Designer microbes that convert sugars into bioproducts provide a sustainable alternative to the synthesis of chemicals from petroleum. One of the major challenges in the engineering of microbes for the production of chemicals is the rapid identification of the highest chemical-producing microbe from a pool, akin to finding a needle ...
Once a year, the Ernest S. Kuh Distinguished Lecture Series presents an opportunity to hear from scientists and engineers who are tackling our world’s most pressing problems. The series is made possible by a generous gift from Professor Emeritus Ernest Kuh and his wife, Bettine. Professor Kuh was dean of ...
Soil Health Series: Physical Properties of SoilWhat is soil? Well, it's certainly not dirt! Join the knowledgeable and enthusiastic Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor, specializing in soils) in discovering the beauty and complexity of this essential natural resource by examining the physical properties that characterize what soil is. This class will also delve into the question ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Donations encouraged
Physics and Statistics of the Massive Halo Population New observations and simulations of the most massive cosmic halos that host groups and clusters of galaxies are providing details of the interlocking physical processes that drive astrophysical evolution across this population. In the first part of this talk I will use a few cherry-picked results from last week’s SNOWCLUSTER ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Lessons learned from the ISS: enabling future space flight collaboration for US and Russia The International Space Station (ISS) has seen Americans and Russians actively work hand in hand over the past decade. Scheduled to be deorbited in 2024, the future of spaceflight collaboration after its end remains uncertain. Lessons learned from collaboration on ISS are key to proposing areas for cooperation in similar ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Twenty years of SDSS spectra: lessons for DESI We have played with SDSS spectra for almost two decades and enjoyed performing all sorts of statistical analyses with them. In this talk we will take a critical look at these explorations and discuss what has worked well and what has not, what mistakes were made and some of the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Printing Soft Matter in Three Dimensions3D printing enables one to rapidly design and fabricate materials in arbitrary shapes on demand. I will introduce the fundamental principles that underpin 3D printing methods pioneered by our group. I will then describe the design, composition, and rheological properties of functional, structural and biological inks that we have developed, ...
Atmospheric models that accurately describe the fate and transport of trace species for the right reasons aid in development of effective air quality management strategies that safeguard human health, in particular to mitigate the deleterious impacts of fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Controllable emissions from human activity facilitate formation of biogenic ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The three worst ideas in the world, and how they shape American educationJonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University Stern School of Business and the director of Heterodox Academy. He is the coauthor of the forthcoming book, 'The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure'
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Dawn of Gravitational-Wave AstrophysicsIn the past two years the gravitational-wave detections enabled by the LIGO detectors have launched a new field in observational astronomy allowing us to study compact object mergers involving pairs of black holes and neutron stars. I will discuss what current results reveal about compact object astrophysics, from binary black ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Developing Fully Automated Infrastructure Policy and Trust SystemsModern infrastructure management serves to run applications, but in many cases, all attention is spent on micromanagement of elemental details with no focus or understanding of the applications. This breaks down in two fundamental ways. First is the explosion of number of application service definitions, all hardwired for specific use ...
At a first glance, our galaxy appears to be made of stars separated by vast and empty space. However, we now know that this space is filled with things that are more difficult to see â€" gas, photons and the elusive dark matter. We do not know what kind of particle dark ...
