Today at Berkeley Lab: February 23, 2006

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Today

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Benefits Office
FITSCo One-on-One Counseling
Alyssa Valladao
Bldg 26-109
(Call 800-642-7131 for reservation)

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Health Care Facilitator
Onsite Dental Mobile Cafeteria Parking Lot

8:30 a.m.
EHS 400
Radiation Protection Fundamentals
Bldg. 70A-3377

9:30 a.m.
ALS
X-Ray Investigation of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions, the Core of the MRAM
Marc Sacher, U. of Bielefeld
Bldg. 6-2202

1 p.m.
EHS 339
Asbestos Awareness
Bldg. 70A-3377

Tomorrow

8 a.m.
EHS 432
Radiation Protection Lab Safety
Bldg. 70A-3377

10:30 a.m.
Center for Beam Physics
Applications of Invariant Lattice Functions: 6-d Dispersions, From Chao to Sands and Averaging the Nonlinear Fokker-Planck
Etienne Forest, KEK
Bldg. 71-264

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

1:30 p.m.
Materials Sciences
Reactivity of Model Supported Monolayer Metal Oxide Catalysts
John Vohs, U. of Pennsylvania
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

Morning Editions: Avocado and Cheese Omelette with Hash Browns
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Biscuits and Gravy with 2 Eggs
Market Carvery: General Tso's Chicken over Rice
The Fresh Grille: Cuban Sandwich with Potatoes
Menutainment: Brisket of Beef with Potatoes and Vegetables

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

Nanofuel Cells Provide
Remote Power Potential





Lux

Berkeley Lab materials scientist Kenneth Lux has demonstrated a fuel cell measuring just 200 nanometers across that potentially can be integrated on-chip to supply power from a hydrogen reservoir for decades. "We are building nanoscale fuel cells from the bottom up instead from the top down, like the automobile makers," said Lux. Full story. Note: The article incorrectly describes the fuel cells as being folded. Go here to read a description from Lux on the cell array.

Light Source Website
Celebrates First Birthday

One year ago, lightsources.org — the only website to comprehensively feature news, information and educational materials about the world's synchrotron radiation and free electron laser (light source) facilities — was launched. Since then, more than 150 press releases and 600 press items have been posted and distributed to subscribers, and it receives over 100,000 hits a month. The site is sponsored by 21 of the world's major light sources, including Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. Go here to view lightsources.org.

UC Berkeley Chancellor
On Science Initiative





Birgeneau

An Op-Ed by Robert Birgeneau, chancellor of the UC Berkeley campus, ran in yesterday's edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. In it, he discusses the Bush administration's proposed initiative to lead the world in opportunity and innovation through investment in basic science education and research and the need to support this effort with the necessary funding. Go here to read the entire piece.





Oluseyi

A Look
At the Work
Of Black Scientists
By Keely Parrack

Because February is Black History Month, the Monitor is celebrating the contributions that African-Americans have made to science. Profiled here are three black scientists who are making history with their groundbreaking work. Hakeem Oluseyi, a former Berkeley Lab physicist (currently teaching at the University of Alabama) is collaborating with the Lab's SNAP (Supernova Acceleration Probe) mission. Full story.

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