CERN Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich June 22, 2017June 20, 2022 antimatter, brain imaging, CERN, EEG, fMRI, glucose, I Robot, Isaac Asimov, MEG, Neuroimaging, PET, radioactive, radiotracer, Tom Wolfe

PET Imaging: The Real Positronic Brain?

In Isaac Asimov’s 1950 short story collection I, Robot, intelligent robots with positronic brains exist alongside humans. Unlike conventional computer hardware, the word positronic implies that electrical current is carried… Read More

Interviews

Joel Frohlich March 1, 2017June 30, 2017 CERN, Dr. Andre David, Higgs boson, Interview, large hadron collider, LHC, particle accelerator, particle collider, particle physics, pentaquark, physics

Knowing Neurons Visits the Large Hadron Collider: Interview with Dr. André David

On January 26, I had the honor of visiting the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), one of the largest and most complex scientific research facilities in the world. What was… Read More

Big Ideas Did You Know?

Joel Frohlich February 27, 2017June 30, 2017 Alexander Litvinenko, Anatoli Bugorski, CERN, ionizing radiation, large hadron collider, particle accelerator, particle collider, Phantoms of the Brain, physics, protons, U-70 synchrotron, VS Ramachandran

What Happens If You Stick Your Head in a Particle Accelerator?

What would happen if you stuck your body inside a particle accelerator? The scenario seems like the start of a bad Marvel comic, but it happens to shed light on… Read More