Natural sources, such as plants, fungi and microbes, have historically provided compounds with potent pharmaceutical properties. While it can be challenging to build complex natural products in a lab using existing chemistry methods, Nature has perfected these biosynthetic pathways. The work described leverages the power of Nature’s tools for building ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Two KIPAC Tea TalksI am data science and so can you!: My experience as a physicist in a technology start-upSpeaker: Sean McLaughlin, StanfordThe Polarization Behavior of Blazar JetsSpeaker: Lawrence Peirson, Stanford
Cosmic Shear in the Year-3 DES data: 2-point and 3-point correlationsThe cosmology analyzes of the Year-3 (Y3) data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) is at full speed ahead. Our preliminary weak lensing sample contains 120 million objects over 4200 square degrees of sky and is the largest shape catalog to date. This statistical power comes at a price: the ...
Clean Energy Systems (CES) has developed game-changing technology that is revolutionizing the power industry by eliminating the traditional exhaust stack and making zero-emission power a reality.Speaker: Keith Pronske, Clean Energy Systems
An Evening with Dr. Laurie Marker, Director of Cheetah Conservation FundLearn about the cheetah, its plight and the holistic approach that the Cheetah Conservation Fund has been utilizing to protect the world’s fastest land animal. The Cheetah Conservation Fund focuses on community education and wildlife-friendly farming techniques to allow cheetahs and humans to coexist. One of its most successful programs, ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10 - $30
Innovation in Sleep MedicineMany hard-charging professionals pride themselves on their ability to work long hours and get by on 5 or 6 hours of sleep. But the truth is that they’re shortchanging themselves. Sleep isn't a luxury. It’s a necessity for optimal functioning and optimally your brain needs 7 to 8 hours of ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Free Bay Currents Talk: (Green) Power to the PeopleBringing sustainable energy, low carbon emissions, and green jobs to low-income people is the passion of Zach Franklin of Bay Area non-profits Grid Alternatives and Rising Sun Center for Opportunity.Stories of struggle and success illuminate why these efforts matter for workers, volunteers, and all of us affected by global warming. Bay ...
Where: AlbanyCost: 0
New Ice Age Fossils Uncovered in FremontConstruction to expand 680 Freeway have uncovered new fossils of Pleistocene Age (Irvingtonian). Caltrans has paleontology moniters that make sure all fossils are recovered during construction. This lecture will go over the early finds of mammoths, mastodons, sabertooth cats, short faced bear, and other megafauna. Exhibits at the Children's Natural ...
Veteran Bay Area journalist Don Lattin will give a talk and slide show.Don draws from two of his books, The Harvard Psychedelic Club - How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America, and his most recent book, ...
