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		n8agrin on Sept 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I had my head examined... Not sure if it's true, but my prof in college told us that the reason the name was changed was because of the negative connotation of the word "nuclear". Otherwise it's exactly the same technology as NMR.

gcheong on Sept 21, 2009 [–]

I heard that as well from a couple profs of mine, doesn't mean it's true but it sounds reasonable.

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