A 2020s Vision of CMB LensingThe field of CMB lensing is somewhere akin to where measurements of the primary CMB itself were 15 years ago; we have detected it's there and measured some scales to moderate significance, but the exciting era of deep precision measurements is just on the horizon. Over the coming decade, CMB ...
Around the world, people recognize that E=mc^2 oozes cosmic insight. But what does this "most famous equation" really say? What are energy and mass? And what makes the speed of light, c, so important? [Hint: mass, moving at speed c, doesn't turn into energy!] Using little more than common experience and 9th-grade math, Einstein's ...
Where: AlamedaCost: Free
Quantum sensing at high pressuresThe nitrogen-vacancy center has emerged as a promising nanoscale quantum sensor for temperature, strain, electric and magnetic fields. By integrating NV centers directly into a diamond anvil cell (DAC) --- the workhorse of high pressure science --- we demonstrate in situ measurements of magnetism inside the pressure chamber, up to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Chemical Proteomic Platforms to Expose and Exploit Novel Metabolic Signals in DiseaseBiological systems are inherently and profoundly heterogeneous, both at the molecular level (e.g. encoded proteins existing in distinct posttranslational modification states) and the cellular level (e.g. organization of biomolecules to distinct regions of a cell or distinct cells within a tissue). Therefore, in order to understand information flow under basal ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE DARK SIDE OF EXTREME GALAXIESGalaxy formation and evolution is closely tied to the effects of dark matter and supermassive black holes. Aaron Romanowsky will present observations and dynamical modeling of two extreme and mysterious classes of galaxies -- the ultracompact dwarfs and the ultra-diffuse galaxies -- to provide novel constraints on their underlying dark ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Supersymmetry and Dark Matter: From the Weak Scale to the Planck ScaleWhile supersymmetry remains an interesting and important extension of the Standard Model of particle interactions, it experimental verification remains elusive. There are many motivations for supersymmetry, many of which center on the notion of Grand Unification. However, motivations for supersymmetry do not necessarily point to weak scale supersymmetry. I will review the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Tools and Weapons: The Promise and Peril of the Digital Age Tech companies have moved fast to manifest the great promise of digital transformation, chasing rapid growth and sometimes disruption as an end in itself. The world has turned information technology into both a powerful tool and a formidable weapon, and today we are at an inflection point. Enormous challenges such ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $50 - $75
Technosignatures: What Are They, And How Might We Find Them?: Jill Tarter at the Berkeley ForumArthur C. Clarke's third law states that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Since 1960, SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) researchers have been searching for that ‘magic’ in the form of radio, and now optical, electromagnetic signals. These searches need to continue and grow utilizing the exponentially increasing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Conversations at the Library: Shaili Jain / PTSD: The Unspeakable MindMore than six million Americans suffer from PTSD. Stanford University psychiatrist Shaili Jain’s book, The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science, draws on a decade of her own clinical innovation and research. Dr. Jain argues for a paradigm shift in how PTSD should be approached, ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Free Will and Contemporary NeuroscienceAre the findings of contemporary neuroscience opposed to a belief that humans have free will?Speaker: Paul Symington, Franciscan University of SteubenvilleRegistration at weblink.
