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Media Advisory: Next 'Science On Saturday' lecture examines effects of space debris
WHO: Lab scientist John Henderson and teacher Tom Shefler will present "Space Junk: Traffic Cops in Space," at the next Science on Saturday lecture.WHAT: Our society is reliant on satellites for many important everyday activities: travel, farming, communication and entertainment, for example. As we launch more satellites, the risk of a satellite colliding with another or a…
Lab's Science on Saturday draws standing room only audience
More than 1,100 local people and more worldwide attended the first lecture in the popular "Science on Saturday" series this past Saturday. For the first time, the program was broadcast over the Internet, allowing participants to interact with the presenter by asking questions during the presentation. This year's Science on Saturday program, now in its 17the season, is…
Media Advisory Lab's 'Science On Saturday' Lecture: Sleuthing Seismic Signals
WHO: Lab scientist Sean Ford and teacher Ken Wedel will present, "Sleuthing Seismic Signals: Understanding Earthquake Hazards and Monitoring Nuclear Explosions," at the next Science on Saturday lecture. WHAT: The probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area during the next 30 years is 63 percent, or about two out of three. The presenters…
LLNL offers another exceptional season of Saturday science lectures
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's popular lecture series, "Science on Saturday," returns Feb. 4 and runs through March 3. This year's talks cover a wide range of current topics including the Lab's work on the Mercury Messenger; effects of earthquakes; space junk; and restoring sight to the blind.The lectures are free of charge and will be held in the Bankhead…
Students, professors to pen commercialization plans for Lab
Students from two California universities will have the opportunity this summer to build their own startup companies -- at least on paper -- through a unique program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Called the Entrepreneurship Academy, the program will allow eight students apiece from Vallejo-based Cal Maritime and Hayward-based California State University…
'Science on Saturday' gains a following on UCTV
The Lab's popular lecture series "Science on Saturday" attracts large audiences when held each year at the Bankhead Theater. Now, the program is gaining a lot of attention online as well.Videos of lectures were first aired on University of California Television (UCTV) in 2006. During the past year alone, there have been 1.4 million downloads. Since 2006, Science on…
Lab science education programs featured at ACS national meeting
A special symposium on "STEM Education Pipeline to Innovation & Entrepreneurship" was held at the recent national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Anaheim. The symposium was developed because of concerns over the eroding proficiency of U.S. students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines that have serious implications for…
Lab's 'Science on Saturday' lecture travels to Tracy
WHO: Lab scientist Roger Aines and Dean Reese, Tracy High School science teacher, will present, "Put It Back When You Are Done: Storing Carbon Dioxide in the Earth, Not the Atmosphere."WHAT: Hydrocarbon fuels come almost exclusively from underground. We burn the coal or oil to obtain energy. For hundreds of years, we have allowed the resulting carbon dioxide to simply…
Lab's 'Science on Saturday' lecture: It's elemental
WHO: Lab scientist Ken Moody and teacher Dean Reese will present "Superheavy Elements: Search for the End of the Periodic Table."WHAT: The periodic table provides a way of presenting chemical information that makes it the fundamental tool of the chemist. Consequently, it is displayed on the walls in most science classrooms. Recent discoveries of new elements have extended…
Media advisory: Lab's 'science on saturday'lecture looks at climate models and the weather around us
WHO: Lab scientist Dean Willliams, and teachers Roger Johnson and Tiffany Burkel, will present "Withstanding Climate Change: You Can Change the World." WHAT: This presentation is designed to give middle- and high-school students a basic understanding of what climate models are and how they function. The evolution of the resolution and complexity of climate models from the…
Next Science on Saturday lecture looks at climate models and the weather around us
"Withstanding Climate Change: You Can Change the World," by Lab scientist Dean Willliams and teachers Roger Johnson and Tiffany Burkel is the third lecture in the Science on Saturday series on Feb. 19, at the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St. in Livermore. Two presentations are offered at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m.This presentation is designed to give middle and high school…
Science on Saturday lecture strikes a blow for wind energy
A reliable and abundant source of renewable energy for the future could be blowing in the wind.This possibility was the topic of, "It's Gust About Time: Harnessing the Wind for Our Future Energy Needs," by Lab scientists Jeff Mirocha and Sonia Wharton, and teacher Christine Tyler. The lecture was the second in the 2011 Science on Saturday lecture series, held last week.The…
Media advisory: Lab's Science on Saturday lecture: Harnessing Wind for Energy Needs
WHO: Jeff Mirocha and Sonia Wharton, LLNL scientists, and teacher Christine Tyler, will present "It's Gust About Time: Harnessing the Wind for Our Future Energy Needs." Congressman Jerry McNerney, a former wind energy engineer, will address the audience at the start of the first session. WHAT: How can we produce much of the energy we need from clean, renewable sources?…
Saturday lecture to discuss wind energy
"It's Gust about Time: Harnessing the Wind for our Future Energy Needs," by Lab scientists Jeff Mirocha and Sonia Wharton, and teacher Christine Tyler, is the second lecture in the Science on Saturday series on Feb. 12, at the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St. in Livermore. Two presentations are offered at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m.How can we produce much of the energy we need…
LLNL offers another superb season of Saturday Science lectures
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's popular lecture series, "Science on Saturday," returns Feb. 5 and runs through March 5. This year's talks cover a wide range of current topics -- using proton therapy for cancer; harnessing the wind for energy needs; withstanding climate change; and the search for the end of the periodic table. The lectures are free of charge and…
Postdoc gets to the "heart" of anti-matter in CUORE experiment
Marisa Pedretti, a post-doctoral researcher since January 2009 in the Experimental Nuclear Physics group of the Physics Division of the Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, was recently selected as the experimental coordinator for the CUORE-0 tower that consists of 52 tellurium dioxide crystal bolometers to measure radiation. What is CUORE? CUORE-0 is the first step…
