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11:30
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Scientific Computing Seminar
Multiscale Simulation: Methodology and Applications in Silica
Dr. Maohua Du, U. of Florida
50A-5132
1
p.m.
Optimal Aeroacoustic Shape Design Using the Surrogate
Management Framework
Alison Marsden, Stanford U.
50A-5132
Monday
9 a.m.
College of Chemistry
n-Hexane Isomerization over Pt/ZrO2-SO4: Roles of Acidity
& Pt
Jean-Pierre Gilson, Paris la Défense (France)
775A Tan Hall
4 p.m.
College of Chemistry
A New Structural Paradigm for Allosteric Regulation of
Enzyme Function by Magnesium
Dr. Eileen K. Jaffe, Fox Chase Cancer Center
100 Lewis Hall
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Origins: Atlantic Salmon with Green
Goddess Dressing, Rice & Vegetable
Fresh Grille: Grilled Ham & Cheese
with Small Tomato Soup
Menutainment: Viva La Burrito! Chicken
or Vegetarian
Dinner: Choice of Cornish Game Hen w/Orange Sauce; French
Dip Sandwich with Garlic Fries and Salad; or Baked Trout Hunter
Style with 2 Sides
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6:30
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11
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| Dinner: |
5
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Bright
Sun, Flashy T’s: It's Runaround Time
They
will start at high noon today, hundreds of runners
and walkers participating in the 26th annual Berkeley
Lab Runaround. No need to pre-register; just show up
at the Firehouse (Building 48). All current and retired
Lab employees and participating guests will be eligible
for a free t-shirt, designed (photo) this year by UC
Berkeley's Leitha Thrall, and for post-race prizes
to be awarded on the cafeteria lawn. The run is sponsored
by the Employee Activities Association, which will
also provide free refreshments and entertainment. An
informal bike-around starts at the Firehouse at 11:30.
Go here to see a course map.
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| Marvin
Cohen:
Alchemist at Large
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Cohen |
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The
Economist chronicles the life of Marvin
Cohen, a Berkeley Lab senior scientist
and professor of physics at UC Berkeley whose
love for science is captured in his words: “I
have probably thought about physics every day
for the past 50 years.” The article, which
spans Cohen’s wide-ranging materials sciences
research on superconductors, new classes of superhard
solids, and nanotubes, can be read here.
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Alivisatos |
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Solar
Cells Come
Down to Earth
Solar
cells are still ten times too expensive for use
in housing, but recently developed nanorod composites
could change that. If a Berkeley Lab group achieves
its ambitions, carbon-based solar cells could
cost as little as a tenth of the price of today's
silicon-based versions. The work started in the
late 1990s, when Paul Alivisatos
and his team developed nanorods with electrical
characteristics similar to semiconductors. Read
the full article here.
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Nobelist
James Watson
Headlines DNA Celebration
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Watson
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Five
Nobel laureates, including James Watson, will join the
founders of four of the world's most innovative biotechnology
companies tomorrow to celebrate the 50th anniversary
of the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA
and the biotechnology industry it spawned. The free
symposium will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
Pauley Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Student Union
Building. Guests that did not pre-register before October
2 will be directed to another room on campus TBD for
simulcast viewing of the symposium. For more information,
click here.
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Making
the Case for
High Energy Physics
By
Audrey T. Leath
Most
of the recent machines for high energy physics research
have been "sold" to policymakers for the same
purpose: seeking evidence of the Higgs boson and supersymmetry,
Neil Calder of SLAC told the High Energy Physics Advisory
Panel. As the research community begins to prepare for
an international Linear Collider - which has been designated
the highest priority for the U.S. particle physics program
- the message "has to be different," Calder
declared. Full
story.
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