Knowing What and Knowing That We Are SeeingDr. Colin Blakemore's lecture will focus on the transformation and compression of information by eye movements and retinal processing, as well as the many examples of contradiction between what is on the retina and what we see.Wells Fargo Room (C420)
Learning from the Hawaiian bobtail squid: How cilia pump, filter, and mix fluid on a microscaleCilia are microscopic, hair-like structures on the cell surface that can propel the extracellular fluid environment. I am interested in understanding how cilia populations coordinate their beat pattern and how this collective activity generates particular flow patterns and transport functions. Here, I present a case study in the Hawaiian bobtail ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Uncovering End-User Adoption and Use Characteristics for Solar Home Systems in Sub-Saharan AfricaSolar photovoltaic (PV) products have emerged as a leading potential solution to Sub-Saharan Africa's long-term electrification and development problems. But despite apparent successes in the adoption of solar PV technology in the region – sales have soared to well over 10 million household-sized or smaller units in just the last ...
Superconductivity is perhaps the most spectacular macroscopic quantum phenomenon. A "persistent current" in a ring of superconducting wire will continue to flow forever – a laboratory realization of perpetual motion. A voltage across a junction between two superconductors produces an oscillating current with a frequency that is determined exactly by the voltage and the ...
Sean Carroll, the award-wining author of The Particle at the End of the Universe, explains the difference between how the world works at the quantum, the cosmic and the human levels-and how each connects to the other.Carroll examines the principles that have guided the scientific revolution from Darwin and Einstein ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $8 Student
