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Today
10 a.m. – noon
EHS 20
ES&H for Supervisors
Building 51-201
Noon – 1 p.m.
Summer Lecture Series
Christian Kisielowski, "If We Could Only Account
for Every Single Atom,"
50 Auditorium
Noon – 1 p.m.
Note Change In Room
Computing Sciences Summer Student Seminars: Forget Theory
for a Minute. Build it...Break it...Fix it," a practical
talk about robotics and electronics; Zach Radding
Perseverance Hall
Noon
– 1 p.m.
Meet the Clubs Fair
Cafeteria Lawn
1 – 4:30 p.m.
EHS 432
Radiation Protection Safety
Building 51-201
Tomorrow
9 – 11 a.m.
EHS 276
Fall Protection
Building 51-201
9:30
– 10:30 a.m.
ALS/SSG Lecture Series
Universal Nodal Fermi Velocity in High Temperature Superconductors,
Xingjiang Zhou, ALS, Berkeley Lab
Conference Room 6-2202
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Market Carvery: Roasted Breast of
Turkey with Bread Dressing
Fresh Grille: Black Forest Ham with
Gruyere and Artichoke Hearts
Menutainment:
Spinach Quiche with Potato Salad
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6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
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11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
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Science
Magazine Explores
Future of Supercomputing
By Katie Greene
Scientists
trying to model everything from the death of a star
to the structure of a protein don't have the computing
power they need. But help may be on the way, according
to a Science article that explores the future
of supercomputing. "The world of supercomputing
is churning," says Horst Simon, director
of Berkeley Lab’s National Energy Research
Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), "and something
new will come out." A major obstacle is writing
code to harness the power of an escalating number
of processors, adds Juan Meza, head of high-performance
computing research at NERSC. "While it was
difficult to program for 16, 32, or 64 processors,
we always believed that it would become easier for
larger numbers once we learned how to do it. But
the further up we went, to 500, 1000, and 10,000
processors, the harder and harder it became."
Full
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Air Breeds Ailments
In Homes, Offices
By
Andy Miller
Polluted
indoor air causes illness daily in offices, schools
and homes across the country. Evidence has been growing
for more than 20 years that the air we breathe indoors
typically is more polluted than outdoor air, even in
an area such as metro Atlanta with high levels of outdoor
air pollution. Medical costs related to indoor air quality
dwarf the costs of sickness tied to outdoor air, according
to indoor air experts. Improved indoor environments
could save employers at least $7 billion annually from
reduced health care costs and higher productivity, says
Berkeley Lab’s William Fisk. Full
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Pines Wins
Faraday Medal
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The
Council of the Royal Society of Chemistry has
selected Berkeley Lab Materials Sciences researcher
and UC Berkeley Professor Alex Pines as
the Faraday Medalist and Lecturer for 2004. The
Council cited Pines "many profound theoretical
and experimental contributions to nuclear magnetic
resonance spectroscopy, through which NMR has
become a powerful analytical tool for materials
of many kinds." As a recipient of the award,
Pines will visit Britain for two weeks this Fall
to give a series of lectures at several scientific
centers and Universities, including a special
lecture for young scientists and high school students
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Computers Not For
Music, Movie Sharing
Certain
types of activities are prohibited when using Laboratory
computers, including the use of protocols such as KaZaA,
Gnutella, e-donkey, e-mule, and others for music and
movie sharing. Not only does this type of sharing violate
copyright laws, it also uses a disproportionate amount
of networking resources, interfering with scientific
and institutional activities at the Lab. The Computer
Protection Program monitors all use of these protocols;
violations are handled in accordance with the Lab’s
Regulations and Procedures Manual. To learn more about
regulations regarding the use of government computers,
go here.
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‘Meet
the Clubs’ Fair Today
The
Lab’s annual “Meet the Clubs” fair,
organized by the Employees Activities Association (EAA),
will be held today from noon to 1 p.m. on the cafeteria
lawn. Representatives of EAA’s 19 recreational,
cultural and wellness clubs will be on hand to talk
with visitors about their groups and hand out information.
Refreshments and entertainment will be available. Come
and find a new club to join! |
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