Today at Berkeley Lab: May 3, 2006

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Today

11 a.m.
Nanosciences Institute
Understanding Assembly at the Bio-Inorganic Interface: From Biomineralization to Bio-Inspired Materials Synthesis
James De Yoreo, LLNL
775 Tan Hall (campus)

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Chris Hoskins
Bldg. 70-191

Noon
Yoga Club
Class with Naomi Hartwig
Bldg. 937-302

Noon
Dance Club
Salsa Lessons
Bldg. 51 Lobby

1:15 p.m.
EHS 735/739/738
Bloodborne Pathogens/Biosafety Training
Bldg. 70A-3377

1:30 p.m.
EHS 346
Chemical Management System Web Application Training
Bldg. 90-0026

3 p.m.
Advanced Light Source
High-Resolution Emission Spectrograph at the ALS
Yi-De Chuang
Bldg. 6-2202

4 p.m.
Interdisciplinary Instrumentation
Time Projection Chamber R&D
Michael Ronan
Bldg. 50 Auditorium

Tomorrow

7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Iron Age Shoemobile
Cafeteria Parking Lot

9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EHS
Onsite Chair Massages
Bldg. 26-115

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Travel Office
Gelco 9.0 End User Training
Bldg. 90-0026

11 a.m.
NCEM
Recent Progress in the TEM Observation on Age-Hardened Alloys
Toyohiko Konno, Tohoku U., Japan
Bldg.72-201

1:30 p.m.
Materials Sciences
Topics in Automotive Catalysis
George Graham, Ford Motor Co.
Bldg. 66 Auditorium

3 p.m.
Advanced Light Source
Kerr Microscopy: Possibilities and Limitations
Jeffrey McCord, Leibniz Institute, Dresden
Bldg. 6-2202

5:15 p.m.
Yoga Club
Class with Inna Belogolovsky
Bldg. 70-191

Morning Editions: Ham with 2 Eggs with Hash Browns and Toast
Tomorrow's Breakfast: Avocado and Sour Cream Omelet
Market Carvery: Sliced Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
The Fresh Grille: Meatloaf Sandwich with Curly Fries
Menutainment: Vegetable Lasagna with Side Salad and Garlic Bread

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

Hearing on Landmarking
Bevatron is Tomorrow

The City of Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission will be holding a public meeting on Berkeley Lab's Bevatron building tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the North Berkeley Senior Center, 1901 Hearst Ave. They will invite comments on the potential landmarking of the building, which has been requested by some Berkeley citizens. The Lab has designated the structure for demolition, and the Department of Energy has provided funding to begin the process. Read a letter sent by Advanced Light Source deputy Ben Feinberg to the Commission on the Lab's position on the issue here.

Spallation Source
Generates First Neutrons





Berkeley Lab's SNS front-end system

Oak Ridge National Lab's Spallation Neutron Source has passed its most significant performance test with the successful generation of its first neutrons. Research conducted at the SNS will lay the groundwork for the next generation of materials research, which could lead to a virtually limitless number of innovations, including lighter airplanes, improved batteries and fuel cells, and time-released drugs. Berkeley Lab was among the collaborators on the SNS project, creating the front-end system that generates the proton beam.
Full story.

CRD's Meza Appointed
To SIAM Trustee Board





Meza

Juan Meza, head of Computational Research Division's High Performance Computing Research Department, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). SIAM, founded in 1951, currently has more than 10,000 members. The organization publishes 11 peer-reviewed journals and about 25 books per year. SIAM also hosts an annual meeting and a number of specialized conferences and workshops. More information on Meza is available here.

Bodman Tells Forum:
Act on Science Now





Bodman

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, in a recent talk before the American Association for the Advancement of Science Forum on Science and Technology, said a consensus is building among policymakers "that this nation must act, and act decisively, to improve mathematics and science education at all levels and expand its support for basic research and development work in the physical sciences." At the Office of Science, he said DOE is "focusing on targeted sectors that we believe have the greatest potential. Those sectors include supercomputers, nanotechnology, high-intensity light sources, and energy from biomass and nuclear fusion. We are also increasing our support for both high-energy and nuclear physics." Read the American Institute of Physics summary here, and the full text of the talk here.

Experts Say Hydrogen Fuel Not Ready for Prime Time
By Carl T. Hall

President Bush has pointed to hydrogen technology as the ultimate solution to the nation's fuel supply problems, but one big question waits to be answered: Where will all the hydrogen come from? Even if manufacturers can produce affordable hydrogen-powered vehicles that people will want to buy, energy experts say the nation's petroleum addiction — a key source of carbon emissions contributing to global warming — won't end until an environmentally sound hydrogen supply and distribution system is at hand. Full story.

WEATHER

Mostly cloudy.
High: 65° (18° C)

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SECURITY CONDITION

SECON level 3

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