First Image Taken With an Ultra Low Field MRI

KentuckyFC writes "MRI machines are about to get smaller, much smaller. Most of their bulk is taken up by the huge superconducting magnets required to generate fields of a few Teslas. Now a team at the Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico has built a machine that can produce images using a field of only a few microTesla (PDF, abstract here). So giant superconducting magnets aren't necessary, a development that has the potential to make MRI machines much smaller, perhaps even suitcase-sized. The one-page paper shows sections of the first 3D brain image taken with the device."

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Re:We Just Won the War On Terror.

[tjstork]

you shouldn't "feel the need" nor stick your bloody nose in other people business - this is exactly why you the whole world hates you

Actually, the world loves us. Everybody wants to be an American. Look at how many millions emigrate to the United States every year!

As far as sticking our noses into other people's business, does that imply that you are Chinese and view American protection of Taiwan as some sort of "other people's business" If so, could you kindly answer the readers on this board exactly what business China has in Tibet? Or are you even allowed? If you are Chinese, and you won't answer that, then you can take your righteousness, arrogance, and exports, and shove them up your ass. China may have more people than the United States, and may someday have a greater economy, but the United States will always have enough nuclear weapons to kill all of you communist sons of bitches.

Don't ever forget that.

When I run for Senate in the United States, I will advocate the construction of enough nuclear weapons to exterminate humanity. If people want to attack the USA, we can and will be able to destroy the entire world.

F--- you all!