Today at Berkeley Lab: April 21, 2006

Friday, April 21, 2006

Today

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m
EHS
Onsite Chair Massages
Bldg. 937-104

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Naomi Hartwig
Bldg. 70-191

2 p.m.
UC Berkeley
Nanowire Research at Lund University: From Self-Assembly to Quantum Devices
Lars Samuelson, Lund U.
390 Hearst Mining Bldg.

Monday

9 a.m.
Travel Office
Gelco 9.0 End User Training
Bldg. 90-0026

Noon
Yoga Club
Yoga with Inna Belogolovsky
Bldg. 70-191

4:30 p.m.
Physics Department
Theory of Electric Polarization and Orbital Magnetization
David Vanderbilt, Rutgers U.
1 LeConte Hall (campus)

Morning Editions: Biscuits and Gravy with 2 Eggs
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Chili and Cheese Omelete with Hash Browns and Toast
Market Carvery: Chicken Dijon with Potato and Vegetables
The Fresh Grille: Tuna Melt with Fruit or Onion Rings
Menutainment: Viva El Burrito with Chicken or Pork

B'fast:	6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Lunch:	11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Full menu

Lab Chemist
Grows Nanowires





Yang

The future of tomorrow's electronic devices, from microchips to biosensors to solar cells, may be a tiny wire that's 4,000 times thinner than a human hair. Berkeley Lab chemist Peidong Yang has pioneered methods to grow these nanowires from the bottom-up. At such a small scale, unusual physical properties emerge that could lead to solar cell paint, labs-on-a-chip that analyze single cells to detect disease, and new computer processors thousands of times faster than today's speediest PCs. Full story.

Commissioning Expert
Receives Benner Award





Piette

Environmental Energy Technologies Division scientist Mary Ann Piette today receives a Benner Award at the National Conference on Building Commissioning in San Francisco. Piette is the deputy leader of EETD's Commercial Building Systems and is the research director of the PIER Demand Response Research Center. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in making building commissioning "business as usual." She was honored for her paper on "Automated Demand Response Strategies and Commissioning Commercial Building Controls," co-authored by David Watson, Naoya Motegi and Sila Kiliccote.

Symposium to Honor
Nuclear Scientist





Swiatecki

The Nuclear Science Division will hold a symposium on "Current Trends in Nuclear Physics" to honor theorist Wladek Swiatecki, whose 80th birthday is tomorrow. Scheduled for Saturday, June 17, the symposium will address subjects at the frontier of nuclear physics, especially those where Swiatecki has made special contributions. A banquet will follow the daytime program. For symposium information, go here. For more on Swiatecki's career, go here.

Green Technologies, Entrepreneurs Matched

The California Clean Tech Open is a statewide business plan competition to discover and launch the next generation of clean technology companies. An event that matches technologies ready for commercialization with entrepreneurs able to build them into successful companies will be held on Thursday, April 27, at 6 p.m. in Palo Alto. Lab scientists with suitable technology can contact Pam Seidenman (x6461) in the Technology Transfer Office.

Spring Plant Sale At Botanical Garden

The Lab's next-door neighbor, the University of California Botanical Garden, is hosting its annual spring plant sale next week. A member-only sale runs from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday (memberships are available at the gate), with the public sale on Saturday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Buyers can choose from thousands of plants, including California natives, one-of-a-kind Lapageria, large-scale cacti, succulents, ferns, and perennials. Go here for more information.

WEATHER

30% chance of rain.
High: 62° (16° C)

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SECURITY CONDITION

SECON level 3

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