MSI loves sharks! Our special Shark Day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures, from the Great Whites that swim just off our ocean shores, to the gentle Leopard Sharks that are common in our Bay.We will be feeding and touching our local Leopard Sharks in our ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Images on the horizon: A view of black holes from the Event Horizon Telescope Supermassive black holes, located at the centers of galaxies, are at once an extreme consequence of general relativity and the sites of energetic processes that shape the cosmos. Nevertheless, their extraordinarily compact nature has prohibited the direct study of the key gravitational and astrophysical features underlying their nature and responsible ...
Overview of RF Switch Technology and ApplicationsFilters are key components in RF and microwave systems. At higher operating frequencies, filter design becomes increasingly difficult to implement using lumped components and the use of distributed-element filters is required. To successfully design these filters, the proper use of simulation tools is necessary. Designers must also understand and select ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Revolutionizing Our Energy Future: Joint International Smart Grid Demonstration Projects by NEDO Mr. Go Takizawa, Chief Representative of the Silicon Valley office of NEDO (Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) discusses how smart grid technologies are revolutionizing the energy future landscape. The electric industry is currently undergoing a massive transformation both on the supply side (e.g. large deployment of renewable ...
Where: StanfordCost:
Thermal Conductivity Size Effects in Silicon NanomeshesI will describe a suite of experiments designed to separate the particle effects from the wave effects. To compare the thermal conductivity measurements with the predictions of the particle model, I use ray tracing simulations to rigorously predict the boundary scattering for the nanomeshes.Speaker: Geoff Wehmeyer, UC BerkeleyRoom 242
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Child Immunization: Herding Parental ConcernsAmid new outbreaks of measles and whooping cough, Governor Brown recently signed SB 277, which will require all California students to be immunized before entering school. The campaign to pass this bill was one of the hardest-fought in recent times. We're honored to have the bill's author, a working pediatrician, ...
A lively presentation by two leaders in their fields on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The LHC is the largest and most powerful particle accelerator in the world and is currently in its second three-year run.Speakers: Beate Heinemann, Professor of Experimental Physics, UC Berkeley; Hitoshi Murayama, Professor of Theoretical ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: Teeny TinyWhat is small? We humans love to measure ourselves against the micro- and the macrocosm. Contemplating the diminutive elicits emotions that span the distance between affection and awe. Creatures and things that are very small or very large remind us again and again of our own size and place in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ next to Kepler's Books. Look for CFI t-shirts.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net ...
Dive into the process of art, science, and design. This week, NightLife partners with California College of the Arts to explore creativity in all stages, from creative genius that happens inside a lab, to the myriad ways it reaches beyond to impact lives and culture.SCHEDULE OF EVENTSAfrican Hall (6:00-10:00 pm)The ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Sound was first recorded and reproduced by Thomas Edison in 1877. Until about 1950, when magnetic tape use became common, most recordings were made on mechanical media such as wax, foil, shellac, lacquer, and plastic. Some of these older recordings contain material of great historical interest, may be in obsolete ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, $5 Members
Opening the Medicine Box in the Mind: The Psychology of PainOur experience of pain goes beyond the mere physical sensation of it – pain has emotional and psychological components to it and these affect our ability to treat pain. This talk will discuss the psychological dimensions of pain.Speaker: Beth Darnall, Stanford Univ. Medical Center
