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Hydrogen: Fueling the Future

As our dependence on foreign oil increases and concerns about global climate change rise, the need to develop sustainable energy technologies is becoming increasingly...
Date Tuesday, February 27, 2007
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Making Molecular Movies: 10,000,000,000,000 Frames per Second

Presented by Kelly Gaffney. Movies have transformed our perception of the world. With slow motion photography, we can see a hummingbird flap its wings...

Date Tuesday, December 12, 2006
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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The Violent Universe

In this talk, Eduardo do Couto e Silva will explain that while the night sky appears calm, it is in fact populated by colossal...

Date Tuesday, October 24, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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A Comet on Earth: Results from the Stardust Mission

Presented by Sean Brennan. The Stardust mission returned from a 6-year voyage in January of 2006. During the mission it swept through the tail...

Date Tuesday, August 29, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Whispers of the Big Bang

Presented by Sarah Church. The faint radio signal that fills our universe is the echo of the beginning of the universe. This signal, called...

Date Tuesday, June 27, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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ZAP! The X-Ray Laser is Born

SLAC has converted its giant particle accelerator into the world's first X-ray laser. By a billion fold the world's brightest X-ray source, the laser...
Date Tuesday, November 17, 2009
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Presented by Wendy Mao. The deeper we go into the Earth, the higher the pressure. At the pressures found within the center of our...

Date Tuesday, September 29, 2009
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
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Space: The Hunt for Hidden Dimensions

Presented by JoAnne Hewett. Extra dimensions of space may be present in our universe. Their discovery would dramatically change our view of the cosmos...

Date Tuesday, April 25, 2006
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Arsenic: The Silent Killer

Andrea Foster uses x-rays to determine the forms of potentially toxic elements in environmentally-important matrices such as water, sediments, plants, and microorganisms. In this...
Date Tuesday, February 28, 2006
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Archimedes: Accelerator Reveals Ancient Text

Archimedes (287-212 BC), who is famous for shouting 'Eureka' (I found it) is considered one of the most brilliant thinkers of all times. The...
Date Tuesday, December 13, 2005
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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Neutrinos Get Under Your Skin

The enigmatic neutrinos are among the most abundant of the tiny particles that make up our universe. They are a billion times more abundant...
Date Tuesday, August 30, 2005
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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LCLS: Ultrafast Science

Everyone knows that lasers can be bright. From Goldfinger to Star Wars, intense lasers carry a "death ray" reputation in popular culture. But what...

Date Tuesday, June 28, 2005
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium
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