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Today
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
Tomorrow
10:30 a.m.
Center for Beam Physics Seminar
Optical Mixing Driven Kinetic Electrostatic Electron
Nonlinear (KEEN) Waves
Bedros B. Afeyan, Polymath Research Inc.
Bldg. 71-264
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Soup: Tuscan White Bean
Origins: Chckn. Caesar Salad
Adobe Cafe: Asian Noodles
Fresh Grille: Veg. Sandwich
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6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
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New
Sensor Chip
The Size of Glitter
By Sarah Yang
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Engineers
at UC Berkeley have successfully tested a wireless sensor
chip so small that if someone were to sneeze, it just
might blow away. The new "smart dust" chip integrates
sensors and transmitters onto a platform that measures
a mere 5 square millimeters, or slightly bigger than a
fleck of glitter. The chip will be the brains behind the
new generation mote, dubbed "Spec" by its creators.
The Spec mote brings together years of Smart Dust and
TinyOS research led by Cal’s Kris Pister and Berkeley
Lab’s David Culler, who is also a UCB professor
of computer sciences. While Pister led research into miniaturizing
the hardware components for Smart Dust, Culler and his
research team developed the TinyOS operating system that
allows the mini-motes to communicate with one another.
Full
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Urged--Create
Tools to Fight Terrorism
By Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is beckoning
scientists to deliver high-tech tools for the domestic
war on terror, from miniature
chem-bio detectors for firefighters to new ways of scanning
ports and border traffic for radiological bombs. Yet a
prime conduit for those technologies -- the federal government's
nuclear weapons and science labs -- face a thicket of
potential problems in turning their ideas into real-life
products as rapidly as they and the government would like."'Come
help us,' is the message," Mike Burns, head of the
new agency's Office of National Laboratories, told business
developers for U.S. Department of Energy laboratories
and sites during a conference Tuesday. Full
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University
and UPTE
Reach Pact Agreement
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The
University of California and the University Professional
and Technical Employees (UPTE) union reached tentative
agreement for both the research support professionals
and technical employees. The Berkeley Lab wage package
includes a 3.5 percent merit allocation for FY03 and
3 percent for FY04, with specified minimum increases
for employees based on their performance appraisal ratings
and position within the salary range. The allocation
for posted promotions and reclassifications is 1 percent
each fiscal year, and any unspent funds from this allocation
will be distributed in a merit-based manner following
the end of the fiscal year. The approval and ratification
processes are expected to take about one month. The
contract will become effective on the date of ratification,
and both contracts are effective through Sept. 30, 2004.
Upon ratification, the Lab will begin the process to
implement retroactive pay increases as quickly as feasible.
UC’s news release can be read here.
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Fellowships
Will Honor Homeland Security Efforts
The
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is
accepting nominations for four $2,500 Homeland
Security Awards. They will go to individuals or
companies that are making a measurable and constructive
contribution related to basic and/or advanced
research in the area of homeland security which
will result in a significant and positive benefit
to society. Innovations will be cited in four
categories: Border/Transportation Security, Emergency
Response, Information Sharing, and Biological-Radiological-Nuclear.
All nominations are accepted online here
and must be submitted by June 16.
Lab’s
Computer Supply
Contractor To Close on Friday
GC
Micro, the laboratory's computer supply subcontractor,
will be closed for one day, this Friday, to move
to a new location. Customers ordering by phone,
fax or online can resume placing orders on Monday,
June 9. Also, effective June 9, the company’s
Fax number will change. The new Fax number will
be 707-789-0700. There will be no change in the
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