Beyond the Myth: How Regulation Fuels Smarter Innovation in an AI WorldIn July, the European Union unveiled new rules to regulate artificial intelligence as part of its landmark 2024 AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law. The rules are aimed at promoting safety and transparency and protecting copyright holders, among other things. The Trump administration released its own AI Action Plan ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10 online
Speaker: Dr Lindsay Dawson, Texas A & M University
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Energy Science and Engineering Seminar - Two TalksViscous-Dominated Flow Experiments for Hydrogen Storage in Saline AquifersUnderground hydrogen storage (UHS) is a potential long-term solution for net-zero energy storage. There have been numerous simulations studies on the feasibility of UHS in porous media such as saline aquifers, but very few experimental studies to complement them. This seminar will ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Keeping Track of California Water and PoliticsWith two planned reservoirs (Los Vaqueros and Pacheco) no longer going forward, two major projects (Sites Reservoir, Delta Conveyance) in water right hearings, streamlining bills in the Legislature that would block lawsuits, and a third draft of a long-delayed Water Quality Control Plan in review, California appears to be on ...
Children around the world grow up in radically different language-learning environments, and yet most acquire speech and language successfully. This talk uses real-world data to examine how children adapt to diverse linguistic conditions and what this reveals about the speech development process.Speaker: Meg Cychosz, Stanford University
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Single-Molecule Imaging Reveals the Mechanism of Bidirectional Replication Initiation in Higher EukaryotesChromosomes are copied from thousands of origins. At each origin, two replicative DNA helicases are first assembled, then activated to begin unwinding DNA. Several replication proteins are subsequently recruited to the active helicase, forming a replisome. The helicase must undergo dramatic conformational changes during its activation and this process is ...
Humanity today faces the unprecedented challenge of staying within the nine planetary boundaries that define a safe operating space for our planet: from greenhouse gases and land use change to freshwater disruption, ocean acidification, and the spread of novel entities. The building sector - responsible for nearly 40% of global ...
With 2025 marking the 10-year anniversary of the "Wall of Birds" at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, at this special Birdy Hour artist Jane Kim will take the audience on a spectacular 375-million year artistic journey celebrating the evolution and diversity of birds. Jane will reflect on how the mural ...
Humans have wondered whether we are alone in the universe for millennia. Finally, a future NASA observatory may bring us the answers. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory will follow in the tradition of other great observatories like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope. It will be the most powerful ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Seniors, members, students
