Extreme Science (LBNL Science at the Theater)

Conference · Sun Feb 26 23:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI ID:1041403

Ajo-Franklin, Caroline; Klein, Spencer; Minor, Andrew; Torok, Tamas

On Feb. 27, 2012 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, four Berkeley Lab scientists presented talks related to extreme science - and what it means to you. Topics include: Neutrino hunting in Antarctica. Learn why Spencer Klein goes to the ends of the Earth to search for these ghostly particles. From Chernobyl to Central Asia, Tamas Torok travels the globe to study microbial diversity in extreme environments. Andrew Minor uses the world's most advanced electron microscopes to explore materials at ultrahigh stresses and in harsh environments. And microbes that talk to computers? Caroline Ajo-Franklin is pioneering cellular-electrical connections that could help transform sunlight into fuel.

• Research Organization: LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States))
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Friends of Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1041403
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
ELECTRO TO BIO CONVERTER
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
ENERGY SOURCES
EXTREME SCIENCE
INFORMATION NEEDS
MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
SABOTAGE
SPACE FLIGHT