One third of the world's carbon emissions are emitted by industry. Most industrial emissions relate to producing materials. Steel, cement, plastic, paper and aluminium are the most important contributors. The industries that make materials are energy-intensive, so they have always been motivated to be efficient and have now reached a ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Mysteries of Sleep One of the great remaining scientific mysteries is the question, why do we sleep? Walker will discuss the importance of sleep and describe how a night of sleep remodels our brains, enhances memory, inspires creative insights and rebalances our next-day emotional reactivity.Speaker: Matt Walker, Principal Investigator, UC Berkeley Sleep and ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $15 General, $10 Members, $5 Students
The signs of disruption to our climate are all around us. California has seen longer, hotter dry seasons leading to severe wildfires. Rising sea levels are threatening infrastructure and property along the State's coast, and a declining snow pack is causing concern for hydropower, water supply and tourism. Nationally, extended ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8.50
Of CAVEs and Curiosity: Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative ResearchIn the KeckCAVES visualization facility at UC Davis, one can walk into a snowflake or fly over a landslide. Images from around space and time flicker into existence as researchers interact with their data in three dimensions. Among the sights to be seen are ancient microbes, chaotic attractors, and the ...
