Detecting Brain Waves With Atomic Vapor
A typical SQUID unit employed for magnetoencephalography. Courtesy/NIST
NIST News:
It’s really hard to hear what the brain is saying. Neural impulses — currents of ions moving through channels between the brain’s 100 billion neurons at a potential of about 0.1 volt — produce magnetic fields in the range of a trillionth of a tesla, about a 100 million times weaker than Earth’s magnetic field.
That electrical activity can be detected by electrodes placed on the scalp, or directly into the brain, that measure the difference in voltage between different points. That method, however, Read More
Mars Rover’s Laser Can Now Target Rocks All By Itself
LANL News:
New software is enabling ChemCam, the laser spectrometer on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, to select rock targets autonomously—the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission. Developed jointly Read More
WIPP Update: Backup Power Installed For WIPP EOC
Amazing Opportunity For Española Teen Center’s ‘Team Intergalactic’
Nuclear Watch New Mexico Seeks To Invalidate New Cleanup Order For LANL
DOE News:
Nuclear Watch New Mexico amended its complaint against the U.S. Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, LLC, which alleges 12 cleanup violations of the 2005 Consent Order issued by the New Mexico Environment Department for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
The amendment is asking the federal court to invalidate the recently issued Consent Order because the Department did not hold a formal public hearing as required by federal and state hazardous waste laws and regulations.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is the owner of LANL, and the Los Alamos National Security,
Teens Learn About Mars Rover From Roger Wiens
Members of Española YMCA Teen Center’s “Team Intergalactic” spent an afternoon with Dr. Roger Wiens, the ChemCam/SuperCam principal investigator of the Mars Rover, at the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos.
Dr. Wiens educated the group on the design and function of the Mars Rover, to include internal and external working parts. The teens enjoyed their time and wealth of information shared by Dr. Wiens, a YMCA representative said.
The team expressed its thanks to Dr. Wiens Read More
McMillan: Workforce Turnover At Lab Bodes Well For Community
Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan, right, Kim Davis Lebak, NNSA Los Alamos Field Office manager and Douglas Hintze, DOE/EM Los Alamos Field Office manager, listen to a comment from an audience member during Tuesday’s Regional Community Leaders update. Courtesy/LANL
Brittany Baker, center, of Los Alamos’ Business Systems Solution Center, along with Alex Ortiz, left, of the Plasma Theory and Applications group and Sam Biggs of the Weapons Test Engineering group, all spoke at Tuesday’s Regional Community Leaders update. All three are Northern New Mexico Read More