Clare Grey and Robert Tycko have published an article in the September issue of Physics Today introducing solid-state NMR spectroscopy to a broader audience, and reviewing recent NMR applications in biochemistry and materials sciences. This article is an easy read about a complicated topic with many colour figures and diagrams, which your students may find useful in their studies.
Clare P. Grey and Robert Tycko, "Solid-state NMR in biological and materials physics," Physics Today 62 (2009) 44-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3226855