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Today
8:30 a.m.
EHS 275, Confined Space Hazards
51-201
11
a.m.
Nuclear Science Division
Colloquium
String Theory and Large-N QCD
Joe Polchinski, UC Santa
Barbara
Perseverance Hall
3
p.m.
ALS/CXRO Seminar on X-Ray
Science & Technology
Seeing Magnetism in a New
Light: Ultrafast Optical Studies of
Magnetic Metals
Rob J. Hicken, U. of
Exeter, England
6-2202
Tomorrow
10 a.m.
EHS 345, Chemical Hygiene for Facilities
51-201
Noon
Special Seminar, Life Sciences
Epigenetic regulation of tumor resistance to therapy
Dr. Amato Giaccia, Stanford
66-316
1
p.m.
EHS 116, First Aid
48-109
4
p.m.
Physics Division RPM
ATLAS Detector at the LHC
Gil Gilchriese
50A-5132
5:30
p.m.
Grant-Writing Workshop
Dr. Amato Giaccia, Stanford
Perseverance Hall
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Soup: Mushroom Bisque
Origins: Spinach Quiche
Adobe Cafe: Turkey Breast
Fresh Grille: Ham 'n Gruyere
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Purifying Project
Inspired By Lab’s Gadgil
By Sarah Yang
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| Florentino
Mota
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BERKELEY – Throughout many regions of Mexico, the
distribution of clean water is so variable that highly
chlorinated water may reach one house while the home next
door gets water contaminated with disease-causing pathogens.
Researchers at the UC Berkeley are offering a solution
with a water disinfection system affordable enough for
an individual household in a developing nation –
a solution inspired by Berkeley Lab’s Ashok Gadgil
and his UV Waterworks invention. Starting in July,
researchers from the Mexican Institute of Water Technology
will start a six-month pilot project using the UC Berkeley-designed
UV Tube, a treatment system that uses ultraviolet light
to disinfect the water. Full
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Weighing
Sheer Power
Vs. Vast Data Pools
By
John Markoff
For
almost two decades the federal government has heavily
underwritten elaborate centers to house the world's
fastest supercomputers. But now two leading American
computer researchers are challenging that policy. They
argue that federal money would be better spent directly
on the scientific research teams that are the largest
users of supercomputers. (Berkeley Lab’s Horst
Simon is also part of the debate, arguing for the
increasing important of centers like NERSC). Full
story.
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Four-armed
Nanocrystals May Help Solar Cells
By Celia Henry
A few years ago, chemistry professor Paul Alivisatos
and his coworkers at the University of California, Berkeley,
and Berkeley Lab noticed that some nanocrystals would
unexpectedly form branched structures. Now, the researchers
can make those branched structures controllably and
reproducibly. Using the material CdTe, they can make
four-armed structures known as tetrapods, which they
say could be used in solar cells or as additives in
polymers. Full
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Grant-Writing
Workshop
To Be Offered Tomorrow
Dr.
Amato Giaccia, a faculty member in the Department
of Biochemistry at Stanford and a National Institutes
of Health Study Section Leader, will be presenting
a workshop on grant writing tomorrow beginning
at 5:30 p.m. in Perseverance Hall. The workshop
should be of special interest to Post-docs, principal
investigators, and Ph.D. students, although all
interested parties are invited. Among the topics
to be covered are the review process, common pitfalls,
focused research plans, the balance between over-generality
and excessive technical detail, titles and abstracts,
and tone and style.
Berkeley
Noon Concerts
Begin Tomorrow
The
Downtown Berkeley Association has announced a
summer schedule of nine free noontime concerts
on Thursdays beginning this week. Opening the
series at the Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza, across
from the Lab bus stop, will be the jazzy R&B
band Soulful Strut, currently performing at Enrico's
in San Francisco. Subsequent programs will feature
Brazilian capoeira, a cappella singing, Dixieland
jazz, and American roots music. The entire two-month
program can be viewed here.
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