Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to Win a Nobel Prize (2016)

Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by evanb on Thursday October 10, 2019 @06:52AM (#21212964)

> You might not have heard much about NMR spectroscopy, but it's responsible for revealing details about the structure and dynamics of molecules - something that's incredibly handy for chemists and biochemists.

Also it's the technology driving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Leaving out 'nuclear' was just a marketing tactic to keep people from being afraid.

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Re:Scientific Papers That Were Rejected Before Going on to W... by ncmncm on Friday October 11, 2019 @02:08PM (#21226867)

Yes, this comment floored me. Did they really not know that MRI used NMR?

I got to do an NMR experiment as an undergrad, a decade before MRI, and it seemed miraculous then. I remember reading a speculation that a 3D imaging machine ought to be possible (in IEEE Spectrum, back when it was often ground-breaking), and was astounded when five years later they had done it and were selling them. Still haven't had a scan, yet.

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