Making carbon-14 measurements more accessibleCarbon-14 is a valuable tool used to probe the transport of carbonaceous species through oceanic, terrestrial, and biological systems. Due to its isotopic rarity, minute concentrations of carbon-14 labeled species can be detected. Historically, chemical targets were labeled with concentrations well above the terrestrial abundance and quantified with liquid scintillation ...
Fake Silk: The Hidden Story of a Workplace TragedyIn a comprehensive and disturbing history of viscose rayon, or “fake silk,†Paul Blanc sheds light on the environmental and public health hazards of producing this ubiquitous textile. In Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon, Blanc asks a fundamental question: When a new technology makes people ill, how high ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
This presentation will introduce the innovative process of “Design Thinking†as it applies to the discovery of unmet clinical needs and to the conceptualization and development of commercial medical technologies. Dr. Azimpour will use case examples from his work at IDEO to illustrate this process.IDEO is a Stanford-born global design ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Evolutions big bang and Coding TheoryEvolutions big bang: The Cambrian explosion and origin of Animals.Just over half a billion years ago, almost all major groups of animal life seem to appear suddenly in the earths oceans, according to the evidence in the fossil record. These new organisms brought innovations like brains, vision, predation, even the ...
