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It's there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it's time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we'll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
Speaker: Durell Kapan, California Academy of Sciences
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Butterfly Walk in the Garden - SOLD OUTJoin our butterfly docent specialist Sally Levinson and Andy Liu for a guided walk through the Garden in search of butterflies, as you learn about their plant relationships and amazing life cycle. Bring binoculars if you have them.Registered children welcome. Pre-registration is required, space is limited. Groups larger than 6 ...
The properties of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in a semiconductor host with two valleys related by an underlying C4 rotational symmetry are studied using Hartree-Fock (HF) and various other many-body approaches. A familiar artifact of the HF approach is a degeneracy between the valley polarized - “Ising nematic” - ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Regulatory Mechanisms of Cargo Transport Kinesin MotorsKinesins are mechanochemical molecular motors that convert the chemical energy of ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work. Kinesins are capable of stepping processively along intracellular microtubules, a mechanism harnessed by cells to transport a myriad of intracellular cargos in a directional fashion. A subset of kinesin motors is specialized for long-distance ...
Semiconductors power almost every aspect of modern life, from our mobile phones and computers, to how we light our homes, how we store and transform energy, or how we can access renewable energy. Understanding the complex quantum mechanical processes that make some semiconductors more useful than others in the context ...
Environmental icon Jane Goodall returns to Climate One in person to reflect back on her life’s work and offer a look forward to how we can heal our relationship with nature by better understanding ourselves. The indefatigable Goodall is now focused on three intertwined crises: biodiversity loss, climate change and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 Regular in person, $19 online
Our group specializes in ultrafast spectroscopic methods, enabling in-depth studies of material chemistry in intricate environments and the control of quantum phenomena on femtosecond timescales. In the first part of this seminar, I will discuss the role of lithium in various systems from its contribution to symmetry breaking (LiNbO3), to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
World Transitioning to Hydrogen Economy: How prepared are we in the USA? - LivestreamIs hydrogen the Super Fuel of the Future?Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe. Its potential is promising. Hydrogen could become the main power source for cars, trucks and other vehicles. It could be a solution for heating buildings.But extracting hydrogen is energy-intensive. Both the source of the hydrogen and method of extraction ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lead in Oakland Unified School District Community WebinarYou may have heard about the lead situation going on in Oakland Unified School District. The overview is that extremely high levels of lead was found in the drinking water of dozens of schools last spring, but no remediation or community information was done until the start of this school ...
From very early times, individuals and cultures dreamt first of human flight, and then space flight, which ultimately contributed to the Apollo 11 Moon landing. The Apollo landings, in turn, were inspirational for many, including some who ended up becoming astronauts. Human spaceflight further evolved during the Space Shuttle, Mir, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Pitching the Future in AIDon’t miss your chance to connect, expand your understanding, and play a role in shaping the future of AI technology. Meet seven Swiss startups from different industries during this pitch event.The startups presenting their solutions are taking part in our Startup Bootcamp:AIDONIC revolutionizes aid management for governments and non-profits with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Fei-Fei Li's AI JourneyArtificial intelligence has been dominating the headlines recently, but Stanford Professor Fei-Fei Li has spent more than two decades at the forefront of the field.Li shares her inspiring journey - chronicled in her new book, The Worlds I See - from her early struggles as a Chinese immigrant in the ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Habitats, Life Cycles and Ecology of Mushrooms The talk will answer the question "What is a Mushroom Anyway," including life cycles and dispersal syndromes. Additionally, we will explore some of the vitally important roles fungi play in the natural environment. Individuals may attend in-person, beginning at 6:30pm, for mushroom ID, refreshments and social interaction in the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Astronomy on Tap Tucson #99: All About the Early Universe - LivestreamJADES-GS-z14-0: Updates from the Beginning of Time - Kevin Hainline&Cosmic Inflation: What is it, and does it fix the Big Bang? - Joe Adamo This month, we’ll be joined by Steward research professor Kevin Hainline giving us the inside scoop on the earliest galaxy known to exist, and Steward grad ...
Muscle Stem Cells Get a New Look: Dynamic Cellular Projections As Sensors of the Stem Cell NicheMechanisms whereby quiescent stem cells sense tissue injury and transition to an activated state are largely unknown. Quiescent skeletal muscle stem cells (MuSCs) have elaborate, heterogeneous projections that rapidly retract in response to muscle injury; the cytoskeletal changes associated with retraction in turn promote downstream MuSC activation events. MuSC projections ...
Much high-impact research in the chemical and biological sciences, particularly that which underlies innovations in medicine, began with curiosity about the structures and mechanisms of bioactive small molecules. In search of potentially transformative discoveries, my research group is focused on molecules that are anomalous by virtue of their structures and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Geography and Inequity: Key Structural Determinants of Health in the USHave you ever wondered why certain states in the US have better health outcomes than others? What happened historically that this is the case today, and how does it influence our present-day reality? Speaker: Sarah Hooper, UC Law San FranciscoAttend in person or online (see weblink)Room E126
Autonomous systems, such as self-driving cars, are starting to pop up in the world around us. These systems use complex combinations of model-based and data-driven algorithms to make real-time, safety-critical decisions. In this talk, I will provide some thoughts (and hopefully insights) into what engineers need to do to convince ...
It is possible that the only news we hear about more than politics is the climate crisis, and sometimes it is politics about the climate crisis? But what are we hearing and saying about climate change, and is it what we think we’re hearing and saying? Genevieve Guenther, founder of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, 30 - 50% off for members
On March 27, 2023, six people were gunned down in a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville. The horrific event led Tennessee House Representative Justin J. Pearson and two colleagues to protest for common sense gun legislation on the Tennessee House floor. House Republicans retaliated by expelling Representative ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 in person, $5 online, members get discount
Design of Holographic Display Systems based on Artificial Intelligence - LivestreamEmerging spatial computing systems are widely believed to be next-generation computing platforms, offering transformative experiences across various domains such as teleconferencing, education, entertainment, industry, and basic vision research, among others. To deliver perceptually realistic and visually comfortable experiences, optical interfaces, such as imagers or displays, must be compact, adaptable, seamlessly ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite #146: Psychedelic Science, Geysers, and the New Science of Learning The heat is rising in San Francisco, and you know what that means: late summer has finally arrived, and back-to-school season is finally upon us. Well, most of our beloved Nerd Nite audience probably isn’t going to school anymore, but that hasn’t stopped us from learning together each month! This ...
Speakers: James Doty (Stanford, Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism) on "Mind Magic" Kristina Dutton (Composer) on "Soundscapes and Nanoscapes: the natural world through visual and sonic storytelling" Miguel Angel Novelo Cruz (Stanford) on "Technoshamanic Playgrounds: Thermodynamics and Memory"Room: LiKaShing Building, Room LK120
Allen Fish will speak about his decades of work at the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, just in time for the annual migration of Raptors through the Bay Area!Register at weblink to receive connection information
Conserving Marin County’s farms and ranches not only means protecting the land through conservation easements, but also ensuring its agricultural viability and helping to steward the health of the land. MALT supports local farmers and ranchers through grants and technical assistance and leveraging partner agencies funding opportunities. MALT stewardship staff ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Thursday, 09/19/24
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Preserve which hosts tide pools ...
Where: Moss BeachCost: $10 Donation encouraged
Lunch Break Science - LivestreamLunch Break Science is a dynamic live web series featuring fascinating short talks, engaging interviews, and lively Q&A with Leakey Foundation scientists. Each episode digs deeper into the latest human origins discoveries, with topics like Neanderthals, chimpanzee behavior, and more! Even better, you can interact with researchers during the show ...
Where: Cost: Free
The ecological effects of lightning in a tropical forestLightning is common in many tropical forests, but its ecological effects are not well documented. Data from a decade of lightning monitoring on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (BCI), show that lightning is an important agent of tree mortality; the average strike kills 5 trees and damages 21 others. Collectively, lightning ...
In this presentation, first, a brief history of the production and evolution of electricity will be presented, then an overview of our body of work on the application of artificial intelligence (AI)-based control techniques and Internet of things (IoT) for control and management of microgrids (MGs), which are considered the ...
The first commercial 5G deployments were in March of 2019 - barely three years ago and the path to 6G is already a few years under way. It is without a doubt that 6G will be evolution and revolution beyond 5G, but some of the differences are already quite clear. ...
Artist Jane Kim is best known for creating monumental works of public art that celebrate the natural world. From the Wall of Birds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to From Sea to Sky at Occidental College's Moore Lab of Zoology, birds play a central role in her dramatic storytelling. What's her secret to ...
Discover the science behind sound and the role it plays in the environment. Join us for a screening of The Last of the Nightingales, a short documentary about pioneering sound ecologist Bernie Krause, and hear from Bernie, his wife Katherine, and the filmmaker afterward. Then dive deeper with the exhibits ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, Free for members
Join SOMA to kick off the mushroom season. Many of our board members will be present andwe will have a casual potluck followed by a presentation by Gordon Walker & Harte Singer about the "early" season fungi and unusual findings of cool Summer fungi.
Where: SebastopolCost: Free
NightLife: FalastinShare in the rich culture, art, and stories of Falastin (Palestine). By the community for the community.
Where do we turn to when the sky is falling? When even as we mask to stay safe, we expose ourselves to a long history of othering? Retreating inward by looking and listening outward, Amy Tan found solace in her backyard, the birds that are her neighbors, and the joy ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 09/20/24
Space Mission Sustainability Leveraging Picard-Chebyshev Methods and Optimal ControlSpacecraft sustainability is crucial for the long-term exploration and utilization of space. As humanity ventures further from the Earth, responsible and sustainable management of space assets becomes imperative to ensure the preservation of the space environment. In-space servicing missions enable the extension of the operational life of satellites and other ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
InSight Mars Lander - Instrument Deployment SystemNASA’s Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (InSight) Mars Lander’s mission overarching goal is to understand the processes of planetary differentiation that formed the terrestrial planets and the global processes that subsequently modify them.Dr. Trebi-Ollennu will talk about his work as InSight’s Product Delivery Manager and Operations ...
Transportation is on the path to decarbonization, led by the electrification of cars, trucks and buses. However, numerous questions remain. How much reduction in vehicle use is desired and possible? How might aviation and shipping be decarbonized? How might strategies differ between advanced industrial nations and the Global South? What ...
Synthesizing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as nanoparticles is critical for their large-scale processability in real-world technologies and is poised to alter wide-ranging MOF behaviors, especially those related to transport phenomena. Little is known about controlled synthetic techniques, however, and studies into the impact of nanosizing physical properties have only just begun. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 09/21/24
40th Annual Coastal Clean-up Day 2024Join us for Coastal Clean-up Day - the statewide movement that removed 376,308 pounds of trash from California’s coastlines and inland waterways last year! Volunteers will enjoy beautiful ocean views while they remove litter and debris, protect native habitats, and help minimize marine debris. This is a fun family-friendly volunteer opportunity, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Critter Search at Sanborn ParkSome of the most exciting critters are hard to find. Join us as we look for some of the smaller residents of Sanborn Park. Look for Salamanders under rocks, Millipedes under logs, and newts in the ponds! Let’s see who we can find!For ages 1 - 5 + parent
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Bair Island Walking TourJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a walking tour at the Bair Island Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge! You’ll be guided by POST ambassadors who will share the history of this beautiful protected space, information about the species that live there, and what you ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $10 Donation encouraged
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along refuge trails (about .6 miles). At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of nature’s night shift. Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the refuge as night descends. Not suitable for young children. ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Is Human Hibernation a Possible Tool for Future Long-Term Crewed Space Flight?Dr. Wallace’s talk with discuss the fantasy of human hibernation, what are the different types of hibernation, what are the proposed mechanisms of hibernation, and why humans are biologically and physiologically unlikely to tolerate hibernation. This discussion will review how anesthesia is fundamentally different from hibernation with separate risks and ...
