The Evolution and Explosion of Massive StarsMassive stars (at least ~8 solar masses) play an essential role to the evolution of the universe. They lose energy in radiation and neutrinos as they evolve, to create elements necessary to life and to stir the interstellar medium. Upon their death, they experience a dynamical instability that often creates spectacular explosions, which are ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Does Strategic Ability Affect Productive Efficiency? Evidence from Electricity MarketsStandard oligopoly models of short-run price competition in oligopoly settings predict that large firms can exercise market power and generate inefficiencies. However, productive inefficiency can also arise from other sources as well, such as in the presence of heterogeneity is strategic sophistication. This paper studies such a setting in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver at the Right Time?Electricity cannot be cost-effectively stored even for short periods of time. Consequently, wholesale electricity prices vary widely across hours of the day with peak prices frequently exceeding off-peak prices by a factor of ten or more. Most analyses of energy-efficiency policies ignore this variation, focusing on total energy savings without ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Binocular Workshop: Learn about your optics and how to maintain them!Learn about your binoculars, and how to maintain them! This 2.5 hour workshop will guide you through the basics of optics as well as the repair and maintenance of binoculars. Bring your own binoculars to tinker with, or if you don't have any binoculars (or any that you want to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 (ticketed in advance)
