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SHAC holds open house

Amy Coleman | September 2

The University of New Mexico Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) held an open house for the UNM community on Aug. 23. This open house was held to allow the UNM community see what services are available through SHAC and covered by student fees. According to SHAC Program Specialist Tiffany Martinez-Durant, the open house was a success. “We ordered food for 200-300 people which was gone halfway through the event” she said. SHAC has a combined 4,000 followers on social media with their focus being on Instagram, SnapChat and Facebook.

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Brief: Quantum sensor technology used for medical research

Amy Coleman | August 26

A team of researchers from The University of New Mexico and the Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) recently published research about developing a quantum sensor to determine the chemical composition of trace quantities in samples. This technology will be used to examine how medicine enters the cell. The sensor is comprised of nitrogen-vacancy defects in a diamond that detects the magnetic fields produced by the nuclei in molecules. Victor Acosta, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and Joshua Damron, CHTM post-doctoral student said the research is done by shining a light through a solid object (diamond) into a liquid object (cells). This process is done with red light and is photographed with a special device. These images can then be viewed, showing the variety of shades of red.

SHAC holds open house

Brief: Quantum sensor technology used for medical research

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