Extreme Science (LBNL Science at the Theater)

Multimedia · Mon Feb 27 00:00:00 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: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (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
• Resource Relation: Conference: Science at the Theater Lecture Series, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, presented on February 27, 2012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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