A common electronic language for magnetic resonance
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Scientists working in the field of organic chemistry create and study new molecules using magnetic resonance. The standards used to re-transcribe the collected data is, however, specific to each laboratory or publication, making it difficult to export the information electronically and thus to be used by the scientific community. An international team headed by chemists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has developed a new common electronic language that translates the data of each molecule in exactly the same way and makes it simple to export it from one information system to another. This means that chemists everywhere can access directly reusable data easily, resulting in significant time savings for future research. This study, published in the journal Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, paves the way for creating an international, open-access database and specific tools, including artificial intelligence analysis.