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In this episode of HVAC Know It All Podcast, host Gary McCreadie continues his conversation with Dr. Mark Modera, The Inventor of Aeroseal, Professor at the University of California, Davis, Visiting Faculty at Berkeley Lab and Former Vice President at Carrier HVAC. In this Part 02 they discuss how HVAC contractors can integrate Aeroseal into their services, the process of becoming an Aeroseal dealer, and why this technology is a valuable addition for residential and commercial applications. Dr. Mark Modera explains the science behind Aeroseal, The Invention of him. how the sealant particles work to close duct leaks, and the limits of what size leaks can be sealed. They also cover how the building science community views duct sealing, the impact on HVAC Performance improvement, and why reducing duct leakage is essential for system performance and energy savings. This discussion provides valuable insights for HVAC professionals looking to expand their services and improve system performance with modern sealing techniques.Dr. Mark Modera discusses the challenges HVAC contractors face with duct leaks and why traditional sealing methods fall short compared to modern solutions like Aeroseal. He highlights the importance of measuring and verifying duct leakage, the need for continuous education in building science, and how technology is making duct sealing more accurate and accessible. They also explore how HVAC contractors can become Aeroseal dealers, the business opportunities it presents, and how proper diagnostics and sealing techniques can smooth system performance while reducing energy waste.This episode is filled with practical HVAC insights, business opportunities, and advanced sealing techniques, helping technicians understand duct leaks, enhance system performance.Expect to Learn:How duct leaks affect HVAC performance and energy performance.Why traditional duct sealing methods fall short compared to Aeroseal.The importance of measuring and verifying duct leakage for better results. Common myths about duct sealing and their impact on system performance.How HVAC contractors can integrate Aeroseal into their services for greater success.Episode Highlights:[00:33] – Introduction to the Second Part of the Episode with Dr. Mark Modera[02:13] – How HVAC Contractors Can Offer Aeroseal: Training, Dealer Opportunities & Service Integration[05:06] – How Aeroseal Works, Seals Leaks & Expands for Faster, More Accessible Applications[07:34] – What Size Leaks Can Aeroseal Handle? Practical & Physical Limits[08:55] – Where to Install the Aeroseal Machine & How It's Applied in Different Systems[09:49] – Protecting Coils & Heat Exchangers During the Sealing Process[11:08] – The Role of the Building Science Community in Duct Sealing Advancements[13:03] – How Aeroseal is Helping Large Commercial Projects & Specialized Applications[14:45] – How Much Leakage Remains After Using Aeroseal? This Episode is Kindly Sponsored by:Master: https://www.master.ca/ Cintas: https://www.cintas.com/ Supply House: https://www.supplyhouse.com/ Cool Air Products: https://www.coolairproducts.net/Lambert Insurance Services: https://www.lambert-ins.com/ Follow the Guest Dr. Mark Modera on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-modera-94432212/ Aeroseal: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeroseal-llc/about/ University of California: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uc-davis/ Berkeley Lab: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory/ Carrier HVAC: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carrierhvac/ Website: Aeroseal: https://aeroseal.com/ Carrier HVAC: https://www.carrier.com/carrier/en/worldwide/   Follow the Host:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-mccreadie-38217a77/ Website: https://www.hvacknowitall.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/HVAC-Know-It-All-2/61569643061429/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hvacknowitall1/ 

In this episode of HVAC Know It All Podcast, host Gary McCreadie welcomes Dr. Mark Modera, The Inventor of Aeroseal, Professor at the University of California, Davis, and Visiting Faculty at Berkeley Lab and Former Vice President at Carrier HVAC. They talk about why sealing ducts is important for HVAC performance, how new methods like Aeroseal, the invention of Dr. Mark Modera, is better than old ones, and why fixing duct leaks saves energy and improves comfort. Dr. Mark Modera also explains the science behind duct leaks, how they affect system performance, and how modern sealing technology makes the job easier. This discussion gives HVAC professionals useful tips on improving airflow, making homes more effective, and using better duct sealing methods.Dr. Mark Modera talks about the problems caused by duct leaks in HVAC systems and why old sealing methods don't work as well as new solutions like Aeroseal. He explains why it's important to check and measure duct leaks, the need for ongoing learning in building science, and how technology is making duct sealing better for improved system performance. They also discuss how clear communication, better diagnostics, and advanced sealing techniques can help HVAC professionals improve performance and reduce energy waste.This episode is packed with practical HVAC tips, industry challenges, and real solutions to help technicians learn about duct leaks, boost system performance, and use better sealing methods for improved performance.Expect to Learn:Why duct leakage is a major issue and how it impacts HVAC system performance.The limitations of traditional duct sealing methods and the benefits of Aeroseal.How verifying and measuring duct leakage can improve energy efficiency.Common misconceptions about duct sealing and their impact on home comfort.How modern technology is transforming the way HVAC professionals approach duct sealing.Episode Highlights: [00:00] – Introduction to Dr. Mark Modera[01:30] – Understanding Aeroseal: How It Works & How It Differs from Air Barrier Sealing[03:46] – The Impact of Duct Leakage on Energy Bills, Airflow & Home Comfort [07:24] – The Invention of Aeroseal: Dr. Mark Modera's Breakthrough & Impact on Duct Sealing & Energy Savings  [11:12] – The Evolution of Heat Pump Technology & the Need for Better Duct Sealing Solutions [14:11] – How Aeroseal Was Developed & Its Impact on Basement Duct Leakage and Air Distribution  [15:56] – Why Aeroseal is a Game-Changer for Hard-to-Reach Duct Leaks  [18:01] – How Long Does Aeroseal Take? Setup, Application & Real-Time Leakage MonitoringThis Episode is Kindly Sponsored by:Master: https://www.master.ca/ Cintas: https://www.cintas.com/ Supply House: https://www.supplyhouse.com/ Cool Air Products: https://www.coolairproducts.net/ Lambert Insurance Services: https://www.lambert-ins.com/ Follow the Guest Dr. Mark Modera on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-modera-94432212/ Aeroseal: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aeroseal-llc/about/ University of California: https://www.linkedin.com/school/uc-davis/ Berkeley Lab: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory/ Carrier HVAC: https://www.linkedin.com/company/carrierhvac/ Website: Aeroseal: https://aeroseal.com/ Carrier HVAC: https://www.carrier.com/carrier/en/worldwide/   Follow the Host:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-mccreadie-38217a77/ Website: https://www.hvacknowitall.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/HVAC-Know-It-All-2/61569643061429/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hvacknowitall1/ 

Michael Rowley, President and CEO of Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSX.V: PGE – OTCQB: PGEZF), joins me to review the recent news out regarding the collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ("Berkeley Lab"), with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") via the Advanced Research Projects Agency program, to study the potential for geologic hydrogen production at its flagship Stillwater West Ni-PGE-Cu-Co + Au project in Montana.   Funding in the amount of U.S. $2 million has been secured by Berkeley Lab to advance the "Cyclic Injection for Commercial Seismic-Safe Geologic H2 Production (CyclicGeoH2)" project, led by Berkeley Lab Research Scientist Dr. Mengsu Hu in collaboration with the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Texas at Austin. The team is developing technologies for geologic hydrogen production that address the challenge of extracting hydrogen both safely and economically at commercial scale. The technology involves the use of adaptive controls of fracture creation followed by serpentinization reactions to generate and subsequently extract hydrogen to a wellhead.   Mike also highlighted that the Company has partnered in 2023 with Cornell University that received government funding to partner with Stillwater Critical Minerals researching the potential for carbon sequestration at Stillwater West.  This brings in the larger discussion of navigating the complex series of government bodies and processes to procure funding and partnerships between the government, higher education institutions, and critical minerals companies.  Stillwater Critical Minerals has been successful in aligning themselves in the process, which is attracting more interest from funds focused on legitimate ESG initiatives, and has put them on the radar of more government bodies looking to develop supply chains of critical minerals, while doing it in a more green manner.  Carbon sequestration and capturing geological hydrogen can only be possible in a development scenario at Stillwater West, and points to the significance of the growing domestic critical minerals resources in Montana.   If you have any questions for Mike regarding Stillwater Critical Minerals, then please email me at  Shad@kereport.com.   In full disclosure, Shad is a shareholder of Stillwater Critical Minerals at the time of this recording.   Click here to follow along with the latest news from Stillwater Critical Minerals

NPM's Andrew Burnes is joined this week by energy social scientist Robi Nilson of Berkeley Labs who recently led a study researching utility-scale renewable project delays and cancellations.Nilson does a deep dive into the results of that study with a particular focus on local opposition, the impacts it has on solar vs. wind projects, and the steps developers can take to avoid and mitigate opposition obstacles.Finally, Nilson provides her take on the growing number of states shifting renewable energy project siting oversight away from the local level and its possible ramifications going forward.New Project Media (NPM) is a leading data, intelligence, and events company providing origination led coverage of the US and European renewable energy markets for the development, finance, M&A, and corporate community.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Newsha Ajami, Chief Strategy and Development Officer for Research at Berkeley Lab, discusses the evolving intersection of water policy and science. Dr. Ajami highlights the need for water management strategies to adapt to climate change and the importance of integrating science, human needs, and environmental considerations into policy-making. She addresses the challenges in developing sustainable urban water systems and the necessity of bridging the gap between science, policy, and community. Traditional water models, which focus on average scenarios like snowfall, precipitation, and flooding levels, are becoming outdated due to climate change's unpredictability. This change challenges the effectiveness of single-solution approaches such as desalination, which alone cannot comprehensively tackle diverse water challenges like desertification, flooding, and irregular precipitation patterns. In water, As Dr. Ajami concluded this episode ‘'we need system level thinkers as well as topic expert''. The episode would encourage you to consider transitioning from traditional practices to holistic solutions for a sustainable water future. 

To set up flexible, repeatable experiments on plants and microbes, Trent Northen's group at Berkeley Lab created a fabricated ecosystem – an EcoFAB. These small plastic growth chambers let researchers around the world compare their work consistently. And EcoFABs also work well in the classroom. This episode, we visit Los Medanos College to see EcoFABs in action in Jill Bouchard's BIO 21 lab course. Links from this episode:Submit your own proposal to work with the JGIFind out more about EcoFABsConnect with Ying Wang about her lab at Texas A&MEpisode TranscriptOur contact info:Twitter: @JGIEmail: jgi-comms at lbl dot gov

Trent Northen studies the chemistry of microbiomes. More specifically, he studies how exogenous metabolites structure a microbial community, and, in turn, how those microbes change the metabolite pool and grow the microbial population. Because his work is primarily funded by the Department of Energy, he's focused on the microbial community in soil and on plant roots. He describes The basic cycle of plant life, metabolites, and the microbial population and how this complex system affects each of its parts; The methods of his lab's research, including studies on hydroponic plant systems that are paired with the work of colleagues in the field; and The applications for these studies, like carbon restoration in poor, less fertile soils. Trent Northen is the Interim Deputy of the EGSB Division and a Chemist Senior Scientist at the Berkeley Lab of Biosciences. He begins the podcast describing the rich and complex cycles of plant, metabolites, and microbes, noting  how plants feed microbes that live in and around their roots and how those microbial populations in turn help the plants with nitrogen-fixing, excluding pathogens, and transporting phosphorous, among other processes. His work mostly focuses on bacteria that live in close proximity to the roots, but he describes how fungi can interact with plant roots over very large distances. For example, biological soil crusts use fungal hyphae in extraordinary ways. He explains this process and ecology in more detail and then he describes his research into the microbial community attached to the roots of the plants—the rhizosphere. He also explains the mechanism of soil depletion in big agriculture, how the compost and organic carbon cycle of decaying plant materials is absent from larger farming systems. Furthermore, he elaborates on ways the work of his lab can and might address such problems as well as studying which plants might grow in low nutrient environments and heal the soil as well as practices for soil carbon restoration and other advances. For more information, see his lab's website, northenlab.org, and eco-fab.org. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Why isn't more plastic actually recyclable? Why don't compostable forks actually compost? And when are we going to solve our waste problems?This episode features three scientists working to manage the planet's plastic addiction by developing smarter materials that avoid the pitfalls of 20th century plastics. We talk about the challenges of the current recycling and composting systems, philosophies of materials design, why trying to recycle some things is just "wishcycling," and why we can allow ourselves to feel a little optimism — even though the news paints a pretty bleak picture sometimes. My guests are:Brett Helms, a materials scientist at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry. Helms leads a team that invented an infinitely recyclable plastic and is now working to bring it to the market.Ting Xu is a senior materials scientist and chemist at Berkeley Lab and professor at UC Berkeley. Her lab is developing non-toxic compostable plastics that stay durable when in use, but break down easily in the environment.Corinne Scown is a scientist in Berkeley Lab's Energy Technologies Area and director of Techno-economic Analysis at the Joint BioEnergy Institute. She performs techno- economic and lifecycle analyses for Brett, Ting, and other scientists, meaning that she models the inputs, outputs, prices, and environmental impact of materials so that we can understand how they will perform on an industrial scale before they actually get to the industrial scale. 

The smallest element in the universe has big potential for clean, sustainable energy. In fact, we've been using it as a fuel for vehicles here on Earth and NASA vehicles out exploring the solar system for many decades. So why aren't we living in a hydrogen utopia already, and how can we get there? In this episode, we discuss the past, present, and future of hydrogen energy, including the dirty side of hydrogen production and the current push for zero-emissions hydrogen to power our daily lives and decarbonize big-ticket industries like steel manufacturing.  Featuring:Adam Weber, a chemical engineer who studies fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, and solar fuel generators. Adam is the lead of Berkeley Lab's Energy Conversion Group and Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, and co-director of the Department of Energy Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck Research Consortium. He is a senior chemist/engineer in Berkeley Lab's Energy Technologies Area. and Hanna Breunig, an environmental engineer who performs modeling and systems analysis to study the social, economic and environmental impacts of emerging energy technologies. Hanna is a research scientist in the Energy Technologies Area and deputy head of Berkeley Lab's Sustainable Energy and Environmental Systems Department. She also holds a position in Berkeley Lab's Earth Systems and Society Domain in the Climate and Ecosystem Science Division.Cheat sheet:More info on electrolyzers, the devices that use electricity to produce hydrogen gas by splitting water molecules. More info on fuel cells, which are the opposite of electrolyzers. These cells share many features with a battery, and use hydrogen gas to generate electricity. Water is made in the process. 

This week on the FAIR Data Podcast, Rory is joined by Donny Winston, founder and principal consultant at Polyneme, a software and data consultancy, and host of the Machine-Centric Science podcast! To kick things off Rory and Donny discuss the academic interests that led to Donny's current interest and expertise in data sharing and management. Donny shares his journey from encountering a fork in the road between nanotechnology and computer science in high school to pursuing a postdoc position at Hewlett-Packard Labs, and beyond! With a strong entrepreneurial spirit evident in his achievements, Donny briefly shares some projects he took on and developed in the interim as he found his way to a position he truly enjoyed at Berkeley Lab. This journey of academic passion and technical expertise development eventually led to Donny applying his skills and expertise in the founding of Polyneme, a data and software consulting firm based in New York. Donny goes on to share some of the work that goes on behind the scenes at Polyneme, as well as providing some background on his decision to start the Machine-Centric Science podcast. In addition, Donny provides insight into his engagement with the community through his role at FAIRpoints in collaboration with previous guests, Dr. Sara El-Gebali and Chris Erdmann, and highlights their upcoming event (Friday, September 30th: FAIRifying Participant Activity) and the conference on fair digital objects in Leiden towards the end of October, where they will be presenting an abstract on publishing fair points, i.e. Training material developed during their events as fair digital objects. To conclude, Rory and Donny also dive into some of the key current and upcoming issues in the fields of FAIR and Open Science. Join us for the full conversation!

Chris chatted with David Siap, Associate at McKinsey & Company. David is an experienced business and technology professional with experience in energy, climate, and consulting. At Haas, David was part of many programs, including several MBA challenges and Berkeley StEP, the Student Entrepreneurship Program.David grew up in an undocumented immigrant Filipino family, which helped shape his relationship with change and challenges. It made him good and comfortable with rolling with the punches, dealing with ambiguity, and challenging himself.In this episode, he talked about his experiences taking up different majors in his undergrad, early professional career, and grad school at UC Davis.He then shared his time at a prestigious place after grad school, Berkeley Lab, going to business school right after, and eventually joining McKinsey.Episode Quotes: Pivoting from wind energy to climate tech"I want to understand why things are the way they are and how can I impact people. And I thought that, at that time, it seemed clear to me that climate change would be one of the biggest challenges of our generation. And I wanted to be there. I was already working on a climate-adjacent automotive product, but I wanted to be at the bleeding edge of the tech. And so, that's why I ended up pivoting."During his time at The Berkeley Lab"It was a really great time. I landed there and felt like, wow, everybody is so crazy smart, so much more than me. There's a Ph.D. from MIT sitting next to me. On the other side, there's a Harvard Ph.D. in physics. There's a Nobel Prize winner down the hall. It was a really crazy place to be. And it was great to be surrounded by folks who were so smart and focused on something that was a net positive for society. Everybody there was working on climate change when presumably a lot of these folks could have been out conquering the world and making so much more money than you make at a national lab. But they were there, I think, because they wanted to make the world a better place."On pivoting into consulting"I was starting to see this common thread. These people are in leadership positions, and they have X, Y, and Z skills that they're good at. And those are things that I want to be good at, essentially. And so, that's when McKinsey or the consulting space became more and more real to me. I realized the skills that you can develop in the space. And I was coming initially from a growth mindset as well. And so, it felt natural to extend the MBA. I've heard other people put it by going to a place like McKinsey, I can extend the MBA work on these skills that I want to develop. And I would actually get paid for it."David's piece of advice for everyone"Trust the process and follow your passion."Show Links:LinkedInBerkeley LabSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/onehaas/donations

What is photosynthesis? Oh, no big deal, just the key to life on Earth as we know it! Join me as I take a deep dive into this amazingly sophisticated chemical process. Hear fascinating details they didn't teach you in school and get a crash course on how natural photosynthesis inspires the development of renewable energy technologies that could someday replace all petroleum products.Featuring Jan F. Kern, from Berkeley Lab's Biosciences Area; and Joel Ager, from the Energy Sciences Area and an adjunct professor at UC Berkeley.Produced and hosted by Aliyah Kovner

A Day in the Half-Life explores what working in STEM is really like, and that means conversations about inclusion. So to celebrate Pride Month, we're releasing a special episode about making research & academia culture more inclusive for transgender scientists.Publications are an essential part of career growth for scientists. But what if you no longer use the name on past work? How can you claim your intellectual labor? Transitioning to one's preferred identity can be challenging on its own. Journals and Institutions shouldn't make it harder. The Name Change Initiative, launched in 2021, aims to make the logistical hurdles to accomplish this as simple as possible for our transgender colleagues – and anyone else whose identify changes during the course of their career. The Name Change Initiative is a coordinated effort among U.S. National Labs and publishing institutions, led by Berkeley Lab, that focuses on making it easier for transgender scientists to change their name on published works. In this interview recorded last year, two initiative leaders join a transgender scientist who has faced the difficulties of transitioning openly and changing her name on past work, to share their stories.

For decades, scientists have been able to predict future Earth conditions, like rainfall and temperature, with impressive accuracy using computer programs called climate models. These models are helpful at telling us what might happen to our weather depending on how much we curb greenhouse gases emissions now, and they can be used to study how much human-driven climate change plays a role in big events such as Hurricane Harvey or last year's Pacific Northwest heatwave, compared with our planet's natural processes.We hear about climate models all the time, but how many of us know how they actually work?  In this episode, we peel back the curtain, discussing where these models came from, what they can do amazingly well, and their current limitations. And our guests talk about what it's like for them, personally, when their work is doubted, minimized, or politicized. After all, climate scientists find themselves in the hot seat a lot more often than other scientists. Today's guests are experts not only in the science itself, but also expert at staying cool under pressure, communicating their science with the public, and laughing off the negativity. Featuring:Jennifer Holm, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab's Climate and Ecosystem Science Division. Her work focuses on modeling terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on tropical forests.Michael Wehner, a senior scientist in the Applied Math and Computational Research Division. A veteran in the field, Michael used to write climate models, and now uses them to study how human-caused climate change impacts extreme weather events like hurricanes. 

Have you ever wondered how electricity is available all the time? That's the seemingly magical science of energy storage. In this episode, we speak to a policy leader and a researcher about the history of piggy-banking power to spend it later, and how this field is evolving to help us prevent extreme weather-related blackouts, adopt more renewable energy, and build bigger, better, more environmentally responsible batteries.Featuring: Noël Bakhtian, director of Berkeley Lab's Energy Storage Center. Noel formerly served as director of the Center for Advanced Energy Studies at Idaho National Laboratory and as a senior policy advisor for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Before her shift into policy and leadership, she was an engineer at NASA Ames Research Center working on Mars landing projects.Mike Gerhardt, research scientist at SINTEF Industry in Norway helping develop new battery and fuel cell technologies using experimentation and computer modeling. Before moving to SINTEF, he was a postdoc in the Energy Conversion Group at Berkeley Lab.*Special thanks to The Apples in Stereo for use of their song*This episode was hosted, produced, and edited by Aliyah Kovner. Art by Jenny Nuss. Audio samples from Halleck, Joao_Janz, and philtre.

In 1935, the famous physicist Erwin Schrödinger was debating with his friend Albert Einstein about the nature of a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics – a field that was, at the time, still very new. To illustrate his point, Schrödinger proposed a thought experiment wherein a (rather unfortunate) cat sealed in a box is both alive and dead simultaneously – up until the moment someone opens the box. Decades later, that abstract paradox is still very much alive, and enabling the development of a new generation of computers. These quantum computers use bits (called qubits) that, unlike the binary bits in today's electronics, can simultaneously exist in many states between on and off. And although the word gets overused in science, this emerging technology really is revolutionary. A fully developed quantum computer is predicted to be able to perform calculations that would be impossible for a traditional supercomputer, even with thousands of years of processing time.In this episode, our experts chat about the current state of quantum computers and explain why the mind-bending theories of quantum make coming to work a lot of fun.Featuring:Irfan Siddiqi is a professor at UC Berkeley, where he leads the Quantum Nanoelectronics Laboratory, a collaborative group dedicated to developing new and improved superconducting qubits. He is also a faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab, where he leads the Advanced Quantum Testbed and the Quantum Systems Accelerator – a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center.Zahra Pedramrazi is a project scientist at the Advanced Quantum Testbed. During her physics undergraduate, she took a quantum class with Irfan, and became hooked on the field. She is currently focused on the fabrication of superconducting qubits, working to refine their design in order to overcome the limitations of current qubits."Thus, the task is, not so much to see what no one has yet seen; but to think what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees." ― Erwin Schrödinger“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.” ― Niels Bohr

- Ktoś może zapytać: no i co? Patrzysz dziewczyno na ten spin protonu... i dlaczego to jest dla ciebie ważne?- rzuca ze śmiechem dr Maria Żurek, gdy łączymy się zdalnie. Ja z Warszawy, gdzie wiosna raczy nas sobą oszczędnie, ona ze słonecznej Kalifornii. Maria jest fizyczką doświadczalną, zawodowo zajmuje się protonami, a konkretnie zderzaniem ich w potężnych akceleratorach (przyspieszaczach) cząstek. Ma w sobie tyle pozytywnej energii, że jakby chciała to sama mogłaby te protony rozpędzać do prędkości światła. Uprzedzam, zaraża fascynacją do fizyki! Niedawno przeniosła się z Berkeley Lab na Argonne Lab, USA. To pytam: dlaczego ten spin protonu taki ważny? - Spin jest podstawową wielkością, tak jak masa czy ładunek. Ma ją każda elementarna cząstka we Wszechświecie. Jest wielkością fundamentalną, bo odpowiada za to, że materia z której się składamy jest uporządkowana w taki, a nie inny sposób - podkreśla Maria. - Moje najważniejsze pytanie to: jak wygląda proton, jeśli chodzi o strukturę spinową. Wiemy, że spin protonu jest dobrze określony, to 1/2. My się zastanawiamy, jak te własności protonu są związane z jego niesamowicie dynamiczną strukturą - tłumaczy.Bo, tu przypomnienie, proton nie jest cząstką elementarną. Składają się na niego kwarki i gluony, które (to jest szokujące) poruszają się niemal z prędkością światła. - To jest trochę nieintuicyjne.... - przyznaje Maria. Mhm, trochę.Ta rozmowa była dla mnie wielką przyjemnością, do której zapraszam Was. Odpalajcie odcinek i dajcie się wciągnąć w świat najbardziej fundamentalnych cegiełek budujących naszą rzeczywistość. Gadamy o fizyce korzystając metafor gumki recepturki, bączków i obwarzanków. Pytam też, jak to jest pracować w tak wielkich grupach badawczych, jak to jest iść do pracy, żeby rozpędzać protony, jak to jest być "et alem" i co dr Żurek uważa na temat głośnych wyników z Fermilabu z eksperymentu Muon g-2. || https://www.mariakzurek.com/ || https://patronite.pl/radionaukowe || https://radionaukowe.pl/

What do advanced medicines, renewable fuels, vegan burgers, smart fabrics, petroleum-free plastics, and cruelty-free cosmetics have in common? They're all produced with specially engineered microbes! Yep, microbes.  In episode three, we explore the fields of science making this 21st century industrial revolution possible: synthetic biology and biomanufacturing. Our guests discuss how humans first developed the tools and knowledge to harness the natural capabilities of bacteria and yeast, and chat about where this rapidly accelerating industry could go next. (Hello painless vaccines and eco-friendly air travel!)Featuring:Jay Keasling, CEO of the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI),  senior scientist at Berkeley Lab, and  professor of both Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Bioengineering at UC Berkeley. Jay is also the Philomathia Chair in Alternative Energy at UC Berkeley, and cofounder of the biotech company Amyris.andDeepika Awasthi, a project scientist in Berkeley Lab's Biological Systems and Engineering Division and an affiliate at JBEI.Produced and hosted by Aliyah Kovner

A Day in the Half Life is a podcast from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) about the incredible and often unexpected ways that science evolves over time, as told by the researchers who led it into its current state and those who are going to bring it into the future.In our very first episode, we discuss machine learning. First developed about 80 years ago, machine learning (ML) is a type of artificial intelligence centered on programs – called algorithms – that can teach themselves different ways of processing data after they are trained on sample datasets.In the early days of ML, the technology was used for simple tasks such as voice recognition or identifying a specific type of object in images, and was only found in high-end academic, government, or military devices. But now, advanced ML algorithms are everywhere, powering everything from our cars to our voice assistants to the ads appearing on our news feeds. And, in addition to making everyday life easier, ML algorithms are beginning to improve and expedite scientific and medical research in truly dramatic ways. In fact, the range of potential applications is so huge that the question has shifted from “Can we use machine learning to solve this?” to “Do we understand the way these algorithms work well enough to feel comfortable using ML for this?” Our two ML expert guests are:John Dagdelen, a materials science graduate student researcher at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley. John is part of several scientific teams using ML to discover new materials and material properties, as well as using ML to make discoveries in COVID-19 research.Prabhat, the former leader of the Data and Analytics Services group at NERSC, Berkeley Lab's world-renown supercomputing center. Prabhat has been using and developing ML for decades, including for use in climate research. He is now at Microsoft.

Microbes perform functions from digesting our food to cycling elements in the environment. Aindrila Mukhopadhyay works to unpack some of their huge potential in her work. She explains to listeners The variety of microbe roles, from biofilms that hold the desert down to carbon-eating strains of microbial life; How types of membrane transport and signaling lead to various lab modifications for effective studies; and Examples of lab discoveries, including a fungus-bacteria combination that produces sustainable dyes.  Aindrila Mukhopadhyay is a Biological Engineer Senior Scientist at Berkeley Lab. She studies types of membrane transport and stress response in microbiology, specifically bacterial stress response. She helps listeners understand her field by describing the capability of microbes, including their ability to make compounds and products that are valuable and can address some of the biggest challenges facing us. She offers some fascinating examples such as Pseudomonas putida KT2440, which can eat carbon sources that other microbes have difficulty eating.  She also explains how she works with these organisms in a lab setting, describing plasmid transport and utilizing stress responses in microbiology to allow cells to take in media. She also discusses how her work implements engineering strategies and how that dictates which organisms she may use. For example, she stays away from organisms with a bacterial stress response of spore production because manufacturing necessitates predictable and stable organism. Finally, she gives examples of current projects as part of her work with the Bioenergy Research Center funded by the Department of Energy. She leads a group that studies organisms that produce biofuels and other bio products.   For examples of her work, google her name for a list of publications and see her institution web site: biosciences.lbl.gov/profiles/aindrila-mukhopadhyay. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Trent Northen studies the chemistry of microbiomes. More specifically, he studies how exogenous metabolites structure a microbial community, and, in turn, how those microbes change the metabolite pool and grow the microbial population. Because his work is primarily funded by the Department of Energy, he's focused on the microbial community in soil and on plant roots. He describes The basic cycle of plant life, metabolites, and the microbial population and how this complex system affects each of its parts; The methods of his lab's research, including studies on hydroponic plant systems that are paired with the work of colleagues in the field; and The applications for these studies, like carbon restoration in poor, less fertile soils. Trent Northen is the Interim Deputy of the EGSB Division and a Chemist Senior Scientist at the Berkeley Lab of Biosciences. He begins the podcast describing the rich and complex cycles of plant, metabolites, and microbes, noting  how plants feed microbes that live in and around their roots and how those microbial populations in turn help the plants with nitrogen-fixing, excluding pathogens, and transporting phosphorous, among other processes. His work mostly focuses on bacteria that live in close proximity to the roots, but he describes how fungi can interact with plant roots over very large distances. For example, biological soil crusts use fungal hyphae in extraordinary ways. He explains this process and ecology in more detail and then he describes his research into the microbial community attached to the roots of the plants—the rhizosphere. He also explains the mechanism of soil depletion in big agriculture, how the compost and organic carbon cycle of decaying plant materials is absent from larger farming systems. Furthermore, he elaborates on ways the work of his lab can and might address such problems as well as studying which plants might grow in low nutrient environments and heal the soil as well as practices for soil carbon restoration and other advances. For more information, see his lab's website, northenlab.org, and eco-fab.org. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Simon Roux is a member of the metagenome project at the Joint Genome Institute, which is a part of the Berkeley Lab. In this episode, he discusses his research on viruses that affect microbial life. Tune in to discover: How nutrient, UV, and chemical stress of the host cell could trigger the lytic cycle of viral reproduction What is unique about filamentous bacteriophage How phage predation could drive speciation of microorganisms How biofilms can protect microbes from viruses These days, it seems all the world has its focus on one virus, but Roux reminds us that there are likely billions of viruses in the universe, with at least one for every species on Earth. Over the course of the last five years or so, we've gone from having discovered just a few thousand virus genomes to now two million virus genomes. This is a massive amount of growth in data, and according to Roux, viruses will just continue to be discovered for the foreseeable future. As part of the metagenome project, Roux uses a number of ‘omics' to study the genetic composition and function of viruses, including metatranscriptomics and metabolomics. He focuses exclusively on viruses of microbes, whether bacteria, archaea, or protists. He explains that contrary to what many people think, viruses don't just kill their host cells, but carry out an array of activities and may choose between a lytic infection and a chronic infection.   Roux discusses a number of topics involving phage, the viruses of bacteria. With over ten years' worth of data at their fingertips, Roux is one of many researchers asking questions about the nature of the interactions between host cells of different types of microbes and viruses across microbial species. To learn more about the work being done at Berkeley Lab and the Joint Genome Institute, visit https://www.lbl.gov/ and https://jgi.doe.gov/.   Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK

Californians Will Vote on Affirmative Action In November California voters will decide in November whether the state should restore affirmative action. This after the state Senate voted yesterday to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED New Bill Would Restore Voting Rights To Parolees California voters will decide whether to grant people convicted of a felony, the right to vote once they’re on parole. State legislators just voted on to put it on the November ballot. Reporter: Guy Marzaroti, KQED Dr Fauci Says Coming Weeks Are Critical for California Perhaps no one has been as vocal during the COVID 19 pandemic than infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci. He’s often the bearer of bad, but indispensable news. Here are some highlights from a virtual Sacramento Press Club event yesterday.  Reporter: Sammy Caiola, CapRadio Berkeley Lab Testing New Saliva-Based COVID Test California is experiencing a surge in reported cases of COVID-19. Three months into the pandemic tests remain scarce. Early on, at UC Berkeley, Dr. Jennifer Doudna who co-discovered CRISPR gene editing technology, transformed her lab into one focused on COVID testing. Her team has come up with a saliva-based test, they’ve been trying out on campus this week.  Guest: Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley 'Black Lives Matter' Church Settles Lawsuit With Fresno Officials The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, and Fresno County’s Registrar of Voters have settled a lawsuit this week that will allow a church with Black Lives Matter banners to host a ballot drop-box. Reporter: Laura Tsutsui, Valley Public Radio L.A.'s Black Neighborhoods Are Experiencing Severe Unemployment Unemployment has exploded across the country during the coronavirus pandemic, and Los Angeles is no exception. More than 20 percent of L.A. workers are out of a job. The numbers are even higher in L.A.’s black neighborhoods. Reporter: David Wagner, KPCC 

In this post, I share the research statement I wrote to become a finalist in a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship competition called the Owen Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellowship at Berkeley Lab. At the time of the application, I did not have any main-author papers published yet but some in the pipeline. If you are wondering what do you even write in a research statement, I am totally with you. I felt the same way. What do I say? Then I learned that what you mainly say in a research statement is what you have done already and how that makes you great. Listen to the audio to hear this discussion. Associated Blog post: https://howtophd.org/2018/08/how-to-write-research-statement-for.html Leave a comment on the How to PhD blog: GOT A QUESTION? GUESS WHAT, YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTION IN THE COMMENTS OF ANY POST INCLUDING THIS ONE AND I WILL WRITE A POST TO ANSWER IT.

In the race to build the world's fastest computers, Soledad Toledano is on the frontlines. After more than eight years protecting the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Soledad is now the security engineer responsible for defending the National Energy Research Scientific Computer Center's super computing division. With responsibilities ranging from pentesting, network security architecture, vulnerability assessment, and machine learning adoption, Soledad hopes her highly-challenging security engineering experience will help disrupt stereotypes in the field. An outspoken advocate for women entering the field, Soledad is also fighting to close the gender gap. In our latest episode, Soledad breaks down her work, recounts her path to Berkeley Lab, and dives into what she's focused on next.

Using brain organoids to understand neural development, learning computer science and engineering by building remotely controlled quadcopters, understanding geysers, high-tech approaches to sustainable agriculture, the work of the Berkeley Laboratories, and a very smart puppy, all on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Show ID: 35682]

Using brain organoids to understand neural development, learning computer science and engineering by building remotely controlled quadcopters, understanding geysers, high-tech approaches to sustainable agriculture, the work of the Berkeley Laboratories, and a very smart puppy, all on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Show ID: 35682]

Using brain organoids to understand neural development, learning computer science and engineering by building remotely controlled quadcopters, understanding geysers, high-tech approaches to sustainable agriculture, the work of the Berkeley Laboratories, and a very smart puppy, all on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Show ID: 35682]

Using brain organoids to understand neural development, learning computer science and engineering by building remotely controlled quadcopters, understanding geysers, high-tech approaches to sustainable agriculture, the work of the Berkeley Laboratories, and a very smart puppy, all on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Show ID: 35682]

Using brain organoids to understand neural development, learning computer science and engineering by building remotely controlled quadcopters, understanding geysers, high-tech approaches to sustainable agriculture, the work of the Berkeley Laboratories, and a very smart puppy, all on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Show ID: 35682]

Using brain organoids to understand neural development, learning computer science and engineering by building remotely controlled quadcopters, understanding geysers, high-tech approaches to sustainable agriculture, the work of the Berkeley Laboratories, and a very smart puppy, all on this edition of On Beyond. Series: "On Beyond" [Show ID: 35682]

Today's guest is Ilan Gur, the CEO of Activate and the Founder of Cyclotron Road. Cyclotron Road is an entrepreneurial fellowship program that pairs PhD fellows working on promising scientific breakthroughs with grants that pay their salaries. Access to a bunch of expensive equipment and showers them with mentorship to try to bridge the gap between early academic research that shows great promise and actually turning the corner to become a company. Prior to founding Cyclotron Road, Ilan launched two science-based startups including Seeo, an advanced battery company that was acquired by Bosch in 2015. He was also a program director at ARPA-E. He holds a PhD in material science and engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.In today’s episode, we cover:Overview and origin story of Activate & Cyclotron RoadIlan’s time at ARPA-E and key learningsThe 3 components of Activate’s entrepreneurial fellowship programHow it works, application process, etcRelationships with corporate partners, government agencies, etcHow the organization is fundedKey learnings from initial cohortsExpansion plansWhat is missing that would help accelerate their effortsHow you and I can helpLinks to topics discussed in this episode:Activate website: https://www.activate.org/ARPA-E: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/Berkeley Lab: https://www.lbl.gov/Opus 12: https://www.opus-12.com/DARPA: https://www.darpa.mil/Nicole Systrom: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleschuetz/Sanjay Wagle: https://lightsmithgp.com/team/sanjay-wagle/David Danielson: http://www.b-t.energy/ventures/team/dave-danielson/Raymond Weitekamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondweitekamp/Horst Simon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/horst-simon-6b3417/Cheryl Martin: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=taxonomy/term/851/allMosaic Materials: https://mosaicmaterials.com/Bill McKibben: http://billmckibben.com/Al Gore: https://www.algore.com/You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Enjoy the show!

For transcript, links, show notes, video and more visit: https://pagely.com/podcast/episodes/ep-5-chris-lema/ When it comes to B2B SaaS companies Chris has been around the block more than a few times. He's performed various roles ranging from product development, strategy & software engineering for Liquid Web, Crowd Favorite, Emphasys, AutoTradeCenter, Integranova, QuantumShift, ICE Wireless, Pagoda and Berkeley Lab. In today's episode Josh and Chris talk about pricing strategies, dark patterns in pricing presentation, parenting advice when it comes to digital devices, lessons from coaching entrepreneurs at various startup stages, the role of timing in the success of startups, overcoming impostor syndrome and more. Enjoy!

¡Bienvenidos a Cuanta Ciencia! En donde hablamos de los descubrimientos más curiosos en el terreno de la ciencia.Este programa es traído gracias al apoyo que recibimos en Patreon de personas como Jaime Rosales. Tú también puedes apoyarnos en Patreon.com/CuantoContenido en donde también tenemos programas enfocados en cine y en cómics. En este episodio hablamos de Tentáculos Pensantes, Inteligencia Artificial Predictiva y Ejercicio y SinapsisEste y más contenido disponible en www.patreon.com/cuantocontenido y danos like en www.facebook.com/cuantocontenido que no te cuesta nadaCuanta Ciencia 04 - Noticias de interés al 10 de Julio de 2019¡Bienvenidos a Cuanta Ciencia! En donde hablamos de los descubrimientos más curiosos en el terreno de la ciencia.Este programa es traído gracias al apoyo que recibimos en Patreon de personas como Jaime Rosales. Tú también puedes apoyarnos en Patreon.com/CuantoContenido en donde también tenemos programas enfocados en cine y en cómics. ____________________Tentáculos PensantesLos pulpos son unas de las criaturas más fascinantes que hay en este planeta y eso se debe a su inteligencia y habilidad. Recientemente se descubrió que no toda su inteligencia viene del cerebro, sino de todo su cuerpo, ya que los cefalópodos evolucionaron de manera radicalmente distinta al resto de los seres vivos en el planeta. ¿Por qué? Por que en lugar de tener un sistema nervioso centralizado como nosotros, seres vertebrados, nos encontramos que dos terceras partes de sus neuronas están distribuidas en sus tentáculos, las cuales pueden tomar decisiones por sí mismas, sin recibir órdenes del cerebro. El neurocientífico Dominic Sivitilli de la Universidad de Washington nos dice que "Es un modelo alternativo de inteligencia, lo cual nos ayuda a entender sobre la diversidad cognitiva que hay en el mundo y quizás en el universo". Lo más fascinante al respecto es que aunque los tentáculos no se comunican con el cerebro, estos se comunican con otras partes del cuerpo del pulpo, pudiendo realizar acciones complejas mientras el cerebro se enfoca en otras actividades. "It's an alternative model for intelligence. It gives us an understanding as to the diversity of cognition in the world, and perhaps the universe."Dominic Sivitilli, Behavioural NeuroscientistFuente: https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-octopus-arms-make-decisions-without-input-from-the-brain___________________________________________¿Las inteligencias artificiales van a reemplazarnos? Tal vez sí, tal vez no, pero el saber usarlas puede ser gran ayuda. Investigadores del Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Berkeley desarrollaron una que a través de aprendizaje mecánico ha logrado identificar cosas que a los simples humanos se nos pasan por alto. ¿En que consiste? Los investigadores le ingestaron al algoritmo conocido como Word2vec más de 3 millones de resúmenes de materiales publicados en más de mil publicaciones desde 1922 hasta 2018. Se necesitaron más de 500 mil palabras distintas de todos estos resúmenes para poder establecer conexiones matemáticas entre todos los textos y con eso se podían generar predicciones. El principal tema tratado por el equipo fueron los materiales termoeléctricos. Basados en todos los textos analizados, la Inteligencia Artificial pudo determinar qué material tenía las mejores propiedades termoeléctricas, y lo más asombroso es que cuando solo había revisado materiales publicados hasta el 2008, Word2Vec fue capaz de predecir que materiales aparecerían en futuros estudios. "Honestamente no esperaba que el algoritmo pudiera predecir resultados futuros" dice Anubhav Jain, líder del equipo en Berkeley. "Quedé sorprendido cuando vi las predicciones y además el razonamiento detrás de las mismas. Esto muestra que si este algoritmo se hubiera desarrollado antes, algunos materiales pudieron ser descubiertos años antes"Ahí lo tienen, otro caso en donde el uso de herramientas como el aprendizaje mecánico en la inteligencia artificial puede ayudarnos a revisar datos y obtener mejores resultados en conjunto con la coordinación humana. "I honestly didn't expect the algorithm to be so predictive of future results. I had thought maybe the algorithm could be descriptive of what people had done before but not come up with these different connections. "Anubhav Jain, Berkeley Lab's Energy Storage & Distributed Resources DivisionFuente: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence-set-loose-on-old-scientific-papers-discovers-something-humans-missed/___________________________________________Ejercicio y SinápsisMoverse es saludable y ayuda no solo a los músculos, sino también al cerebro. Eso demuestran estudios recientes hechos en la Universidad de Ciencia y Salud de Oregon. Mientras es conocimiento común que el ejercicio es benéfico para la salud, al analizar ejercicios por periodos cortos, hechos con ratones se descubrió que estos incrementaban la cantidad de sinapsis en el hipocampo de los roedores. Al analizar más a detalle se descubrió que hay un gen en particular que aumentaba su actividad: el Mtss1L, el cual nunca se había considerado en estudios previos. Este gen encoda la proteína que promueve crecimiento en las espinas dendríticas que es en donde ocurre la sinapsis. "Previos estudios se enfocaban en ejercicios hechos por más tiempo" dice el Doctor Gary Westbrook "como neurocientíficos, no es que no nos importen los beneficios de la actividad en el corazón y los músculos, pero buscábamos saber más sobre los beneficios específicos del ejercicio en el cerebro". Si se sienten con mucha tensión al hacer demasiados procesos mentales, salgan y hagan un poco de ejercicio. Esto ayudará no solo a despejarse, sino que mejorará las funciones neuronales, ayudándoles a que carburen de mejor manera. "Previous studies of exercise almost all focus on sustained exercise. As neuroscientists, it's not that we don't care about the benefits on the heart and muscles but we wanted to know the brain-specific benefit of exercise".Gary Westbrook, M.D. Senior Scientist at the OHSU Vollum InstituteFuente: https://news.ohsu.edu/2019/07/02/study-reveals-a-short-bout-of-exercise-enhances-brain-function___________________________________________Y con esto terminamos este episodio de Cuanta Ciencia. Recuerden que este proyecto solo puede continuar con su apoyo. Si les gustó este video, denle like, dejen sus comentarios y compartan, que no les cuesta nada. Este y más episodios estarán disponibles en nuestra página de Facebook punto com / CuantoContenido. Si buscan otro tipo de programas ¿ya escucharon el podcast de Filmsteria? Se la pasarán bien escuchando a Penny, Josué y Alejandro hablando de cine y los chismes del espectáculo en algo que es como el ventaneando de los podcasts de cine. Los encuentran en Dixo, Apple Podcasts, Spotify y lugares similares. Ahora sí me despido, yo soy Dan Campos, gracias por acompañarme. Estaremos viéndonos en otro episodio, en la pequeña pantalla.

Every house is different, but nearly every home can become significantly more energy efficient by at least 20%.  Thanks to North Lennox and the team at Greenbanc, homeowners are able to achieve zero energy by investing in improvements that payback fast with rebates, tax credits, energy savings, electricity sales to the utility and create a higher home value.   They use a Home Energy Score that was designed by the Berkeley Lab and utilizes building science energy modeling to pinpoint specific changes that will yield savings. With their commitment to provide a positive social and environmental impact as a certified B-Corporation, Greenbanc is helping homeowners be successful clean energy investors with better, more valuable homes.  Stay tuned to learn more with North Lennox!

Every house is different, but nearly every home can become significantly more energy efficient by at least 20%.  Thanks to North Lennox and the team at Greenbanc, homeowners are able to achieve zero energy by investing in improvements that payback fast with rebates, tax credits, energy savings, electricity sales to the utility and create a higher home value.   They use a Home Energy Score that was designed by the Berkeley Lab and utilizes building science energy modeling to pinpoint specific changes that will yield savings. With their commitment to provide a positive social and environmental impact as a certified B-Corporation, Greenbanc is helping homeowners be successful clean energy investors with better, more valuable homes.  Stay tuned to learn more with North Lennox!

In this interview with Berkeley Lab construction project director Ben Maxwell, learn about all the facilities work to prepare for the arrival of Perlmutter. Find out how much power and cooling is being added to the machine room, how the earthquake isolation floor works, and what computer cooling and viticulture have in common!

Live from The HIVE Conference held in Austin, TX in 2018, we’re proud to bring you one of the brightest minds in the discipline of indoor air quality research, Dr. Brett Singer from Lawrence Berkley National Labs. Join Kristof as he discusses a broad array of topics that affect every single person who breathes inside a house (so, ya know, most people). It’s our last episode of 2018 and season 4 so we made sure it’s extra long (almost an hour and a half!). Enjoy it and we’ll see you next year!________________________Dr. Brett C. Singer, PhD, is a Staff Scientist and Principal Investigator (PI) in the Energy Technologies Area of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Singer is the Leader of the Indoor Environment Group and co-leader of Indoor Air Quality research in the Residential Building Systems Group.Dr. Singer has conceived, conducted and led research projects related to air pollutant emissions, physical-chemical processes, and pollutant exposures in both outdoor and indoor environments. His research aims to understand the real world processes and systems that affect air pollutant exposures. His guiding professional motivation is to provide the scientific basis to inform energy and environmental policy.Dr. Singer leads the Indoor Environmental Quality project within the US-China Clean Energy Research Center Building Energy Efficiency Program.A major focus of Dr. Singer’s work over the past decade has been the study of environmental quality and risk reduction in high performance homes. The goal of this research is to accelerate the adoption of IAQ, comfort, durability and sustainability measures into new homes and retrofits of existing homes. This is achieved through the mechanisms of buildings codes and standards; training of builders and contractors; public education; and technology development – all supported by robust research. The IE and RBS research groups conduct in-home studies, controlled laboratory experiments, simulation-based studies and data analysis to identify the most effective and energy efficient air quality control strategies.Dr. Singer’s early career research examined on-road motor vehicle emissions and the effectiveness of California’s Smog Check program. His first project at LBNL examined the sorption of secondhand smoke compounds, an effect that contaminates materials and leads to extended odors and pollutant exposures. This work helped launch interest in the study of “thirdhand” smoke.Dr. Singer has authored or co-authored over 50 papers in archival, peer-reviewed journals and dozens of technical reports and peer-reviewed conference papers.Education and Honors:2016: Named to the Academy of Fellows of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate.1998: Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.1991: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Temple University (Summa cum Laude).____________________________Lawrence Berkley National LabsFrom the infinite scale of the universe to the infinitesimal scale of subatomic particles, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Berkeley Lab – are advancing the scope of human knowledge and seeking science solutions to some of the greatest problems facing humankind. Scientific excellence and an unparalleled record of achievement have been the hallmarks of this Laboratory since it was founded in 1931.Thirteen Nobel Prizes are associated with Berkeley Lab. Eighty Lab scientists are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of the highest honors for a scientist in the United States. Fifteen of our scientists have won the National Medal of Science, our nation’s highest award for lifetime achievement in fields of scientific research, and one (Arthur Rosenfeld) has received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. In addition, Berkeley Lab has trained tens of thousands of university science and engineering students who are advancing technological innovations across the nation and around the world.Located on a 202-acre site in the hills above the UC Berkeley campus with spectacular views of the San Francisco Bay, Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram science lab in the national laboratory system supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through its Office of Science. It is managed by the University of California and is charged with conducting unclassified research across a wide range of scientific disciplines. Technologies developed at Berkeley Lab have generated billions of dollars in revenues and thousands of jobs. Savings as a result of Berkeley Lab developments in energy-efficient technologies – from cool roofs to window coatings to appliances – have also been in the billions of dollars.Berkeley Lab was founded by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a UC Berkeley physicist who won the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cyclotron, a circular particle accelerator that opened the door to high-energy physics. It was Lawrence’s belief that scientific research is best done through teams of individuals with different fields of expertise, working together. His teamwork concept is a Berkeley Lab legacy that continues today.________________________The Corsi CodeOriginally from a paper titled, Klepeis et al., J Exp Anal Env Epid 2001, 11, 231 from Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology published in the year 2001, volume 11 about a study called the National Human Activity Pattern Survey funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency.______________________________

Today we are speaking with Ilan Gur, the Founder and Executive Director of Cyclotron Road, a fellowship program that supports hard science and technology innovators as they advance a project with the potential for global impact. Ilan founded Cyclotron Road in order to provide entrepreneurial scientists and engineers with access to support and infrastructure that he noticed was lacking during his time directing research and technology projects in academia, startups, and corporate labs. The program is based at Berkeley Lab and fellows collaborate with scientists from the lab and from UC Berkeley. Cyclotron Road’s initial focus has been on advanced energy and materials technologies, and they have supported 41 innovators coming from some the world's top research institutions since their launch in 2014. Prior to founding Cyclotron Road, Ilan served as program director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), where he managed a $50 million portfolio spanning energy storage, solar energy, and advanced materials. Prior to ARPA-E, he launched two energy startups based on materials and manufacturing innovations, including Seeo, an advanced lithium battery company that was acquired by Bosch in 2015.

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the US. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency in buildings but the challenge now is not just how much energy we use, but when we use it. We need to shift loads to times when there are plenty of renewables in our electric system, and reduce load at other times of the day. New technologies will get our energy production and our energy consumption talking to each other. Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33078]

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the US. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency in buildings but the challenge now is not just how much energy we use, but when we use it. We need to shift loads to times when there are plenty of renewables in our electric system, and reduce load at other times of the day. New technologies will get our energy production and our energy consumption talking to each other. Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33078]

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the US. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency in buildings but the challenge now is not just how much energy we use, but when we use it. We need to shift loads to times when there are plenty of renewables in our electric system, and reduce load at other times of the day. New technologies will get our energy production and our energy consumption talking to each other. Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33078]

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the US. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency in buildings but the challenge now is not just how much energy we use, but when we use it. We need to shift loads to times when there are plenty of renewables in our electric system, and reduce load at other times of the day. New technologies will get our energy production and our energy consumption talking to each other. Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33078]

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the US. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency in buildings but the challenge now is not just how much energy we use, but when we use it. We need to shift loads to times when there are plenty of renewables in our electric system, and reduce load at other times of the day. New technologies will get our energy production and our energy consumption talking to each other. Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33078]

Our homes and buildings consume huge amounts of energy – up to 40 percent of all energy use in the US. Research at Berkeley Lab has greatly boosted energy efficiency in buildings but the challenge now is not just how much energy we use, but when we use it. We need to shift loads to times when there are plenty of renewables in our electric system, and reduce load at other times of the day. New technologies will get our energy production and our energy consumption talking to each other. Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33078]

No single clean energy technology can rein in carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers at the Berkeley Lab aim to add artificial synthesis to our renewable energy portfolio. The technology uses sunlight to turn CO2 and water into chemical fuels. Over the past decade, research led by Peidong Yang has yielded new classes of semiconductor materials to efficiently capture sunlight for this process, and new types of catalysts to promote the chemical reactions Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33080]

No single clean energy technology can rein in carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers at the Berkeley Lab aim to add artificial synthesis to our renewable energy portfolio. The technology uses sunlight to turn CO2 and water into chemical fuels. Over the past decade, research led by Peidong Yang has yielded new classes of semiconductor materials to efficiently capture sunlight for this process, and new types of catalysts to promote the chemical reactions Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33080]

No single clean energy technology can rein in carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers at the Berkeley Lab aim to add artificial synthesis to our renewable energy portfolio. The technology uses sunlight to turn CO2 and water into chemical fuels. Over the past decade, research led by Peidong Yang has yielded new classes of semiconductor materials to efficiently capture sunlight for this process, and new types of catalysts to promote the chemical reactions Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33080]

No single clean energy technology can rein in carbon dioxide emissions. Researchers at the Berkeley Lab aim to add artificial synthesis to our renewable energy portfolio. The technology uses sunlight to turn CO2 and water into chemical fuels. Over the past decade, research led by Peidong Yang has yielded new classes of semiconductor materials to efficiently capture sunlight for this process, and new types of catalysts to promote the chemical reactions Series: "Cal Future Forum: Our Changing World" [Science] [Show ID: 33080]

Spin is NERSC's new service platform to be used as a complement to computational tasks. In this interview with NERSC Infrastructure Services Group Lead Cory Snavely and Berkeley Lab computer systems engineer Val Hendrix, find out more about what Spin is, how it's being used for climate data, and how you can start using it too!