Engineering the emergence of life through convection, serpentinization and the first metabolic pathwayThe alkaline hydrothermal theory for the emergence of life holds that the endergonic (thermodynamically uphill) reactions vital for life's origin and continued existence require free energy converters (nano-engines) fuelled by various disequilibria. The first two primary engines were i) a carbon fixation engine to generate the organic building blocks of ...
The Higgs Boson and Other Recent Results from ATLASRecent results from the ATLAS experimenta at the CERN Lrge Hadron Collider (LHC) will be presented, with an emphasis on Higgs physics. Measurement of the Higgs boson properties and the present understanding of this recently discovered, very special particle, will be discussed.Speaker: Dr. Fabiola Gianotti, CERN
It's all about "prediction" at the next Café Sci.Greg Laughlin and a collaborator captured the world's attention in 1999 when they announced they had identified the five ages of the universe. Is it possible to know the universe's life story from beginning to end? More generally, which kinds of events can be predicted ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Sugar -- The Bitter TruthDr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at University of California, will speak on "Sugar: the Bitter Truth." His new book, Fat chance: beating the odds against sugar, processed food, obesity, and disease, addresses how sugar is toxic to our health. A book sale and signing ...
A major shift has occurred in the types of workloads run in large cloud data centers driven by the "mega-trend" of the growth in data-intensive mobile devices. The rise of cloud companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon is bringing about a change in attitudes to processors -the emphasis is now ...
EXPLOSIVES: WHY THINGS GO BOOM! By Zach DemkoExplosives are the most powerful chemical reactions possible. They are used for destruction and creation, propulsion, intimidation, and art. But what makes a good explosive? In this talk you will learn how terrorists blow up hummers, NASA gets astronauts into space, and the ...
