The demand-side of electricity markets has an important role to play in advancing our progress towards cleaner and more reliable electric power systems. Across the country, and across the world, governments are implementing policies designed to improve demand-side energy efficiency and enable more efficient electricity demand-response. Measuring the impacts and ...
What can your genes say about your risk of cancer? We will discuss our current understanding of how family history and genes affect the carcinogenic process.Speaker: John S. Witte, UCSF
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Three Presentations at Romberg Tiburon CenterCara Gallager (Hines Lab) Estimating energy sequestration and outflow by the Harbor Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena Melissa Patten (Boyer Lab) Native plant expansion: Investigating a novel morphology of submerged aquatic vegetation in the San Francisco Estuary TJ Yockachonis (Stillman Lab) Does multiple paternity increase fitness in stressful environments?
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Border Gateway Protocol: the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Internet RoutingInternet routing relies on good faith and trust among network operators to maintain a clean, correct global routing table. If network operators inject false routes, and persuade their peers and transit providers to propagate them, the results can range from simple denial of service to subtle traffic redirection. This talk ...
Dr. Wackernagel will discuss the Living Planet Report, 2014 and the Global Footprint Network's ecological footprint. The Living Planet Report is a science-based analysis of the health of our planet and the impact of human activity. Wackernagel has worked on sustainability on six continents and lectured at more than 100 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Student
7:00-7:25: Birgitta Whaley(Berkeley Quantum Information and Computation Center) on "What role does Quantum Mechanics play in Biology?Advances in nanotechnology are driving the development of microscopic studies of biological phenomena...Read more7:25-7:50: Jonathon Keats(Philosopher) on "A Dilettante's Guide to the Universe"How do you develop real estate using string theory? How ...
Threatened Oceans: Tipping PointsAccording to the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) the ocean covers 71 percent of the Earth's surface and contains 97 percent of the planet's water! In addition to providing the nutrients to feed its aquatic ecosystem, the ocean's bounty feeds and nourishes peoples around the planet. Yet evidence shows ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $10 Advance/$15 at Door General, Free for members
A Brief History of the SunThis presentation will start with the formation of the sun and progress quickly through the ways our understanding of the sun has changed over time. It will then move into our current model of the sun and the instruments we use to study it, both from space and from the ...
