New Approaches to study the marine carbon cycle Seven years of carbon dioxide (CO2) observations from the Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO) and Ocean Station Papa (OSP) moorings located in the North Pacific Ocean are used to evaluate drivers of the uptake and export of CO2. Annual organic carbon export at OSP is approximately half that at KEO; however, ...
Hosted by the Creativity Museum, in San Francisco, California, this free training will provide information about the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum (LVM) and its online resources and Teacher Tool Kit.The LVM is a transmedia hub for 2D and 3D collections, online games, simulations, and virtual worlds and programs in real-time. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
From Lab to Life: Developing Energy TechnologiesRamamoorthy Ramesh serves as Berkeley Lab's Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Technologies and pursues a strategic vision for driving technology innovation from first discovery to first commercial use.In 2011 he served as Director of the SunShot Initiative through the U.S. Department of Energy. In June of 2013, Ramesh joined Oak ...
Autonomous Vehicles, Predictability, and LawFully autonomous or "self-driving" automobiles are vehicles "which can drive themselves without human supervision or input." They are likely to become an increasing presence in our physical environment in the 5 - 15 year time frame. Today people share a physical environment with moving machines that are controlled by other people ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942–2000.
Since 2010 a series of bilateral and multilateral trade disputes have emerged in the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry. Specifically, the European Union and the United States responded to a rapid rise in Chinese import competition in solar PV by imposing tariffs and import constraints. The German government, on the other hand, as ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Open Access Week 2015 – Let's Collaborate! Boost your Citations and VisibilityCalling all Bay Area researchers: How will you increase the visibility of and citations to your work? Not alone, is the answer! Open Access Week is coming-with a 2015 focus on collaboration-and you are invited to come discuss ways to give your research a boost by working together and sharing what you ...
The U.S. Imperative for Wellness: The Cleveland Clinic Experience – How to Make Yourself Younger Chronic medical disease management now accounts for more than 80 percent of the nation's spending on medical care and is substantially increasing as the number of people with chronic disease rises. Roizen argues that these chronic disease costs are increasing income inequality and decreasing the standard of living. Yet, he ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General $8 Members, $7 Students
Join Sam Hodder in discussing how the iconic California redwoods catalyzed the nation's conservation movement a century ago. Those same woods now lead 21st-century conservation efforts. Modern conservation is comprised of a complex web of challenges and their solutions, from climate change, landscape protection and restoration to economics and access ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Building Out an Application Security ProgramEver since the first security exploit, business and developers have been looking for effective ways to build security into products while maintaining realistic budgets and scope. Right after Robert Morris sent out the first virus into the world, vendors emerged to provide a technical solution to a technical problem. As ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
To Infinity and Beyond: The Math and Science Behind Pixar FilmsIn this talk, Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography for Lighting at Pixar Animation Studios, will discuss a series of problems faced while making various Pixar films and how the Pixar Animation Scientists used math and science to save the day!Danielle Feinberg began her career at Pixar Animation Studios in February ...
Nerd Nite SF #65: Life Beyond Earth, Wild West Science, and TBA!"Searching for Life Elsewhere: A discovery of Earth and a glimpse into the value of humanity" by Dr. Sanjoy SomAstronomers are finding thousands of planets orbiting far away stars. Why are we so keen in discovering them? We'll discuss the interdisciplinary approach of searching for life beyond Earth, and what ...
