The next several decades pose enormous challenges, and opportunities, for the global oil and gas industry. While oil and gas will continue to be used for decades to come, it is now recognized that enormous quantities of CO2 have to be stored in subsurface geologic formations to reach global decarbonization ...
Death to DAMA? Designing and assessing model independent tests of DAMA's modulation signal - LivestreamParticulate dark matter is a long hypothesized solution to various astrophysical observations seemingly at odds with a completely luminous universe. Despite the success of dark matter in explaining these observations, to date physicists have been unable to conclusively observe its interactions with Standard Model matter directly.This talk will focus on ...
Digitized data and computational methods have revolutionized the way we understand ourselves, society, and our place in society. On the one hand, this moment has revived calls for a social physics: a social science that can identify the underlying laws that govern social interaction and behavior. On the other hand, ...
Without phytoplankton, single-celled organisms that live in the water, life as we know it would not exist. Join our speakers to explore the histories of these fascinating organisms that cause beautiful, blue luminescent oceans or deadly red tides. Learn about the current state of phytoplankton in Monterey Bay and around ...
Where: Cost: Donation Suggested, Free for members
Whale Conservation on the US West Coast: Decreasing the Risk of Deadly Ship Strikes - LivestreamPoint Blue Conservation Science has been conducting research to decrease ship strikes along the US West Coast. In this talk, Cotton Rockwood, Senior Marine Ecologist with the California Current Group at Point Blue, will provide an update on their work to estimate whale mortality in the West Coast exclusive economic ...
Where: Cost: $10 Donation Requested
Wednesday, 01/26/22
January LASER Event - LivestreamPattie Maes (MIT) on "Cognitive Enhancement"Sarah Friend (Cryptoartist) on "Systems as Fictions"Amelia Winger-Bearskin (Media Artist, University of Florida) on "Visual Storytelling with Bleeding-edge Technologies"See weblink for connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Science on Tap - Improving Groundwater Supply and Quality in California: Challenges and Opportunities Due to increased fresh water demand, shifts in land use, and climate change, California is increasingly dependent on groundwater, particularly in times of drought when surface water resources are scarce. This has led to aquifer overdraft, contributing to land subsidence, loss of storage capacity, and decreases in water quality. Managed ...
Phylicia Cicilio and Steve Colt will discuss the history and challenges of carbon reduction efforts and renewable energy deployment in Alaska.Register at weblink
From creating a Zen garden on Mars to conducting sound experiments in the massive wind tunnel at NASA Ames, artist-adventurer Charles Lindsay’s work questions our understanding of time and consciousness. Lindsay is the founder of the SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence program and is now a visiting professor at Kyoto ...
Where: Cost: Free
Can ag-tech support organic farming? A political economy perspective - LivestreamIn this UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology Research Affiliate Lecture, Professor Julie Guthman (Community Studies) will share a presentation on ag-tech and organic farming. Attendees will have time to meet, greet, and visit before the presentation.See weblink for Zoom information
Celebrate the myriad applications of mycelium in a night dedicated to the fascinating world of fungi. Full event details coming soon!
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.75
After Dark: Glow ClosingVisible light inspires us across cultures, reveals nature’s beauty, and contains clues to the history of space and time. Join us for the final After Dark before the lights dim on Glow - a collection of ten luminous sculptures big and small inviting you to connect to, reflect on, and interact ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
For nearly five years, NBC News technology correspondent Jacob Ward has reported on the unanticipated consequences of science and technology on our lives. His new book, The Loop: How Technology is Creating a World Without Choices and How to Fight Back, builds on this work by exploring the ways artificial ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 In Person, $5 Online
Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University and a member of the American Academy of Arts. She is currently Director of the EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment Project. From 2004-2010, Schiebinger served as the Director of ...
Chemical Recycling of Mechanically Robust Polyacetals Synthesized by Living Cationic Ring-Opening PolymerizationChemical recycling of polymers to monomer (CRM) is one of the most attractive methods to retain value in polymer materials during the recycling process. Polymers with low to moderate ceiling temperatures (Tc) are often employed in applications where recycling by depolymerization is desired. Polyacetals are a promising class of chemically ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Future of Mental Health AppsThe digital mental health space was overgrowing even before the COVID-19 but, stress and anxiety brought by the pandemic have increased the demand for virtual mental health services, including mental health apps.According to recent research, more than 11% of the global population, nearly 800 million people, live with a mental ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Free Telescope ViewingsJoin Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers ...
Join us as we investigate the world of long-distance animal travels. Whales, birds, insects, and more will be the focus of our deeper look at these natural phenomena. Learn about the many amazing migrators that visit Monterey County every year and celebrate another birthday for Sandy the Whale! Marine Life Studies ...
Where: Cost: Free
Urban Hikes: Visitacion Valley and Little HollywoodFrom a Greenway to sites of industry, architecture, and agriculture, the neighborhoods on our City's southeastern border are alive with history and growth!RSVP required: shaping@foundsf.org to obtain specific location information.
Where: Cost: Free
Free Telescope ViewingsJoin Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing! Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Our observatory deck offers ...
What does research in computational biology look like, specifically at the intersection of deep learning and genomics? In this talk, we'll walk through an example research project to illustrate how comp-bio research can be driven by the knowns and unknowns of biology and how we can leverage deep learning to ...
Speaker: Johannes Eichstaedt, Stanford University, will now speak on March 7, 2022.See weblink to register
Where: Cost: Free
Ask the Experts: Omicron Update - LivestreamIn late 2020, scientists reported the emergence of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2: Omicron.Today, Omicron accounts for about 98 percent of all COVID-19 cases in the United States. And many places throughout the country are seeing a record number of both cases and hospitalizations.Recommendations continue to shift on how to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Many-body ground state problem and near-term quantum computer - LivestreamIt is well-known that solving the ground state of locally interacting quantum many-body systems can be computationally challenging in two spatial dimensions and higher. There are approaches to solve this problem using a quantum computer, but the quantum computers available these days are still noisy and small, posing a significant challenge ...
The power of quantum information lies in its capacity to be non-local, encoded in correlations among entangled particles. Yet our ability to produce, understand, and exploit such correlations is hampered by the fact that the interactions between particles are ordinarily local. To circumvent this limitation in the laboratory, we let ...
Where: Cost: Free
The future of our forests in a rapidly changing worldDr. Joan Dudney is a postdoctoral fellow based at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. She recently completed a David H. Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis and received her Ph.D. from the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley in May 2019. Her research is ...
The lithium ion battery is solidifying its role as the technology platform that underpins the new energy system. Fake solutions like hydrogen are falling by the wayside as they are becoming better understood as less efficient than batteries in competitive use cases or suffer significant contamination by legacy oil and gas ...
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From Dinosaurs to Nuclear Waste - an adventure in physics - LivestreamMy research in 1985 on the death of the dinosaurs led directly to my current work disposing of nuclear waste. After I retired from academic research, my daughter and I founded a company, Deep Isolation Inc, that offers an inexpensive method safely to disposal of high level nuclear waste. We ...
 Many of us are captivated by the behavior of wild animals: a pride of lions fighting off a clan of hyenas, a honeybee dancing to communicate the location of food, the crazy acrobatic courtship displays of male lance-tailed manakins. What is it like to be a biologist who studies the ...
