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Steven McKnight, UT Southwestern, A solid state conceptualization of information transfer from gene to message to protein
A new-found interest in the field of protein science has focused on the capacity of certain proteins to polymerize into labile, cross- fibrils. Formation of labile polymers has been observed for ...
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The three geochemical stages of a planet: accretion; evolution; and exploitation
Join Dr. Chris Ballentine, University of Oxford, UK, for "The three geochemical stages of a planet: accretion; evolution; and exploitation" with host Peter van Keken.
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Carnegie Science celebrates Edwin Hubble's discovery of the universe
For humans, the most important star in the universe is the Sun. The second most important star is nestled inside in the Andromeda galaxy. Don’t go looking for it. The flickering star is 2.2 million ...
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Radio Observations of Magnetic Storms on Flare Stars
Jackie Villadsen, a Jansky Fellow at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, will present a lecture at 11 a.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2017, in the Greenewalt Auditorium as part of DTM's Weekly ...
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Dr. Salvatore Calabrese - Dynamic multiscale soil modeling for climate-smart management of soil and water resources
Salvatore Calabrese is an assistant professor of Biological & Agricultural Engineering of Plant Sciences at Texas A&M University. The Rosa Lab hosts his seminar As global warming and shifting rainfall ...
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Colloquium: Prof. Jennifer Sokoloski (Columbia University)
Colloquium: Technological advances driving discovery in astrophysics -- nova eruptions, and future prospects with LSST ...
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Establishing a New SIMS Paradigm with NAUTILUS: Application to the Oklo Natural Reactor
Evan Groopman, from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, will present his lecture at 11 a.m. EDT on September 13, 2018, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series. Coffee, ...
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Dr. Megan Bontrager - Local adaptation at range edges and under anomalous climates
Megan Bontrager's group at the University of Toronto is elucidating the environmental drivers of local adaptation—in which populations perform best in their home environments, as well as the selective ...
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Lunch Talk - Guilherme Limberg (Universidade de São Paulo)
The Origin of the Metallicity Gradient in Sagittarius Stellar Stream ...
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From the dust particles to tectonic plates: New views from high-resolution paleomagnetism
Magnetic fields are thought to govern the lifetime of protoplanetary disks by mediating the inward accretion of gas. At finer scales, magnetic instabilities may have led to turbulent eddies where the ...
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Dan Chitwood, Danforth Plant Science Center, Morphometrics and persistent homology: from violins and leaves to the branching topologies of plants
The shapes around us contain information. Morphometrics, methods that quantify shape, can reveal patterns reflecting underlying biological phenomena. In this seminar, I will begin with a primer to ...
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Planet Formation and Evolution in the Big Data Era
Kevin Schlaufman will present his lecture in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall at Carnegie's Broad Branch Road Campus. Coffee, tea, and a light breakfast will be served before the lecture, at 10:30 a.m.