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projectY News:Air Force Releases RFP For Replacement To Nuclear Air Launched Cruise Missile
USAF News:
The U.S. Air Force released today a request for proposals to industry for its Long Range Standoff, or LRSO, nuclear cruise missile program. Up to two contract awards are expected in 4th quarter fiscal year 2017.
The Long Range Stand-Off weapon will be developed to replace the aging AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise Missile. The AGM-86B was fielded in the early 1980s with a 10-year design life. The current ALCM remain safe, secure and effective, it is facing increasingly sustainment and operational challenges against evolving threats.
LRSO’s range, survivability, Read More
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
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover autonomously selects some targets for the laser and telescopic camera of its ChemCam instrument. For example, on-board software analyzed the Navcam image at left, chose the target indicated with a yellow dot, and pointed ChemCam for laser shots and the image at right. Courtesy NASALANL 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
WIPP News:Amazing Opportunity For Española Teen Center’s ‘Team Intergalactic’
Members of Española YMCA Teen Center’s “Team Intergalactic” were extremely fortunate to be able to spend an afternoon with Dr. Roger Wiens, the ChemCam/SuperCam Principal Investigator of the Mars Rover, at the Bradbury 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. The team would like to thank Dr. Wiens for his time and Janelle Vigil-Maestas from the LANL Program office for coordinating this special opportunity.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,
