Gendered Innovations in Science, Engineering, Health & Medicine and the EnvironmentWomen and men differ in their needs for and experience with technology. Thus it is important to include both women and men in technology design. Integrating sex and gender analysis into research as well as including both women and men users in technology development are positive actions that can lead ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
H2 Meets the ESUHow quantitative genetics can be used to assess the evolutionary significance of phenotypic traits that diagnose the endangered San Francisco Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataeniaSpeaker: Dr. Mike Westphal, Bureau of Land Management
For almost 60 years, the California Water Plan has served as the long-term strategic plan for informing and guiding the sound management and development of water resources in our state. With updates every five years, it remains the single most complete and relevant body of knowledge about statewide water resources. ...
Big data brings us challenges, but also hopes. This talk discusses these challenges and hopes from the semantic perspective. I will present two use cases to demonstrate the potential of semantic technologies for data integration and data analysis. The first use case discusses how to integrate researcher profiling data from ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nutritional Inadequacy and Age-Related DiseasesMost of the world's population, even in developed countries, has inadequate intake of one or more of the body's essential vitamins and minerals. In the US, we often don't consume enough of the nutrients that our bodies need to stay healthy. Although we have enough vitamins and minerals to live, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10, Free to UC Berkeley students and staff
Pacific Rim or Pacific Garbage Patch?: The Ocean and Ecological Crisis in the Post-3/11 WorldThis panel discussion will focus on the health of the ocean today, from various perspectives. Wu Ming-yi, science fiction author and environmental activist, will speak on ocean issues in Taiwanese Oceanic Literature (in Chinese with interpretation). Eric Hartges will talk about the impending issue of ocean acidification, the relationship to ...
Tuberculosis is a major global health problem that is propagated by undiagnosed and mistreated cases. Significant progress has been made over the past decade by improving the technology for diagnosing TB. At the outset this progress arose from a simple linear model of technology development that evolved with time into ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Valuing Intellectual CapitalIntellectual capital is the major contribution to corporate income. It is consists of the combination of the competence of the human workforce and its intellectual property (IP) that they create and exploit. In computing the product design, the circuit layouts, the chip masks, and the software hold the IP. Most ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Robots in Unconventional WorkplacesRobots have traditionally been given jobs according to the three Ds: dirty, dangerous or dull. With those jobs filled, the field of robotics has expanded to tackle jobs in new and unconventional settings. From the oceans to the cloud, from monitoring agriculture to hair restoration, this panel will discuss the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
Brewing Biodiversity: Food webs and ecosystem services in the coffee agroecosystemCoffee evolved under the forest canopy, and has been traditionally grown under the shade of trees. Yet over the past decades, coffee production systems have been intensified leading to a reduction or removal of the shade canopy, and higher levels of chemical inputs. The negative impacts of coffee management intensification ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Exploding Stars, New Planets, Black Holes, and the Crisis at Lick ObservatoryLick Observatory, the first remote mountaintop observatory in the world, has had a remarkable record of discovery spanning 126 years. It continues to be a vibrant research facility, especially for projects that require large numbers of nights on modest-size telescopes. Come hear about the exciting research areas in which Lick ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Pritzker Lecture: Wildlife Conservation: A Photographer's LifeSuzi Eszterhas is an award-winning wildlife photographer who is best known for her work documenting animal family life on the African savanna. Eszterhas spends several months each year in the field, photographing animals from the poles to the tropics and is well known for her unprecedented work with newborn animals, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, Free for members
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BayIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly meeting for discussion of topics of science, ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
The Extreme Life of the SeaPalumbi, one of today's leading marine scientists, takes us to the absolute limits of the aquatic world-the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. Diving into the icy Arctic and boiling hydrothermal vents he exposes the eternal darkness of the deepest undersea trenches to show how ...
Where: Los AltosCost: $5 - $12
Thinking like a Naturalist: Reclaiming the Art of Natural HistoryLearn how to get more out of every nature ramble. Developments in neuropsychology have opened doors in our understanding of the brain and cognition and how you can train yourself to see more and to be more curious about what you discover. Naturalist and illustrator John Muir Laws will demonstrate ...
Hydrogen & GeothermicsAll geothermal activities involve water, which is splitted into hydrogen and oxygen. This is the reason that all geothermal activities result with hydrogen soaked water or water vapor. The splitting of water occurs due to electrolysis, the electrical current for which stems from magnetic rocks. Water passing through a magnetic ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Mad Science: Fire & IceExplore "magical" chemical potions, the wonders of dry ice, and the dynamics of air pressure. Some of the topics the mad scientists will investigate include: the three states of matter, a gassy taste test and asuper spectacular bubbling potion. Ages 5-12.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Mad Science: Fire & IceExplore "magical" chemical potions, the wonders of dry ice, and the dynamics of air pressure. Some of the topics the mad scientists will investigate include: the three states of matter, a gassy taste test and a super spectacular bubbling potion. Ages 5-12.Editor's Note: This event was originally scheduled for January ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
COMPUTER SECURITY AND YOUThere are a lot of InfoSec attacks in the news. However news generally reports the big stories, the large dollar attacks. They seldom mention problems that affect average people. In this talk we will look at:• What attacks home and small businesses are most common and what are effect defenses?• ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Art in Science: The intersection of image and researchAn awesome, FREE, two-day event, jointly presented by the Energy Biosciences Institute and Science@CalHow is science expressed through art? How do the arts inspire science...?Sculpture, painting, photography, origami, multi-media and digital art exhibits of science and art explorations, from the scientists and artist of UC Berkeley.Enjoy live jazz, refreshments, lectures ...
Celebrate what we don't yet know about our ever-expanding Universe. This week, NightLife plunges into the great unknown!In the planetarium, catch the Academy's newest space show Dark Universe, a cosmic voyage that explores the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter.In African Hall, create celestial mobiles-from comets to super novas-with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Bone Cleaning Course by Ron CaubleThe Bone Room's own Ron Cauble will again teach a class on the basics of bone and skeleton cleaning. Space is again limited so please call in advance to sign up.
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10
Non-Pharmacological Treatment of PainIn addition to medications, there are other modalities that people can use to help reduce and manage their chronic pain. This talk will focus on some of these methods.Speaker: Ravi Prasad, PhD Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center
March 27th, 1964, one of the most violent earthquakes of all time rocked southern Alaska.More than 50,000 square miles of the state was tilted to new elevation, and the resulting property damage disrupted the state's economy.Within 24 hours, a team of USGS geologists conducted scientific and engineering investigations, to help ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Science of Mixing ColorJoin Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.Are the primary colors really red, yellow, and blue? How can you get yellow from mixing red and green together? Bring your most colorful questions to this vivid presentation.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Friday, 02/28/14
Dutch Disease or Agglomeration? The Local Economic Effects of Natural Resource Booms in Modern AmericaThe rise in oil and gas prices and drilling activity in the past decade has caused economists and policymakers to reconsider whether natural resource production benefits producer economies or instead creates a "Natural Resource Curse." We use confidential establishment-level data from the US Census of Manufactures and Longitudinal Business Database ...
Atomic Layer Deposited Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Junctions for Solar Fuel SynthesisEnergy storage to overcome the intermittency of solar radiation is a major challenge for adoption of solar energy at very large scale. Photoelectrochemical synthesis of fuels from sunlight is one potential storage approach. Using sunlight to drive photoelectrochemical reactions requires electronically coupling light absorbing materials and catalysts to simultaneously ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Art in Science: The intersection of image and researchAn awesome, FREE, two-day event, jointly presented by the Energy Biosciences Institute and Science@CalHow is science expressed through art? How do the arts inspire science...?Sculpture, painting, photography, origami, multi-media and digital art exhibits of science and art explorations, from the scientists and artist of UC Berkeley.Enjoy live jazz, refreshments, lectures ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Scientific Quest to Understand & Empower the MindMichio Kaku, a theoretical physicist, best-selling author and co-creator of the string field theory, is one of the most recognizable voices explaining science today. "The Future of the Mind" gives us an authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in major laboratories around the world - all ...
4th Annual San Francisco Bay Area STEM Career Fair and ExhibitionScience, Engineering and Mathematics Link Inc (SEM Link) will host its4th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Fair and Exhibition at Laney College Student Center. This event will provide K-12 students with an opportunity to explore careers and meet and interact with professionals in ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Meet the Cat in the Hat!Everyone's favorite knower and shower is coming to the Hall for a fantastical scientifical storytelling adventure. In celebration of Read Across America and Dr. Seuss's birthday, KQED is bringing the Cat in the Hat to the Lawrence Hall of Science for some "paws-on" science fun. Meet the Cat in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Sunday, 03/02/14
Free First SundayFirst Sundays of the month are free at the Oakland Museum of California. Pick up a treat for yourself or a loved one in the OMCA Store, or enjoy a lunch or snack in Blue Oak café. Take your pick and join an OMCA Docent for the Architecture Tour at ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Junior Academy: Naturalist Know-howCalifornia Academy of SciencesSundays at 2pm – 2:45pm (sign-up at 1:30pm) Naturalist Center / Lab (Level 3 across from the Planetarium exit)This program is designed for youth ages 8 to 11. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited to 20 youth with attending adults. Onsite registration is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Academy admission
'The Future of the Mind'Please join us for a fascinating afternoon with renowned theoretical physicist and noted author, Michio Kaku, who will talk about his latest book, The Future of the Mind.In The Future of the Mind, Dr. Kaku gives us a look at the astonishing research being done in top laboratories around the ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20 General, $45 w/book and priority seating
Data, Society, and Inference Seminar - Bin Yu: DSI SeminarIn this talk, we propose a general framework for topic-specific summarization of large text corpora and illustrate how it can be used for the analysis of document collections. Our framework, concise comparative summarization (CCS), is built on sparse classification methods. It is a lightweight and flexible tool that offers a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
PHYSICS SPRINGBOARD: FROM BA TO ENTREPRENEURMelissa Crain Geissinger ('07) from New Skin Media will talk about how SSU and her work with the NASA E/PO group has helped launch her web design career and inspire her to start such programs as WIMP, an education-based meetup group for Internet professionals and Dreamer Connect, an e-mentoring program ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Quantum Hamiltonian ComplexityThe title of this talk is the name of a program being hosted this semester at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. It is also the name of an exciting and rapidly growing subarea of quantum information science, which focuses on the interplay between condensed matter physics and ...
Telecommunication systems routinely generate, capture and analyze data at rates exceeding billions of bits per second. Interestingly, the scale of the problem is similar to that of blood analysis. With approximately 1 billion cells per milliliter of blood, detection of a few abnormal cells in a blood sample translates into a "cell ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Emerging High-Efficiency Low-Cost Solar Cell TechnologiesThe dramatic decrease in price of silicon solar cells over the last 5 years has allowed the solar industry to grow at an impressive rate, but has also led to the demise of many solar cell startup companies that were developing next-generation technologies. Many believe that photovoltaic modules will need ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Creative Collisions: Art and Science"Together science and the arts form culture - our expression of what it is to be human in our universe. Our work is in science, but when we engage with the arts, we want to ensure we approach the same level of quality".(Rolf Dieter Heuer – Director General of CERN)Join ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 general, $10 Exploratorium Members
New Safe Havens for California Sea LifeCalifornia's new Marine Protected Areas protect sea life within their boundaries, with the aim of enriching much larger areas of ocean. Working with the state, Reef Check California trains scuba divers as citizen scientists, monitoring these exhilarating new protected places and understanding how they are working. This beautifully illustrated talk ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Benjamin Dean Lecture: Going Rogue: Planets Without Parent Stars in the GalaxyAt the close of 2013, the tally of stars with planets orbiting them toppled more than 1000. The majority of these so-called exoplanets have not been actually "seen" but rather inferred from their effect on the host star. Through painstaking technical methods and tremendous telescope time, a handful can be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $8 Members, $10 Seniors
For more than a decade, Olin College of Engineering has been exploring three questions with regard to engineering education:Are we attracting the right people into engineering? Are we teaching them the right material? Are we using the most effective teaching methods? This talk will present an overview of lessons learned in each ...
To understand how we control motion, we need to understand the physical mechanism being moved. Emerging theories of vertebrate physiology are overturning the traditional bone-centric model of the body in favor of a "tensegrity" model, in which the primary load paths are in the continuous tension network of the soft ...
How Can Telomeres Cause Age-Related Disease?Carol Greider is internationally renowned for her important contributions to the field of molecular biology. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak for their discovery that genetic sequences known as telomeres are protected from progressive shortening by the ...
Professor Sir Michael Berry, Melville Wills Professor of Physics (Emeritus), University of Bristol, will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wild and Scenic Film Festival PreviewJoin us for a first look at the film line-up for the Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour coming to Oakland this April. Join host Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment for happy hour drinks (no host bar), appetizers, and a first look at the inspiring, empowering films ...
Major League Baseball Advanced Media's Robert A. BowmanBob Bowman serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of MLB Advanced Media, a position he has held since 2000. Following Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig's recommendation in January 2000, professional baseball owners voted to centralize their collective internet and interactive media operations under one roof by building ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Night Sky Series, Class #3ROBERT FERGUSON OBSERVATORY - NIGHT SKY SERIESThe Milky Way; Spiral Arms, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Leo MinorPlease join us and instructor Jack Welch as we learn about our seasonal night skys through a very informative lecture, and then hands on stargazing with the Observatory's telescopes. You will be able to ...
