Leading up to the recent Tokyo Olympics. athletes Annet Negesa of Uganda and Maximila Imali of Kenya both had their Olympic dreams crushed because of rules set by the track and field global governing body, World Athletics. They are just two - of many - elite women athletes who have been told their natural testosterone ...
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Chemically tuning the exotic ground states of pyrochlore magnets - LivestreamPyrochlore lattices, which are found in two important classes of materials -- the A2B2X7 pyrochlore family and the AB2X4 spinel family -- are the quintessential 3-dimensional frustrated lattice architecture. Pyrochlore magnets are renowned for their exotic magnetic ground states, ranging from classical spin ice to quantum spin liquid. While historically ...
A Journey from String Theory to Oceanography - LivestreamWhile string theory and physical oceanography are quite distant branches of physics, both describe vast, unintuitive structures that (may) govern the conditions of our daily lives. I have recently transitioned from a Ph.D. studying the geometry of extra dimentions in string theory to a postdoctoral position studying the ocean's role ...
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Innovation, Conservation and Repurposing in Root Cell Type Development - LivestreamSiobhan Brady received her PhD at the University of Toronto in 2005, and was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University from 2005 - 2008. In 2009 she began an Assistant Professor position and became Professor in 2020 at the University of California, ...
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The molecules and materials for tomorrow, todayThe challenges we face in the 21st century require, in many cases, accelerated molecular and materials discovery. In this talk, I will discuss the research in my group towards the realization of "self-driving laboratories", which have the goal of accelerating the long materials discovery timescales by an order of magnitude. ...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., has been one of the most visible commentators on the public health crisis. His insights and writings have helped shaped some of the country's understanding of the public health impacts of the pandemic since early in 2020. As the country ...
Study on Topological Spin Textures utilizing Full-Field Soft X-ray Microscopy - LivestreamMagnetic skyrmions are topologically stable spin textures, which have attracted massive interests not only due to their fascinating features for understanding the fundamental physics of nanospin behavior but also their potentials in a wealth of technological applications for high efficient storage/memory and computing devices [1]. In the research of skyrmions, ...
Local Decisions, Regional Impacts: Informing Sea-Level Rise Adaptation - LivestreamBy the year 2100, the sea level around the Bay Area is projected to rise by nearly seven feet. New research from the Stanford Natural Capital Project illustrates that traditional methods to keep flooding out of a community, such as sea wall construction, can actually do more harm than good ...
One of the greatest discoveries of the last century is that our universe is evolving and expanding, born almost 14 billion years ago in a fiery event we call the Big Bang. But just what happened in the early life of the cosmos? Here we will step through the major ...
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Lessons from Concurrent Pandemics of COVID-19 and HIV/AIDSJoin us for an important intergenerational conversation with LGBTQ Asians and Pacific Islanders and their allies. Our panelists will share QTAPI stories and experiences of the dual pandemics of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19; their histories as Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States; their past and current roles in community organizing ...
Numerical simulation is an essential tool for many applications involving subsurface flow and transport, yet often suffers from computational challenges due to the multi-physics nature, highly non-linear governing equations, inherent parameter uncertainties, and the need for high spatial resolutions to capture multi-scale heterogeneity. We developed CCSNet, a general-purpose deep-learning modeling ...
How can technology professionals assess whether their technology supports diverse users? And if they find problems, how can they fix them? Although there are empirical processes that can be used to find “inclusivity bugs†piecemeal, what is also needed is a systematic method to assess technology’s support for diverse populations. ...
Genetic engineering of plants is at the core of sustainability efforts, natural product synthesis, and agricultural crop engineering. The plant cell wall is a barrier that limits the ease and throughput with which exogenous biomolecules can be delivered to plants.See weblink for Zoom information
As human populations inhabiting cities have grown dramatically, we have lost the ability to understand and even to see the natural world around us. We lack the vocabulary to describe our surroundings, and this lack of understanding limits our ability as citizens to contribute to political decisions about the landscape ...
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October LASER Event - LivestreamDavid Kirby (Cal Poly) on "The Nature of Diegetic Prototypes and their Social Impact"Jessie Liu (UC Berkeley), David Moses (UCSF) & Sean Metzger (UCSF) on Speech NeuroprosthesisAlysson Muotri (Director of the Stem Cell Program Institute for Genomic Medicine, UC San Diego) on "Applications of human brain organoids"Register at weblink to ...
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Climate-change solutions when there is no more time - LivestreamOur Speaker, Chris Field, is a Director at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. His research focuses on climate change, especially solutions that improve lives now, decrease the amount of future warming, and support vibrant economies. Recent projects emphasize equitable decarbonization paths, including natural climate solutions, as well as decreasing ...
Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs our brains must do. Our hearing is always on. We can't close our ears the way we close our eyes. And yet we are quite adept at ignoring sounds that are unimportant. Nina Kraus explores what is going on in ...
SETI Live: Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe: Exoplanets and Dark Matter - LivestreamJessie Christiansen is an astrophysicist who searches for, characterizes and catalogues planets orbiting other stars - exoplanets. She’s currently working on TESS to find the nearest planetary systems to Earth that may be studied with the next generation of ground- and space-based telescopes. Sophia Gad-Nasr is working on her PhD ...
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Bird-friendly ChocolateDo you love chocolate and are also passionate about bird conservation? Join Sharol-Nelson Embry at this virtual event to learn about bird friendly chocolate harvesting practices such as agroforestry, wild harvesting, and shade growing and how they connect to some cool bird species. In addition, Sharol is creating special bird-themed ...
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After Dark: ExtraterrestrialsThe truth is out there! Observation, science, and a healthy dose of skepticism can show it to us. In June of 2021, the Pentagon released a report confirming that there have been objects of unknown origins observed flying above the Earth. While there is no evidence to support alien technology, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightlifeCalling all creatures of the night: explore the nocturnal side of the Academy at NightLife and see what's revealed. With live DJs, outdoor bars, ambiance lighting, and nearly 40,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude the albino alligator), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic Shake ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
AI 2041How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years? Leading AI expert Kai-Fu Lee and novelist Chen Qiufan joined forces to create ten science fiction stories that show how AI might shape our lives.All set in 2041, the stories span the globe, including:In San Francisco, a new industry, “job ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Micromitigation: Fighting Air Pollution with Activated Carbon - LivestreamWe would like to invite new members to join Counter Culture Labs' Micromitigation Meetup alternate Thursdays. We will be discussing ways to deploy existing adsorption technology using commodity granulated activated carbon for the mitigation of air pollution. We welcome those interested in both the environmental justice and technical engineering aspects of ...
Fire is essential to forest life - hear from experts tending fires and ensuring a more resilient California.See weblink for links to YouTube and Facebook to watch.
Sunset ScienceEnjoy a warm summer evening of activities and stargazing on Chabot’s stunning Observation Deck! Learn about stellar concepts and preview our new offerings with special demonstrations, hands-on challenges and more. When the Sun goes down, the stars come out for exploring the cosmos through historic telescopes.
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Adults, $5 Youth, Members Free
Join our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck!Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be ...
