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"We have developed a novel approach for the detection of MRI based on optical atomic magnetometry," said chemist Alexander Pines, one of the world's leading authorities on NMR/MRI technology and leader of the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) team. Pines holds a joint appointment as a chemist with Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Div. and with UC Berkeley, where he is the Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry. "Our technique provides a viable alternative for MRI detection with substantially enhanced sensitivity and time resolution for various situations where traditional MRI is not optimal."