Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern AmericaThe rise in oil and gas prices and drilling activity in the past decade has caused economists and policymakers to reconsider whether natural resource production benefits producer economies or instead creates a "Natural Resource Curse." We use confidential establishment-level data from the US Census of Manufactures and Longitudinal Business Database ...
Atomic Layer Deposited Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Junctions for Solar Fuel SynthesisEnergy storage to overcome the intermittency of solar radiation is a major challenge for adoption of solar energy at very large scale. Photoelectrochemical synthesis of fuels from sunlight is one potential storage approach. Using sunlight to drive photoelectrochemical reactions requires electronically coupling light absorbing materials and catalysts to simultaneously ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Art in Science: The intersection of image and researchAn awesome, FREE, two-day event, jointly presented by the Energy Biosciences Institute and Science@CalHow is science expressed through art? How do the arts inspire science...?Sculpture, painting, photography, origami, multi-media and digital art exhibits of science and art explorations, from the scientists and artist of UC Berkeley.Enjoy live jazz, refreshments, lectures ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Scientific Quest to Understand & Empower the MindMichio Kaku, a theoretical physicist, best-selling author and co-creator of the string field theory, is one of the most recognizable voices explaining science today. "The Future of the Mind" gives us an authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in major laboratories around the world - all ...
