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Presented by Emmanuel Schaan

Public Lecture Poster - Cosmic Shadow Theater: Casting Light on Galaxies
Past Event · KIPAC public lecture

Dark Matter Searches with Astrophysical Objects

In this lecture, Dr. Rebecca Leane will review a range of dark matter searches using celestial objects, including exoplanets, solar-system planets, the Sun, and the Earth.

A galaxy in space
Past Event · Seminars and conferences

SLAC Workshop on the Future of Nano/Microelectronics

Invited speakers from national labs, academia, and industry, will describe their thoughts on the future of nano/microelectronics.

SLAC Workshop on the Future of Nano/Microelectronics May 25-26, 2023
Past Event · Special Events

SSRL 50th anniversary celebration

Join us for a full day of talks and panel discussions looking at the past, present and future of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL).

Panofsky auditorium with SSRL 50th graphic
Past Event · Special Events

KIPAC 20th anniversary community day

This event is free, open to all, and family-friendly hosted by Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University, Science & Engineering Quad. 
Dwarf Galaxy 3.

Presented by Axel Levy.

public lecture poster image
Past Event · Public lecture

What in the cell is going on?

Presented by Peter  D. Dahlberg. Viewing cellular machinery at the nanoscale. 

cryo-EM image of Caulobacter bacterium
Past Event · Public Lecture

Charging ahead: batteries of the future

Presented by Yi Cui, SLAC/Stanford University. To transform our energy sources to carbon neutrality, we need to power as much of modern society as possible with clean electricity.

public lecture art charging ahead: batteries of the future
Past Event · Public Lecture

Seeing the Universe Through Quantum Eyes

Presented by Cyndia Yu. Since the earliest times, we humans have attempted to understand and explain the world around us by observing our surroundings.

illustration of universe and human eye

Presented by Rachael Kretsch. SARS-Cov-2 and other RNA viruses are formidable natural foes of humanity. To fight them, we must understand them better, especially their main component, RNA.

video still frame of public lecture about revolutionary 3-D views of viral RNA