Here are a few resources on theme, sounded in the March 2019 OPN President’s Message by Ursula Gibson, of serendipity’s role serendipity in discovery and innovation, and what it can lead to—particularly with respect to the case of helium-3:
- Helium-3 (Wikipedia; viewed 15 February).
- S. Fain et al. “Imaging of lung function using hyperpolarized helium‐3 magnetic resonance imaging: Review of current and emerging translational methods and applications,” J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 32, 1398 (2010).
- M.A. Bouchiat et al. “Nuclear polarization in He3 gas induced by optical pumping and dipolar exchange,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 5, 373 (1960).
- T.G. Walker. “Fundamentals of Spin-Exchange Optical Pumping,” J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 294 , 012001 (2011).
- A. Di Franco et al. “Serendipity and innovation: History and evolution of transthoracic echocardiography,” J. Thorac. Dis. 9 (Suppl. 4), S257 (2017).
- OSA Core Values: i4 (OSA web site; viewed 15 February).