Theories of social interaction posit that in order to coordinate with other people effectively, separate minds must mutually adapt to each other and converge on overlapping mental representations. Through this, one can anticipate the behavior of other people, form joint goals, and operate as cohesive social units. However, the dynamics ...
In the absence of massive government subsidies, the economic viability of large-scale thermochemical conversions of biomass to biofuels is tenuous at best. While hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is an efficient way to upcycle wet biomass wastes, the resulting biocrudes require significant upgrading, and up to 50% of the feedstocks’ carbon partitions ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Macroalgae on a macro scale: Overcoming the scaling challenges of seaweed cultivation for climate mitigationThere is growing interest in seaweed cultivation as an environmentally regenerative form of aquaculture, a source of biofuels, low-carbon food and animal feed, and a potential strategy for carbon sequestration. To help address questions about the expansion of seaweed cultivation we have developed a dynamical model, the MacroAlgae Cultivation MODeling ...
Better, Bigger Ambitions for AIThe event will explore how AI can help us deliver positive impacts on people’s lives in areas such as developing better drugs faster, closing educational gaps, creating better weather forecasts, and others. The conversation between UC Berkeley Executive Fellow in Applied Technology Policy Dr. Arati Prabhakar (former Science and Technology ...
When an intense laser interacts with a gas of atoms, high-order harmonics are generated. In the time domain, this radiation forms a train of extremely short light pulses, of the order of 100 attoseconds. Attosecond pulses enable the study of electron dynamics in atoms and molecules using pump-probe techniques. This ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Just what is the Connection Between Physics and Music?What we are nowadays hearing of the language of spectra is a true "music of the spheres" within the atom, chords of integral relationships, an order and Harmony that becomes ever more perfect in spite of the manifold variety." - Sommerfeld (1919).From the Neanderthals to Pythagoras, through the Enlightenment, to ...
This session with the leaders of Stanford's Sustainability Accelerator will showcase the amazing work being undertaken by the Accelerator. The Sustainability Accelerator speeds the translation of Stanford research into scalable technology and policy solutions to address urgent global sustainability challenges. It also serves as a launchpad for catalyzing innovative ideas ...
CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics based in Geneva, is the world’s leading research center for high-energy particle physics. Over its 70-year history, the Organization has been adorned with groundbreaking discoveries - not least the Higgs boson in 2012 - which have significantly advanced humankind’s understanding of the fundamental ...
