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9
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(Note time change)
EHS 20 ES&H for Supervisors
Building 51-201
9:30
- 10:30 a.m.
SSG Lecture Series
Diffusion of Nonequilibrium Quasiparticles in a Cuprate Superconductor
Joseph Orenstein MSD/LBNL
Conference Room 6-2202
Noon
Environmental Energy Technologies Division Seminar
The Efficiency of Electricity Generation in the U.S. After
Restructuring
Catherine Wolfram, Asst. Prof. of Economics, Haas School of
Business, UCB, and the UC Energy Institute
Building 90, Room 3148
1:30
p.m.
Environmental Energy Technologies Division Seminar
EPRI's Water & Sustainability Initiative & Public/Private
Partnerships
Dr. William M. Smith, Market Driven Demand Response &
Water and Sustainability, EPRI
Building 90, Room 3148
2
- 4 p.m.
EHS 530 Fire Extinguisher
Building 48-109
4
p.m.
Physics Division Research Progress Meeting
Davide Costanzo, Matt Dobbs (LBNL) Report from the ATLAS
'First Physics' Workshop
Building 50A-5132
5:30
– 7 p.m.
Friends of Science Lecture
Breast Cancer and the Cell Microenvironment
Mina Bissell
Perseverance Hall
Tomorrow
11:30 a.m.
First Day of Summer
Classic Car Show and Barbecue
Cafeteria Lawn and Parking Lot
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Mkt Carvery: Veal Parmigiana
Fresh Grille: Turkey Burger
Origins:
Spinach Fettucini
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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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Symbols
That Save Energy
Turning
off computers and other office machines at the right
time, or just letting them take naps, could save billions
of dollars in energy -- if users only knew how to do
it. A new study aims to harmonize clashing symbols for
power, sleep, and other operating switches. For the
full story on this and other new Science Beat topics,
go here. |
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Science
for Everybody
By
Annalee Newitz
You've
just been diagnosed with a disease whose name you can
barely pronounce—where do you turn? Like a lot of
people, you go online. If you know how to get good, peer-reviewed
medical information on the Web, you go to the National
Library of Medicine's database of scientific articles.
When you want to read the articles, however, you are stymied.
All you get is a short abstract— you have to cough
up to $40 or $50 for the full text. Why can't you get
free access to information that was paid for using your
tax dollars? Activists at the Public Library of Science
(PloS) in San Francisco want to know, too. Led in part
by Nobel laureate Harold Varmus and charismatic gene-chip
whiz kid Michael Eisen, PloS's mission is to make
scientific knowledge a public good. Full
story. |
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Mueller
Memorial
A
celebration of the life of Sonia Mueller, whose battle with
cancer ended June 11 and was featured in last Friday’s
issue of "Today at Berkeley Lab," will be held on
Sunday. Family and friends can gather at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian
Universalist Church, 1 Lawson Road, Kensington. Donations may
be made to www.world-turtle-trust.org,
Oakland SPCA, or a charity
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40
High Schoolers
Begin Summer Work
The
High School Student Research Participation Program began
this week at Berkeley Lab, with 40 area high school
juniors and seniors selected from over 99 applications
to be part of this summer’s six-week work experience.
The program, under the direction of Richmond High teacher
Gwen Espino for the fourth year, has become a model
education outreach and workforce diversity activity
organized and run by the Center for Science and Engineering
Education. The students’ experience will conclude
with a closing session of presentations on Aug. 1. Read
more about the program here. |
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Summer
Science Camp
Openings Still Available
Berkeley
Lab’s Science Exploration Camp (July 14 - August
22) has still a few openings. The camp provides
a mix of recreational and science-oriented activities
for school-age children entering 2nd through 6th
grade. Camp activities are based on weekly themes,
and registration is possible for individual weeks.
For description of the camp and registration forms
go here. |
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Lab
Outlines Plans
For New Office Building
Berkeley
Lab has issued a "Notice of Preparation"
and has scheduled a "scoping" meeting
for a proposed research office building that would
be constructed near the lab’s main entrance.
Meant to alleviate overcrowding in office space
on site, the six-story, 65,000-square-foot structure
would be built below Building 50 on Cyclotron Road
by a developer who will lease it back to the lab.
Community input will be gathered at a public meeting
on June 30 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the North Berkeley
Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Street. Read the notice
here,
and a story on the building plans in Currents
on June 27. |
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