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A Sparkle in the Dark: The Outlandish Quest for Dark Matter

Presented by Maria Elena Monzani. The nature and origin of dark matter are among the most compelling mysteries of contemporary science.

Date Tuesday, January 28, 2020
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Discovering the Colors of Fossil Creatures

Presented by Nick Edwards. Until recently, the colors of ancient life forms existed only in our imaginations.

Date Tuesday, June 2, 2020
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
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Viewing the Beginning of Time from the Most Remote Places on Earth

Presented by Zeeshan Ahmed. Shortly after the birth of the universe, space was filled by a plasma that was literally red-hot. The light radiated...

Date Thursday, October 8, 2020
10:00 a.m.  –  11:00 a.m.  PT
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How Science Unlocks Copper's Hidden Powers

Presented by Diana Gamzina. In particle accelerators, electrons are pushed to extreme energies by electromagnetic fields that oscillate inside evacuated metal cavities. Those cavities...

Date Tuesday, November 10, 2020
9:00 a.m.  –  10:00 a.m.  PT
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Making Waves in a Superconductor

Superconductors are materials in which electric current flows freely, without resistance. They are used to create the powerful magnetic fields needed to operate MRI...
Date Tuesday, January 29, 2019
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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3D Printing for Perfect Metal Parts

Presented by Christopher Tassone. Throughout human history, improvements in the structure of metals have been essential to the sharpness of swords and the strength...

Date Tuesday, March 26, 2019
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Seeing is Exploding: Snapping Biological Images with X-ray Laser Blasts

Presented by Sebastien Boutet. SLAC's X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, launched a new generation of light sources when it opened 10 years...

Date Tuesday, May 21, 2019
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Brown Dwarfs: Failed Stars or Overachieving Planets?

Giant planets can be up to 13 times the mass of Jupiter, while the least massive stars are about 80 times the mass of...
Date Tuesday, July 30, 2019
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Super-Human Operator: Controlling Accelerators with Machine Learning

Particle accelerators are used every day in a wide range of scientific, medical and industrial applications. But did you know that the task of...
Date Tuesday, October 1, 2019
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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How to Bend a Stream of Dark Matter and Make it Shine

Presented by Sebastian Ellis. The nature of dark matter is one of the most captivating and fundamental open problems facing physicists today. Over many...

Date Tuesday, November 19, 2019
11:30 a.m.  –  12:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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10 Years of Cosmic Fireworks with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Presented by Eric Charles. A single gamma ray carries millions of times the energy of a single photon of visible light.  This means that...

Date Tuesday, July 24, 2018
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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Cryo-EM: Amazing 3D Views of Life’s Molecular Machines

Presented by Wah Chiu. Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a revolutionary technology for making 3D images of the inner workings of cells in much...

Date Tuesday, September 25, 2018
12:30 p.m.  –  1:30 p.m.  PT
Location Panofsky Auditorium, Science and User Support Building (B53)
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