All parts of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology have been fully tested and implemented over several decades and is recognized as a key technology for least-cost climate change mitigation on a global scale. However, its deployment rate is significantly slower than projected by organizations such as the IEA, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Exploring novel probes and methods for cosmologyThere are still many unknowns that cosmological observations might help unveiling. Among these, the value for the sum of neutrino masses and the force driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe are some of the most interesting challenges. In this talk I will discuss a fairly new probe, the cosmic ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Revealing Young Planet Population from ALMA Large Program-DSHARP Despite thousands of planets have been discovered, these planets are billions of years old and we know little about their formation processes. To understand planet formation, we need to study young planets which are still growing in protoplanetary disks. Ideally, we would like to know both the properties of each ...
Synthetic chemists have long been inspired by the ability of nature to design and engineer complex natural products. Nature builds small molecules for a plethora of reasons including the protection of plants from fungal infections, insect damage, and the invasion of competitive species. These critical components of plant protection have ...
Dr. Danielson will discuss gigaton-scale grand challenges ripe for disruptive innovation to solve the global climate crisis by mid-century. He will also discuss his efforts at Stanford and in the private sector to support top climate-tech innovators.Speaker: David Danielson, Stanford
Speaker: Gonzalo Torroba of the Centro Atómico Bariloche.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Topology and entanglement detected by partial transposePartial transpose is a useful operation in quantum many-body systems, that can be used to detect quantum entanglement. For example, it can beused to define a quantum entanglement measure -- entanglement negativity -- that can detect quantum correlation in mixed quantum states. In this talk, I will describe how partial ...
The quality, scope, and impact of U.S. science and technology is admired the world over. International scientific collaborations highlight key values including evidence, peer review, transparency, teamwork, and dialog. Scientific leadership and technological prowess are also elements of national power and national security for the U.S. and for other nations. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
GALAXY EVOLUTIONDr. Guillermo Barro of the University of the Pacific studies the formation and evolution of massive galaxies over cosmic time. He will discuss pushing our detection of massive galaxies earlier in time, as well as understanding the physics of their structures and stellar populations.Editor's Note: This event was originally scheduled ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
NOVA VIDEO - WHAT'S THE UNIVERSE MADE OF? RESCHEDULEDA presentation of the PBS NOVA video "What's the Universe Made Of?" Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.Editor's Note: This event was rescheduled to Oct 8.
The Radiative Drivers of Climate Change: Known Knowns and Known UnknownsWe present four new findings regarding the state of knowledge and remaining uncertainties concerning the main anthropogenic agents of climate change, namely carbon dioxide and methane. We will show the first direct observations of the upward trends in the greenhouse effects (GHEs) of these gases, a demonstration that the remaining ...
Daphne Koller is the Founder and CEO of insitro which is leveraging cutting-edge machine learning techniques to aid in the drug discovery and development process. Daphne co-founded Coursera, the world’s largest online education platform. She has served as the company’s Co-CEO and President and remains on the Coursera Board. Previously she ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - StanfordNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free, registration required
From Climate Reality to Project Drawdown: Is This Happening to Us or for Us?This program will serve as a way-finding event that balances the realism of climate change with the practical solutions currently at work with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Project Drawdown. The density and intensity of the presentations inspire action. The audience will be challenged to find their own voices and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Andy Weir: From Silicon Valley to MarsWith two massive bestsellers in The Martian and Artemis, Andy Weir might be the current king of sci-fi. But only recently, Weir was a Silicon Valley programmer shopping a manuscript about an astronaut marooned on Mars. Failing to find a book deal, he published it on his website, crowdsourcing its ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Advance, $25 at door
Exploring Our Galactic NeighborhoodIt is important to know what is going on in your neighborhood, and that is also true of the immediate vicinity of our Sun in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Sun, along with our nearest stellar neighbors, is moving through giant clouds of interstellar gas and dust. Indeed, there is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
