The podcast “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) covers the 110 years of history of Instituto Superior Técnico, through its past, present and future objects.
A collection of objects related to different fields, such as science, music, arts and sports, is the starting point for conversations with people who will tell us more about the history of these objects.
A new episode is released every week. The podcast “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) is part of the Público newspaper podcasts.
Today’s episode (#107) – 18th August 2023: “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) – “The magnetic resonance probe”.
In 1975, the first nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer arrived at Técnico – Alameda campus. Weighing about a ton, it was necessary to cut a hole in the wall of the fourth floor of the interdisciplinary building, to access CQE’s magnetic resonance laboratory. The traffic was closed and a crane was used to move the equipment that helped several Técnico PhD students to finish their theses. The equipment allowed students to study topics associated with important developments in Chemistry, Physics, Biochemistry, Materials Science and Health (such as magnetic resonance tomography).
It was brought in one piece, by a crane, through the knocked-down wall and left dismantled into parts in 1980, with the arrival of a new piece of equipment with more power. There is only one probe left that was used to detect the signals in samples.
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