Nuclear Spin & Magnetic Resonance
How certain atomic nuclei behave like tiny magnets that can be flipped and read out with radio waves.
References
- Purcell, E.M., Torrey, H.C., Pound, R.V. "Resonance Absorption by Nuclear Magnetic Moments in a Solid." Physical Review 69, nos. 1–2 (1946): 37–38.