM in your software development 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Aug19 A new NMR Company, an amazing hand-held magnet, and an interesting diagnostic application 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Aug15 This is a new approach to ESR instrumentation ... and possibly a revolution in the making 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08Aug08 We seem to be in the middle of a peak of editorial frenzy in NMR, MRI and even ESR .. 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08July31 Using NQR and NMR to detect explosives and drugs is an ever more important topic .. 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08b.html#08July30 Personal impressions from the largest European NMR conference 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08June25 Contribute to building a table of record breakers 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08June16 Recent FID's acquired with Bruker and Jeol spectrometers exhibit an anomalous group delay artifact .. 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08June13 Fresh historic glimpses of the scientists who discovered chemical shifts 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08June10 Debate about the efficiency of an automatic phase correction algorithm 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08June08 A treasure trove of science songs, including some about NMR 8 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08May31 A story indicating that environmental radio pollution may be becoming a major obstacle to further progress of Magnetic Resonance 31 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08May27 A brief review of our current understanding of the RF noise generated by spin systems 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08May06 A comment on NMR methods at the forthcoming "XV-th International Congress on Rheology" 6 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Apr30 Glimpses from the last meeting of Central European NMR Discussion Groups in Valtice, Czech Republic 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Apr27 Interested in biochemical NMR and in the EU-NMR network of European large-scale NMR facilities? Read more .. 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Apr17 Since philosophy tells us that all things are interconnected, there should be also a connection between NMR and the Antarctic continent. In fact, .. 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Apr04 A beautiful example of what internet education could be if only the world were perfect! 4 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Apr02 Reflections about and around a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Wiki 2 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Mar31 A free gift from "Nature Publishing Group" and "Organic Spintronics" 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Mar29 A personal report on the 49th "Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference" 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Mar06 Have an advance look at three data processing posters to be presented at 49th ENC 6 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Feb29 A reflection on the current helium supply situation and its effects on Magnetic Resonance 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/docs/nmr08/NMR_Wavelet2DFiltering.html An article by Carlos Cobas published in Stan's Library 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Feb13 Introduction to the Hebel-Slichter effect and its role in superconductivity research 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Feb09 Domains nmrweb.net and mriweb.net are available for the highest bidder 9 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Feb02 A concise explanation of two novel terms in analytical chemistry 2 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Jan24 Bruker BioSciences buys Bruker BioSpin to form Bruker Corporation 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Jan22 An entry about Girjesh Govil and his forthcoming Ramachandran Lecture 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Jan17 A new category of Magnetic Resonance links 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog08a.html#08Jan15 A review of the state-of-the-art of remote detection of explosives by magnetic quadrupole resonance 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec31 2007 totals of NMR, ESR and MRI meetings and books 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec30 Destinies of the discoverers of NMR chemical shifts, W.G.Proctor, F.C.Yu and W.C.Dickinson 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec21 Having completed its Protein 3000 project, the RIKEN NMR facility is now open for public access 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec19 A look at the NMR Complex of the Genomics Sciences Center of the Japan's RIKEN Yokohama Research Institute 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec17 A follow up on 'Coils versus Antennas', with a comment on the nature of NQR 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec15 Is it correct to call Magnetic Resonance transmit/receive coils antennas? 15 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec07 Read about new developments in NMR spectroscopy software 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07Dec05 Answer to a seemingly simple query which puzzles quite a few NMR and MRI students 5 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07nov19 Yes, and so is Triton NMR, Deuteron NMR and Helion NMR .. 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07nov15 Should we not say 'Magnetic Resonance of Nuclides' rather than 'Nuclear Magnetic Resonance'? 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07nov03 SpectroscopyNOW started live channels showing leads to "Stan's NMR blog" on their NMR and MRI main pages 3 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07oct30 Summary of a recent invention due to Dimitrios Sakellariou and an interview with its Author 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/educards/nmr/Nmr_AntennaTheorem.html Stan's Library edu article: a phenomenological summary of the topic 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07oct27 Again available on the Net: An article which conveys a real-life feeling for the birth-tale of NMR 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07oct22 A reasoned, long-term estimate of the demand for magnetic resonance scanners, based on a recent census by EMRF (European Magnetic Resonance Forum) 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07oct15 A personal report from this exceptional NMR Spectroscopy meeting which concentrates on the most traditional of NMR fields - verification and elucidation of small and moderate-size molecular structures 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07sep29 The "1st International Conference on Drug Design and Discovery", to be held February 4-7 in Dubai, UAE, promises to be an unprecedented and unforgettable all-stars event .. 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07sep27 Could my belated announcement of a major Electron Spin Resonance event contribute to the old ESR - NMR jealousy? I hope not 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07sep01 Von Hippel's online book 'The Sources of Innovation' - a rich source of historic information about NMR 1 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jul24 A new semester is approaching and teachers are looking for help ... I have added the 'Table of Contents' to my blog entry about this new and very helpful book 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07ago27 This blog entry introduces an article titled 'Suppression of receiver recovery time in NMR' published in the online Stan's Library 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07ago23 NMR Well Logging is today an important and well established NMR discipline. This very readable book by G.R.Coates, L.Xiao and M.G.Prammer which describes in detail all its aspects has now been made available for a free download from the Halliburton web site 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/logcabin/belletryit/SaturazioneNMR.html It: Un paio di epigrammi sulla saturazione (NMR?) 12 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/educards/math/CombiTransitions.html Example of an NMR problem leading to a combinatorial identity 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07ago05 NMR blog entry: When it comes to regulating the maximum rate of magnetic field variations in MRI scanners, the US FDA is uncharacteristically lax .. 5 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jul27 An interesting reflection by J.P.Hornak, the author of 'The Basics of MRI', on the evolution of the routine MRI scanner 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jul24 Books dedicated to teaching a subject are a step beyond simple descriptions of the subject itself. In this sense, this NMR monograph is an advance sentry 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jul17 NMR blog entry: An amendment on various magnetic field records 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jul15 NMR blog entry: A diagram reviewing the various ways of producing very high magnetic fields and the current record values 15 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jul05 2007 annual congress of the Italian NMR Discussion Group is in jeopardy due to unexpectedly low number of registrations 5 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun19 NMR blog entry: What is the maximum pressure an NMR tube can withstand 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun16 This quarter three dedicated MRI books have left or are leaving the presses .. 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun14 NMR blog entry: The revolution in digital electronics embodied in the FPGA-based concepts of 'System on Chip' (SOC) and 'Electronic System Level design' (ESL) is bound to revolutionize also magnetic resonance instrumentation. The article photographs the current status and ventures some predictions .. 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun09 Announcement of the Italian "National Specialized NMR School on small molecules of farmacological interest" 9 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun08 NMR blog entry: A critical discussion of the sporadic use of [Hz] instead of the usual [1/s] as units for magnetic resonance relaxation rates 8 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun06 The two most recent NMR books tackle relaxation theory (D.Kruk, Theory of Evolution and Relaxation in Multi-Spin Systems) and catalysis (J.Bargon, L.T.Kuhn, Eds., In situ NMR Methods in Catalysis) 6 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jun05 NMR blog entry: Glimpses from a brief visit to the 5-th edition of the biennial international meeting dedicated to Variable-Field Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry in Torino, Italy 5 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07may27 NMR blog entry: A tribute to the late inventor of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and a recollection of the times when MRI was born 28 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07may21 NMR blog entry: Is there a revolution in sight in the old and honored field of NMR spectra interpretation? 21 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07may19 Call for HELP: Does anybody still know the apparently lost answer to this question? 19 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07may08 NMR blog entry: Three important ESR / EPR monographs coming off the presses 8 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07may07 NMR blog entry: Report about a Swiss Company producing magnetic field meters/stabilizers and lightweight permanent magnets 7 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07apr22 NMR blog entry: Impressions from the last meeting of Central European NMR Discussion Groups in Valtice, Czech Republic 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07apr20 NMR blog entry: Report of a serious MR accident and a reflection about the dynamics of magnetic objects close/inside the MRI and MRS magnets 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07apr15 NMR blog entry: Poster at ENC and a forthcoming feature in MestreNova 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/refs/Refs_ESR_Books.html Databases: This is almost certainly the most complete list of EPR monographs available anywhere. It complements the exhaustive list of NMR books (over 540) and the nearly complete list of MRI titles (over 230) 4 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07apr02 NMR blog entry: A clarification by Robin Harris 2 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07mar20 NMR blog entry: Announcement of a new book 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07mar06 NMR blog entry: Reflection on new NMR terminology 6 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07feb21 NMR blog entry: A note about emerging political issue in functional MRI 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07feb14 NMR blog entry: Report on novel small NMR instrumentation 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07feb10 NMR blog entry: Clarification by J.C.Edwards 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07feb02 NMR blog entry: A Company produces affordable, coated paramagnetic spherule's 2 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jan28 NMR blog entry: Report about new NMR and MRI Companies 28 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog07.html#07jan1 NMR blog entry: Proposal of a large-scale magnetic resonance project 1 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#dec24 NMR blog entry: Something for the Guiness Book of Records 24 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#dec22 NMR blog entry: Exploration of charge-parity asymmetry by the group of M.Romalis (Princeton) 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#nov29 NMR blog entry: What are the chances of an earthquake damaging an MR installation 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#oct18 NMR blog entry: Announcing the availability of a new books list 18 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/educards/nmr/OnePageMrPrimer.html Educational article for newcomers, busy managers, lawyers, and other outsiders 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#oct10 NMR blog entry: An answer to a biology teacher 10 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#oct8 NMR blog entry: You would not believe what an energized supercon magnet can stand! 8 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/Poster_Perfidi_Lapsr.html Poster: Two ways of exploiting trains of inversion pulses 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#august10 NMR blog entry about the importance of a-magnetic tools around MR installation 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#july25 Plot of the number of NMR books published every year since the invention of NMR reveals some interesting trends 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#july23 A word about this new technique - and to its mysterious name 23 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#june29 A witty blog entry about the 'NMR jobs jungle' 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#june12 About the top magnetic fields we can produce in a lab and the ways it's done 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/logcabin/stans/4kBastano.html A historic reminiscence about the early days of FT-NMR in Italy (in italiano) 25 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#may18 A reflection about why are the effects of field noise on NMR signals so rarely studied 18 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/docs/nmr06a/NMR_FieldNoise_Echoes.html NMR article about the effects of field noise on spin echoes and CPMG decays 15 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#april11 A blog-entry flyer for an interesting spectroscopy conference 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#april4 A blog-entry flyer for a book by Josef Kowalewski and Lena Maler 4 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#march18 A reflection on the strange ways of EU science financing 18 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/docs/nmr06a/NMR_FieldNoise_Fid.html NMR article about the effects of field noise on FID's and spectra 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#march10 A comment on a nice idea for solid-state NMR probes 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#feb9 A news item regarding the sale of an Italian MRI Company 9 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#feb8 PERFIDI: a new class of pulse-sequence preambles acting as a-priori T1 filters 8 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#jan6 A comment about the scarse documentation of this popular pre-saturation pulse sequence 6 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog06.html#jan1 Magnetic bodies in the Universe and the possibility to do Magnetic Resonance in astronomy 1 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/docs/nmr05b/NMR_SN_Perspectives.html NMR article about perspective improvements of S/N ratio 15 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/library/docs/nmr05a/MrrOfSolidUreaI.html NMR article illustrating the artifacts due to sample piezoelectricity in solid-state NMR 15 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ebyte.it/stan/blog05.html#april6 Glimpses of a meeting of Central European NMR Discussion Groups 6 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT