Podcasts about lawrence livermore national lab

Shannon Ayers from Lawrence Livermore National Lab unveiled a groundbreaking generative AI tool to boost operational efficiency at the National Ignition Facility. The tool leverages 22 years of institutional data, analyzing over 98,000 problem logs, to provide instant troubleshooting guidance for operators. By creating a decision-tree system, the lab addresses critical challenges of aging infrastructure and knowledge transfer between retiring and emerging scientific workforces. The AI-powered platform represents a strategic approach to accelerating scientific research, enabling operators to quickly resolve complex technical issues and maintain continuous data production. The tool aims to empower the next generation of scientists by providing rapid access to decades of accumulated institutional knowledge. This approach not only improves immediate operational capabilities but also supports the broader national security and fusion energy research objectives of the laboratory. By transforming how technical knowledge is captured, shared and applied, Lawrence Livermore National Lab is positioning itself at the forefront of technological innovation, demonstrating how AI can revolutionize scientific research and national technological capabilities.

This week I take you inside the world's fastest supercomputer: El Capitan. It's run by the Lawrence Livermore National Lab at a peak performance of 2.79 exaFLOPS (which translates to 2.79 quintillion calculations per second). Listen to the episode to hear how those calculations help "solve the problems of our time." 

A plasma scientist, John Brandenburg, PHD, conducted his graduate work at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California. Over his career, Brandenburg has done work on space research, energy and defense.In addition, he also contributed to the discovery of water on the Moon by working on the Clementine Mission. Brandenburg's main focus has been working to complete the studies of Einstein.Website LinkedInBooks Death on Mars Cosmic Awakening Beyond Einstein's Unified Field: Gravity & Electro-Magnetism Redefined Life and Death on Mars: The New Mars Synthesis

Bruce Tarter is Director Emeritus of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and was the eighth director to lead the Laboratory since it was founded in 1952. This episode covers the history and influence of the lab's technology on policy and strategy, the development of nuclear weapons, and the era of stockpile stewardship. It also delves into the challenges and wishes for the future of nuclear arms control.A theoretical physicist by training and experience, Bruce began his career at the Laboratory in 1967. As Director from 1994 to 2002 he led the Laboratory in its mission to ensure national security and apply science and technology to the important problems of our time. In particular he oversaw the development of stockpile stewardship during his tenure. Tarter received a SB from MIT and a PhD from Cornell. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and received the National Nuclear Security Administration's Gold Medal and the Secretary of Energy's Gold Award. He recently published “The American Lab” (Johns Hopkins University Press 2018) , a history of his Laboratory.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Lawrence Livermore National Lab and Bruce Tarter02:00 Influence of Technology on Policy and Strategy05:09 Development and Impact of Nuclear Weapons Technology16:18 The Era of Stockpile StewardshipSocials:Follow on Twitter at @NucleCastFollow on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/nuclecastpodcastSubscribe RSS Feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/nuclecast-podcast/Rate: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuclecast/id1644921278Email comments and topic/guest suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.org

In this episode of NucleCast, Adam interviews Tom Ramos, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, about the relevance of the early years of the Cold War to today's national security challenges. They discuss the lessons learned from the past and how they can inform our approach to handling current threats from Russia and China. They emphasize the importance of capturing and memorializing the history of this period and the need for strong policy analysts and integrated collaboration between the military, think tanks, and scientists. They also highlight the need for a sense of urgency and recognition of the serious threats we face.For the past 40 years, Tom Ramos has been a physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he was a member of the nuclear team that developed the X-ray Laser for President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. He later supported US/USSR arms control negotiations for START and over a span of seventeen years he created and ran a program for the Department of Defense called CAPS.Ramos, who graduated from West Point, commanded combat engineers before entering MIT to earn a degree in high energy physics.His most recent venture was writing a book titled “From Berkeley to Berlin: How the Rad Lab Helped Avert Nuclear War,” which focuses on how the United States had the ability to stand up to Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union, and his attempts to expand Soviet influence around the globe. The book brings individuals alive, especially those at Livermore, who played important roles in making the country safe during the Cold War.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Background02:02 Relevance of the Early Cold War to Today's Challenges06:41 Lessons from the Kennedy Era08:09 Challenges of Nuclear Superiority and Modernization11:26 The Need for Collaboration and Integration21:30 Advice for Present Leadership23:15 The Importance of History and Lessons Learned28:13 Conclusion and Three WishesSocials:Follow on Twitter at @NucleCastFollow on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/nuclecastpodcastSubscribe RSS Feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/nuclecast-podcast/Rate: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuclecast/id1644921278Email comments and topic/guest suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.org

On this week's episode of Climate News Weekly, host James Lawler sits down with Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Senior Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, to discuss an upcoming report on carbon dioxide removal, or CDR, titled "Roads to Removal: Options for Carbon Dioxide Removal in the United States." Additionally, two of our regular Climate News contributors, Dina Cappiello and Julio Friedmann, share their impressions, thoughts, and reactions to COP28, which is taking place in Dubai in the UAE this year. Both Dina and Julio joined us both from the ground at the conference.Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

In episode eight of the second series of Fusion Focused, Dr Ella Fox-Widdows chats with Dr Eleanor Tubman, a lecturer at Imperial College London, (recorded in 2022 before she started her new role!) about Ellie's work at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, her research and the international collaboration opportunities she's had and getting outdoors and sailing in California! Connect with Fusion Focused on Instagram & Twitter, @fusionfocused Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/pryces/music-is License code: UKFIZQRLRSQAMP09

Episode notes: Lawrence Livermore National Lab is preparing for El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration's first exascale supercomputer.

John Brandenburg, PhD is a plasma physicist. He did his graduate work in California at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in controlled plasmas for fusion power, and has worked in defense, energy, and space research. Dr. Brandenburg was also part of the Clementine Mission to the Moon which discovered water at the Moon's poles. However, the focus of Brandenburg's scientific career has been to complete the great effort of Einstein to unify the two long range forces of nature, gravity and electromagnetism.*****************************BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE is delicious coffee your brain will love.Made with ethically sourced 100% Arabica coffee grown in the volcanic soil of the Tolima Columbia region, BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE is roasted and ground in small batches, to ensure each bag contains a wonderful full bodied artisan coffee.BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE contains herbal ingredients to aid in boosting your daily mental clarity and focus.Maca root powder, green tea extract and American ginseng have all been selected for their ability to support good brain health.Taking care of your brain's health now can help delay or prevent the onset of cognitive dysfunction, including dementia, Alzheimer's, and more general memory loss as you get older just by enjoying the delicious flavor of our roasted coffee and herbal ingredients found exclusively in BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE .For more information on BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE visit us online at www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE is NOW available at Amazon.ca

In December 2022, nuclear fusion ignition occurred at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Physicists have pursued the technology to achieve such a break through for decades. Nuclear fusion power promises limitless, clean energy. It is the energy that fuels the sun and the stars. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/james-herlihy/message

1) Tammy's scientific background and how an LLNL outreach event influenced the career trajectory of her highschool self 2) A deep dive into the National Ignition Facility and some of the momentous experiments Tammy has been a part of 3) An explanation of fusion reactions, lasers, and the various components involved in the recent fusion breakthrough 4) Lawrence Livermore's mission to create a fusion industry that is equitable, diverse, and just

What is thermonuclear fusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice break down the Department of Energy's breakthrough, thermonuclear fusion at the center of stars, supernovae, and how stars are born.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here:https://startalkmedia.com/show/things-you-thought-you-knew-fun-with-fusion/Thanks to our Patrons Manny Baez, Carlo Falcigno, jason walsh, Nuno Nebel, and Michael Hart for supporting us this week.Photo Credit: NASA/ESA/ESO/Wolfram Freudling et al. (STECF)

BONUS DISCUSSION:  Dr. Greg Brennecka, staff scientist and cosmochemist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, in California, is the guest for "ROI" episode 489.  Dr. Brennecka joins the team to talk about "Impact:  How Rocks From Space Led To Life, Culture, And Donkey Kong."The host for this edition is John Kealey, and the history buffs are Rick Sweet and Jay Swords.The opinions expressed in this program are those of the hosts and the guest(s), and not necessarily those of KALA-FM or St. Ambrose University.  This program is recorded at KALA-FM, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, USA!

Dr. Greg Brennecka, staff scientist and cosmochemist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, in California, is the guest for "ROI" episode 489.  Dr. Brennecka joins the team to talk about "Impact:  How Rocks From Space Led To Life, Culture, And Donkey Kong."The host for this edition is John Kealey, and the history buffs are Rick Sweet and Jay Swords.The opinions expressed in this program are those of the hosts and the guest(s), and not necessarily those of KALA-FM or St. Ambrose University.  This program is recorded at KALA-FM, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, USA!

What if I told you that you could do velocity, acceleration, friction, rotations, impulse and momentum, pressure, sound, color, and magnetic field labs all with a single measurement device? And what if I told you that almost every student is walking into the classroom with their own device already in hand? Welcome to Physics with Phones curriculum. Each lesson details activities using built-in smartphone sensors to illustrate key physics concepts, including elevation, g force, and angular velocity. David Rakestraw, a senior science advisor at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, has put together many lessons that are freely available online. He's here to talk about how he got involved with this technology, what sensors our students can access, and how we can use these in our classes. Full show notes available at: www.physicsalive.com/phones   Webpage for Physics with Phones https://st.llnl.gov/sci-ed/Physics-with-Phones David Rakestraw is a senior science advisor at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL) in California. A multi-program national security laboratory, its primary stated mission is to enhance the nation's defense and reduce the global threat from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. Prior to LLNL, he spent 12 years at Sandia National Laboratories, where he engaged in a wide range of research and development activities. He even co-founded a company that specialized in applying microfluidics for chemical analysis. Today, he's not going to talk about any of that! Instead, this conversation will be all about doing physics with phone sensors. Physics with Phones is a series of presentations outlining a wide range of experiments that are well-aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. These were developed for the classroom, but many can be done by students in their own homes.  Learn more about David from his alumni biography: https://www.onu.edu/alumni-profiles/david-rakestraw-bs-83 Webpage for Physics with Phones https://st.llnl.gov/sci-ed/Physics-with-Phones See even more opportunities at LLNL's Teacher Research Academy https://st.llnl.gov/sci-ed/teacher-research-academy  

Last week, LLNL's National Ignition Facility successfully 'ignited' a nuclear fusion reaction equivalent to what takes place in the sun: the conversion of hydrogen to helium + energy. In a first, the experiment produced more energy than was needed to initiate the reaction. While the experiment lasted only fractions of a second, it proved what had been hypothesized since the 1960's: that lasers can be used to induce energy-generating fusion in a laboratory setting. The enormity of this achievement is that it brings the possibility of cheap, clean and safe nuclear fusion energy one step closer to reality. Joined by guest hosts Julio Friedman and Darren Hau, Climate Now sat down with Dr. Annie Kritcher, the principal designer for the successful fusion experiment, to discuss what they have accomplished, why it was so significant, and what the National Ignition Facility will be focusing on next in their work to make nuclear fusion a viable energy source.Key Questions:What was the experiment that was performed, and why was it's success so significant?What are the next set of challenges to address in developing nuclear fusion as a clean energy source?Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.Contact us at contact@climatenow.comVisit our website for all of our content and sources for each episode.

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Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Lab have made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with Will Wade, writer and editor at Bloomberg Energy.

John Brandenburg, PhD is a plasma physicist. He did his graduate work in California at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in controlled plasmas for fusion power, and has worked in defense, energy, and space research. Dr. Brandenburg was also part of the Clementine Mission to the Moon which discovered water at the Moon's poles. However, the focus of Brandenburg's scientific career has been to complete the great effort of Einstein to unify the two long range forces of nature, gravity and electromagnetism.*****************************BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE is delicious coffee your brain will love.Made with ethically sourced 100% Arabica coffee grown in the volcanic soil of the Tolima Columbia region, BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE is roasted and ground in small batches, to ensure each bag contains a wonderful full bodied artisan coffee.BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE contains herbal ingredients to aid in boosting your daily mental clarity and focus.Maca root powder, green tea extract and American ginseng have all been selected for their ability to support good brain health.Taking care of your brain's health now can help delay or prevent the onset of cognitive dysfunction, including dementia, Alzheimer's, and more general memory loss as you get older just by enjoying the delicious flavor of our roasted coffee and herbal ingredients found exclusively in BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE .For more information on BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE visit us online at www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca.BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE is NOW available at Amazon.ca

Jon has over 15 years of experience in energy investing and project finance. Prior to launching Carbon Direct, he was the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of BBL Commodities, a commodity hedge fund. Jon started his career at J. Aron, the commodities division of Goldman Sachs where he managed a large proprietary trading book across global macro markets with an emphasis on commodities. Jon was then a partner at Glencore, managing the firm's US derivative business prior to its IPO.Jon's focus on climate change and negative emissions extends to his work at Columbia University where he sits on the board of the Center on Global Energy Policy. He has been a lecturer on energy issues at the university and helps steer the Carbon Dioxide Management program. He is also an advisor to Lawrence Livermore National Lab on negative emissions.Jonathan joins me today to discuss the combination of advising and investing and how you put those two pieces together. Also, what skills are needed in the climate space. We talked about the impact of the new law, the IRA, what he thinks of voluntary carbon credits. Finally we chat about some of the biggest challenges in building the company.“Our approach has always been that for carbon management to scale, and that's ultimately the goal of our firm is to enable a vibrant carbon management ecosystem.“ - Johnathan GoldbergToday on Startups for Good we cover:Carbon Management IndustryBusiness opportunities in climate techManaging conflicts between regulatory and commercial interestsFuture of carbon credit disclosuresThe importance of aviation fuelWhat's missing in CFO type skills in early stage companiesTo learn more about Carbon Direct on their websiteSubscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes!Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Startups For Good with your host, Miles Lasater. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast listening app.Don't forget to visit our website, connect with Miles on Twitter or LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media. For more information about Purpose Built visit our website.

Colonel Keith J. Butler is the Commander of Detachment 5, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. He is the Operational Commander of all B-2 Spirit and T-38 Talon aircraft assigned to the world's only stealth bomber base and is responsible for the combat readiness of $45B in Air Force assets and 400+ Airmen. Former F-16 and F-117 pilot. Col. Butler served in the Rapid Capabilities Office and Joint Staff, graduated from National Defense University's Center For The Study of WMD Studies, Air Force Institute of Technology, is a former Secretary of Defense Executive Fellow at Autodesk and a former National Technical Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

1. The brain has approximately 100 billion neurons and 100 to 150 trillion synaptic connections 2. The Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) is developing a electronic neuromorphic brain-simulator 3. Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Blue Gene/Q Sequoia, using 96 racks (1,572,864 processor cores, 1.5 PB memory, 98,304 MPI processes, and 6,291,456 threads). 4. Ibm created 530 billion neurons in hardware with 100 trillion synapse. The simulator is not a biologically realistic simulation of the human brain 5. Dr Dharmendra Mocha divided 2 billion neurons in simulation in 77 sections. Modha is replicating the right side of the brain with complex brain functionality occurs. 6. Each synpatic core has 256 neurons. The neurons are used to create cognitive computing. 7. The TrueNorth library accessible by c/c++ contains 150 pre-designed corelets, each with a particular task. 8. Cognitive Computing may find use in big data and vision systems. 9. The TrueNorth system was fed streaming video at 30 frames a second, it recognized people, cyclist, cars, buses, and trucks with 80 percent accuracy and used 63 milliwatts of power. 10. The average human brain has 10,000 inputs per neuron. Where trueNorth only has 256 inputs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-nishimoto/message

John Brandenburg, PhD is a plasma physicist. He did his graduate work in California at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in controlled plasmas for fusion power, and has worked in defense, energy, and space research. Dr. Brandenburg was also part of the Clementine Mission to the Moon which discovered water at the Moon's poles. However, the focus of Brandenburg's scientific career has been to complete the great effort of Einstein to unify the two long range forces of nature, gravity and electromagnetism.

In the international carbon offset market, the average price of removing one tonne of CO2 from the atmosphere is still below $15 USD, nowhere near enough to cover the costs of carbon capture and storage (CCS). As Dr. Sheila Olmstead (University of Texas, Austin) explained in a recent Climate Now podcast episode, this is why CCS is one of the few climate technologies not experiencing exponential growth. “Unless there's a market for captured CO2, then it doesn't make economic sense… to adopt these carbon capture technologies.” But what if, instead of making captured CO2 the only marketable product, the capture is accomplished while also producing other goods and services?Climate Now spoke with three pioneers developing startup programs in California that plan to use biowaste (that is, agricultural residues or vegetation cleared from forests to increase their resiliency to drought, fire or infestation) to produce hydrogen fuel and CO2. The technique is called 'bioenergy and carbon capture and storage,' or BECCS. The hydrogen can be sold and the CO2 captured and stored underground. Join us for our discussion with George Peridas of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Jonathan Kusel of the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment, and Josh Stolaroff of Mote, to hear how this approach could make CCS economically feasible, perhaps even profitable, while also providing a benefit to local communities already experiencing the worst impacts of climate change, and an essential service for the well-being of our planet.01:40 - Introduction to BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage)02:06 - Introduction to BICRS (biomass carbon removal and storage)03:10 - Quick overview of carbon capture utilization and storage04:50 - Challenges of carbon capture 05:27 - George Peridas and Jonathan Kusel on the Indian Valley Wood Utilization Campus project14:57 - The importance of hydrogen15:47 - Joshuah Stolaroff explains how to produce hydrogen using waste biomass17:20 - Introduction to Mote28:41 - Carbon capture skepticism and risks

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Princeton University, and the IPCC have all published proposed climate mitigation pathways: strategies for economically reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century for California, the U.S., and the world, respectively. And they are not alone. Any given pathway to net-zero emissions offers some combination of efficiency improvements, expansion of renewable energy sources, and some amount of so-called "negative emissions," using technologies and natural processes that capture and store carbon. But what determines the ratio of these three decarbonization methods? What determines which particular ratio will produce the lowest-cost and most feasible pathway for society?Climate Now sat down with Dr. EJ Baik, to discuss her research on the least-cost pathway for decarbonizing California's electrical grid by 2045. EJ explains how major decarbonization pathways are modeled, the assumptions behind those models, and why sometimes the most economical way to reach net-zero is not what you'd expect.

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

California is a pioneer in researching the impacts of and solutions to climate change. Getting to carbon neutral - or net zero carbon emissions - is key to curbing our increasingly warming planet. Dr. Roger Aines of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory talks with Climate Now's James Lawler about the latest research on ways to capture carbon. Series: "Sustainable California" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 37993]

This week our guest is Roger Aines the Energy Program Chief Scientist in E Program at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Roger leads the Carbon Initiative at LLNL, which “aims to understand, develop, and implement technologies for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.” Several months ago, Roger wrote about the “Three Demons of Carbon Removal” in a submission to the journal Chem about “Misconceptions and Myths Surrounding Carbon Removal.” In that piece, he said that three big issues stand between us and our goal of reaching our climate goals- -The Timing Demon- resources are required to stop emissions today but building a carbon removal industry will take decades and needs to begin now. -The ‘Me-Too' Demon- will the reality of carbon removal mean that emitting industries do not pursue decarbonization aggressively? -The Demon of Injustice- carbon removal must demonstrate it can exist to benefit, not burden, communities who have previously been burdened by industry. On today's show, we'll discuss these demons with Roger and how he sees them in the context of some recent news in the world of carbon removal. Also with us, as always, is our policy co-host Chris Barnard, Policy Director at the American Conservation Coalition. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carbonremovalnewsroom/support

In 2021 alone, more than $32 billion dollars were invested in green-technology startups, a four-fold increase from five years earlier.  But how far will those dollars go?  Only about 25% of venture-backed startups actually make the transition from an innovative idea to a successful business.  And when we are considering green technology, choosing which companies will have the biggest impact means much more than a return on investment. It will determine how fast we can reach a carbon-free global economy, and how dire the impact of climate change will be.  So how do investors pick the startups with the most potential?  We spoke with G2 Venture Partners' Brook Porter, a chemical engineer-turned environmental technology investor with over two decades of experience in sustainability and technology development, about which companies are leading the way, how they succeeded, and what to be looking for among the up-and-comers in the green technology sector.Episode breakdown: 00:40 Brook's background04:30 What type of company will succeed?10:00 Wright's Law of innovation11:20 Is there a template for low-risk, high yield investment in climate tech?13:13 VC typical startup failure rate14:18 What trends is G2V following?27:00 How does policy impact venture investments?29:13 Hydrogen vs Electric cars33:54 Technologies to decarbonize aviationClimate Now is made possible, in part, by science partners like the Livermore Lab Foundation. The Livermore Lab Foundation supports climate research and carbon cleanup initiatives underway at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, which is a Department of Energy applied science and research facility. More information about the Foundation's work can be found at livermorelabfoundation.org.

Die Verschmelzung von Wasserstoff zu Helium gilt als vielversprechende Energiequelle der Zukunft. Klimaschonend soll sie sein, unerschöpflich und relativ sicher. Nun ist Forschenden am Lawrence Livermore National Lab in Kalifornien ein wichtiger Schritt bei der Laserfusion gelungen.

Gerald is the CTO and co-founder of Brainome, and he teaches as an adjunct professor at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department of UC Berkeley. Before that, he was a principal data scientist with Lawrence Livermore National Lab after being with the International Computer Science Institute for ten years.

Antonio works as a technician at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He had experience working in machining and drafting and went to a 2-year community college. He started as an intern at the Lab and now works as a full-time technician. Hear about Antonio's journey and what working as a technician at a National Lab is all about.The Talking Technicians podcast is produced by MNT-EC, the Micro Nano Technology Education Center, through financial support from the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education grant program.Opinions expressed on this podcast do not necessarily represent those of the National Science Foundation.Join the conversation. If you are a working technician or know someone who is, reach out to us at info@talkingtechnicians.org.Links from the show:The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC): https://micronanoeducation.org/Lawrence Livermore National Lab Careers for Students: https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careers/studentsLawrence Livermore National Lab Careers Site: https://www.llnl.gov/join-our-team/careersNormandale Community College Vacuum Technology Program: https://www.normandale.edu/vacuumtechnologyDelta College's Electron Microscopy Program: https://www.deltacollege.edu/program/electron-microscopyConnect with Antonio on Linkin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-correa-barrios-59933167Episode Web Page: https://micronanoeducation.org/students-parents/talking-technicians-podcast/

Hello, Indie Creatives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Founder and Principle at Rockridge Venture Law, Kevin Christopher. We talk about how to protect your Intellectual Property rights, the rights of the Creative, who owns digital rights and works, suppression of rights in China, and conducting Due Diligence for Film Investors. Enjoy! Listen+Subscribe+Rate = Love Questions or Comments? Reach out to us at contact@bonsai.film or on social and the web at https://linktr.ee/BonsaiCreative Love Indie Film? Love the MAKE IT Podcast? Become a True Fan! www.bonsai.film/truefans #MAKEIT More on Kevin Christopher https://rockridgelaw.com/kevin-christopher/ Kevin Christopher is the founder and principal of Rockridge Venture Law®, a B Corp and Real Leaders Top 150 Impact Company. Prior to founding Rockridge®, Kevin led biotech commercialization activities at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. As an entrepreneur, he has founded biotech, consumer products, and renewables companies. Kevin is a Berkeley Form + Fund Fellow, NIH RADx Faculty Member, and Yale Center for Business and Environment Business Leader. He's a Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Lawyer and Leadership Tennessee alumnus, and board member to several environmental and social impact nonprofits. Kevin has been recognized as a SuperLawyer by Thomson Reuters and Top Business Leader by Conscious Company Magazine. Kevin is a registered patent attorney, impact investor, and advisor with AgLaunch, Bethesda Green Hub, First Flight Venture Center, and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Kevin is a Tennessee county and state commissioner and is pursuing his M.B.A. at Yale University.

Lawrence Livermore National Lab biologist Jennifer Pett-Ridge collaborated with JGI scientists on an ambitious project: to bring in robots to help process experiments that measure microbial activity in soil. Now, the researchers and robots have made these experiments easier for scientists everywhere.Find more info on this episode, including the transcript, at https://jgi.doe.gov/genome-insider-s2-ep5-a-powerful-technique-to-study-microbes-now-easier 

Cierstynn is a technician at Lawrence Livermore National Lab (LLNL). Learn about her job at the National Ignition Facility at LLNL and her path to becoming a technician.The Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC): https://ate.is/MNT-ECIndian Hills Community College: http://www.indianhills.edu/Laser and Optics Technology Program at Indian Hills Community College: http://www.indianhills.edu/academics/tech/laser.phpLawrence Livermore National Lab: https://www.llnl.gov/The National Ignition Facility, at Lawrence Livermore National Lab: https://lasers.llnl.gov/Video about how a the National Ignition Facility works: https://youtu.be/yixhyPN0r3gEpisode Page: https://talkingtechnicians.buzzsprout.com/

Who better to have a spicy discussion with about #OpenMP than Tim Mattson and Bronis de Supinski? These two have truly lived at the forefront of the amazing, decades-long OpenMP journey, from its inception to its preeminence as a foundational tool for HPC application programmers. Listen to what’s coming in 5.1 and beyond, how the C++ ecosystem is evolving, why Python in HPC, and have fun as these two razz each other. Guests: Bronis de Supinski, Chief Technology Officer, Livermore Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Lab; Chair, OpenMP Language Committee Tim Mattson, Senior Principal Engineer, and Manager, Programming Systems Research Group, Intel To learn more: OpenMP.org Intel oneAPI HPC Toolkit oneAPI

In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Louise Lassalle, a postdoc at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in Berkeley, CA. Louise recounts the hurdles in the process of her move from France to the US for her postdoc. We discuss short-term hurdles; e.g., being approved for a rental, establishing credit, and the cost of moving; medium-term hurdles; e.g., choosing a health insurance plan, adjusting to the cost of living, and paying tax; and long-term hurdles, e.g., the cost of applying for a green card. This episode will give international graduate students and postdocs preparing for a move to the US a preview of what is to come and what pitfalls to watch out for.

Nuclear safety, national defense and cool experiments with an amazingly complex laser array: Here’s how the Lawrence Livermore National Lab crunches data to shape the future. -- This program is produced by Mission.org and brought to you by Splunk, the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk helps organizations worldwide turn data into doing.  With solutions for IT, security, IoT and business operations, Splunk empowers people to make faster, better decisions and take action to get things done. Learn more at splunk.com. -- For full show notes and more, go to mission.org/hidden.

Addison Snell is joined by special guest Jim Brase, Computing Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for a discussion of the efforts by LLNL and other supercomputing centers to defeat COVID-19.

Alison Takemura tells you about the podcast, and Gary Trubl, virologist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, weighs in on what a peatland sounds like. Genome Insider is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.

EPISODE #350 MISSION TO MARS Richard welcomes a plasma physicist to discuss controversial photos taken from the surface of the red planet which may prove the existence of a lost civilization. GUEST: Dr. John Brandenburg, PhD is a plasma physicist. He did his graduate work in California at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in controlled plasmas for fusion power, and has worked in defense, energy, and space research. Dr. Brandenburg was also part of the Clementine Mission to the Moon which discovered water at the Moon's poles. However, the focus of Brandenburg's scientific career has been to complete the great effort of Einstein to unify the two long range forces of nature, gravity and electromagnetism. He is the author of Life and Death on Mars: The New Mars Synthesis and Death on Mars: The Discovery of a Planetary Nuclear Massacre.   PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!! Strange Planet's Fullscript Dispensary- an online service offering hundreds of professional supplement brands, personal care items, essential oils, pet care products and much more. Nature Grade, Science Made!  C60EVO.COM The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the SourceUse the Code RS1SPEC for special discount. Change and Formula 13 TeasAll Organic, No Caffeine, Non GMO!  More Energy!  Order now, use the code 'unlimited' and your first purchase ships for free.

Today’s guest Dr. Julio Friedmann, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.Dr. Friedmann recently served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy where he was responsible for DOE’s R&D program in advanced fossil energy systems, carbon capture, and storage (CCS), CO2 utilization, and clean coal deployment. His expertise includes Large-Scale Carbon Management, CO2 removal, CO2 recycling, Oil and Gas systems, international engagements in clean fossil energy, and inter-agency engagements within the US government. He has also held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, including Senior Advisor for Energy Innovation and Chief Energy Technologist. He is also the CEO of Carbon Wrangler, LLC, is a Distinguished Associate at the Energy Futures Initiative, and serves as a special advisor to the Global CCS Institute. He was recently named as a Senior Fellow to the Breakthrough Institute and the Climate Leadership Council.Dr. Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the U.S. on carbon removal (CO2 drawdown from the air and oceans), CO2 conversion and use (carbon-to-value), and carbon capture and sequestration. His expertise includes technology, policy, and operations. In addition to close partnerships with many private companies and NGOs, Julio has worked with the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Treasury.Dr. Friedmann received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), followed by a Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Southern California. He worked for five years as a senior research scientist at ExxonMobil, then as a research scientist at the University of Maryland. He serves as a formal and informal advisor to several clean energy and CarbonTech companies.In today’s episode, we cover:Julio’s current work at the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, leading an initiative called the Carbon Mitigation Research Initiative, CAMRI.Julio’s prior work, including at places like Lawrence Livermore National Lab, DOE, and ExxonMobil.When Julio started caring about climate change, how that came about, and how his thinking on the problem has evolved over the years.What culpability the fossil fuel industry has, and their role in the climate fight looking forwards.Julio’s current work in emissions-heavy industries.The role of government.The role of carbon capture, and best ways to accelerate.The importance of prioritization, based on big levers but also on what’s doable.The role of consumers.How Julio would allocate a big pot of money to maximize its impact in the climate fightJulio’s advice for the most important things you and I can do to help.Links to topics discussed in this episode:Dr. Julio Friedmann bio: https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/dr-julio-friedmannColumbia Center on Global Energy Policy: https://energypolicy.columbia.edu/Mr. Peabody and Sherman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Peabody_%26_ShermanLee Raymond: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_RaymondStratigraphy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StratigraphyLawrence Livermore National Lab: https://www.llnl.gov/DOE: https://www.energy.gov/Ernie Moniz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_MonizOffice of Fossil Energy: https://www.energy.gov/fe/office-fossil-energyJonathan Pershing: https://hewlett.org/people/jonathan-pershing/Melanie Kenderdine: https://www.energy.gov/policy/contributors/melanie-kenderdineHoward Gruenspecht: https://www.csis.org/people/howard-gruenspechtHu Jintao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_JintaoXi Jinping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_JinpingVaclav Smil: http://vaclavsmil.com/Pete Buttigieg: https://peteforamerica.com/meet-pete/Climeworks: https://www.climeworks.com/Geoengineering: http://www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/www.geoengineering.ox.ac.uk/what-is-geoengineering/what-is-geoengineering/Chemtrails conspiracy theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theoryYou 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!

主播丨 徐涛 嘉宾丨 李文勤，薛渊 后期制作丨 迪卡普里鑫 能做科研人员，在大学/科研机构里做研究，曾被认为是完美工作：受人尊敬，还能享受寒暑假。 可现实情况也许已经改变：长期没有科研成就的挫败感，超长工作时间，职业发展的不安全感，社会的浮躁以及周围人的期待，都给科研人员带来了身体上和心灵上的双重压力。 本期节目的嘉宾正是两位科研人员，他们有着在美国和中国两地做科研的经验。我们在这期节目里，探讨这些压力背后更深层原因，也因此更了解现代科研系统的运作。 当然，我们也希望大家，尤其是从事科研的听众听了本期节目后，能够正确看待身上的压力并平衡好生活。 另外，「声动活泼」正在筹划一档新的播客节目 ——「反潮流俱乐部」。在这档节目里，我们会涉足时尚和潮流圈，并展示背后有趣、深刻的那一面，我们正在向全球征集支持者，如果你感兴趣，可以在下面三个众筹平台上支持我们，并能解锁收听第一期的demo，同时获得相应的权益。 国内支持→「冲呀 」 (https://www.chongya.com/@shengfm) 国内支持→「爱发电」 (https://afdian.net/@shengfm) 国外支持→「patreon」 (https://www.patreon.com/shengfm) 嘉宾简介 李文勤，美国Lawrence Livermore National Lab 研究员 薛渊，中国上海交通大学，助理教授 Enjoy! BGM 1 Book Bag-E's Jammy Jams 2 On Our Merry Way-Dylan Sitts Special Guests: 李文勤 and 薛渊.

The human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons, and 100 trillion connections between those neurons. Despite our inability to image each neuron and determine their exact connective patterns, several approaches for noninvasive imaging of the living brain have been developed and utilized to great benefit. LLNL scientist Alan Kaplan explores the immense landscape of the human brain and quantifies the brain in terms of data flow. Then describes engineering applications of recorded electrophysiological data and explores methods for analyzing such data to determine the pattern of signals that arise during various activities and mood states. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34465]

The human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons, and 100 trillion connections between those neurons. Despite our inability to image each neuron and determine their exact connective patterns, several approaches for noninvasive imaging of the living brain have been developed and utilized to great benefit. LLNL scientist Alan Kaplan explores the immense landscape of the human brain and quantifies the brain in terms of data flow. Then describes engineering applications of recorded electrophysiological data and explores methods for analyzing such data to determine the pattern of signals that arise during various activities and mood states. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34465]

The human brain is composed of billions of cells that communicate through chemical and electrical signals. LLNL microelectrodes can interface directly with the brain to allow us to monitor and manipulate the dynamics of these brain signals. LLNL microelectrodes are flexible and microfabricated in dense arrays that allow them to collect large amounts of information over long periods of time in the body. Scientists Anna Belle and Allison Yorita go over how these arrays are microfabricated and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34464]

The human brain is composed of billions of cells that communicate through chemical and electrical signals. LLNL microelectrodes can interface directly with the brain to allow us to monitor and manipulate the dynamics of these brain signals. LLNL microelectrodes are flexible and microfabricated in dense arrays that allow them to collect large amounts of information over long periods of time in the body. Scientists Anna Belle and Allison Yorita go over how these arrays are microfabricated and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34464]

The human brain is composed of billions of cells that communicate through chemical and electrical signals. LLNL microelectrodes can interface directly with the brain to allow us to monitor and manipulate the dynamics of these brain signals. LLNL microelectrodes are flexible and microfabricated in dense arrays that allow them to collect large amounts of information over long periods of time in the body. Scientists Anna Belle and Allison Yorita go over how these arrays are microfabricated and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34464]

The human brain is composed of billions of cells that communicate through chemical and electrical signals. LLNL microelectrodes can interface directly with the brain to allow us to monitor and manipulate the dynamics of these brain signals. LLNL microelectrodes are flexible and microfabricated in dense arrays that allow them to collect large amounts of information over long periods of time in the body. Scientists Anna Belle and Allison Yorita go over how these arrays are microfabricated and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 34464]

"Will the periodic table ever be complete?" asks Philip Craven on Twitter. In 2016 four new chemical elements were given the official stamp of approval - nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson. And 2019 was named by the UN as the International Year of the Periodic Table. In this episode, Hannah and Adam dive into the test tubes of history to hear why the first element was discovered in boiled urine, why chips don't explode and how a cancelled trip to a cheese factory resulted in the creation of the periodic table. We'll hear from Dawn Shaughnessy from Lawrence Livermore National Lab, part of the team that discovered the latest 'superheavy' elements. Science writer Philip Ball shows Adam around Humphry Davy's lab equipment at the Royal Institution of Great Britain and Jim Al-Khalili explains why scientists are eager to reach the Island of Stability. Presenters: Adam Rutherford, Hannah Fry Producer: Michelle Martin

Lee Neely is a senior IT and security professional at LLNL with over 25 years of extensive experience with a wide variety of technology and applications from point implementations to enterprise solutions. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode578 Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly

This week, we welcome Lee Neely, Senior Cyber Analyst at Lawrence Livermore National Lab for an interview! In the Technical Segment, Omer Yair from Javelin Networks brings us through his talk he presented at DerbyCon entitled: “Goodbye Obfuscation, Hello Invisi-Shell”! In the security news, new Apple and Microsoft security flaws at Black Hat Europe, CCTV makers leaves at least 9 million cameras public, upset Google+ users are suing Google, US weapons systems apparently can be easily hacked, Not all multifactor Authentication is created equal, and Kanye's '000000' password makes iPhone security Great again! All that and more, on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode578 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes!   →Visit https://www.activecountermeasures/psw to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

This week, we welcome Lee Neely, Senior Cyber Analyst at Lawrence Livermore National Lab for an interview! In the Technical Segment, Omer Yair from Javelin Networks brings us through his talk he presented at DerbyCon entitled: “Goodbye Obfuscation, Hello Invisi-Shell”! In the security news, new Apple and Microsoft security flaws at Black Hat Europe, CCTV makers leaves at least 9 million cameras public, upset Google+ users are suing Google, US weapons systems apparently can be easily hacked, not all multifactor authentication is created equal, and Kanye's '000000' password makes iPhone security Great again! All that and more, on this episode of Paul's Security Weekly!   Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode578 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/psw for all the latest episodes!   →Visit https://www.activecountermeasures/psw to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter! →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly

Lee Neely is a senior IT and security professional at LLNL with over 25 years of extensive experience with a wide variety of technology and applications from point implementations to enterprise solutions. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode578 Visit our website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly

Todd Gamblin – a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab – tells Nadia and Mikeal all about bringing open source to his peers in the national labs. They discuss what it’s like to open source a project inside the government, how Todd found contributors for Spack, why he got involved with NumFOCUS, and much more.

Todd Gamblin – a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab – tells Nadia and Mikeal all about bringing open source to his peers in the national labs. They discuss what it’s like to open source a project inside the government, how Todd found contributors for Spack, why he got involved with NumFOCUS, and much more.

Despite being diminutive in size, iChips have the potential to make big impacts on drug development and medical treatment testing. Lawrence Livermore National Lab is replicating the human body on a miniature scale, specifically focusing on brain physiology. Capturing human physiology outside the body allows scientists to probe and understand the human body without using human subjects. Staff scientist Elizabeth Wheeler describes how her group is using biology, 3D bioprinting, microchips and other technology to recreate human physiology outside the body. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 31475]

Despite being diminutive in size, iChips have the potential to make big impacts on drug development and medical treatment testing. Lawrence Livermore National Lab is replicating the human body on a miniature scale, specifically focusing on brain physiology. Capturing human physiology outside the body allows scientists to probe and understand the human body without using human subjects. Staff scientist Elizabeth Wheeler describes how her group is using biology, 3D bioprinting, microchips and other technology to recreate human physiology outside the body. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 31475]

Despite being diminutive in size, iChips have the potential to make big impacts on drug development and medical treatment testing. Lawrence Livermore National Lab is replicating the human body on a miniature scale, specifically focusing on brain physiology. Capturing human physiology outside the body allows scientists to probe and understand the human body without using human subjects. Staff scientist Elizabeth Wheeler describes how her group is using biology, 3D bioprinting, microchips and other technology to recreate human physiology outside the body. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 31475]

Despite being diminutive in size, iChips have the potential to make big impacts on drug development and medical treatment testing. Lawrence Livermore National Lab is replicating the human body on a miniature scale, specifically focusing on brain physiology. Capturing human physiology outside the body allows scientists to probe and understand the human body without using human subjects. Staff scientist Elizabeth Wheeler describes how her group is using biology, 3D bioprinting, microchips and other technology to recreate human physiology outside the body. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 31475]

A new supercomputer simulation is helping scientists visualize the evolution of stars. The NASA-funded project is based on code written by astrophysicist Richard Klein of the University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. According to Klein, this simulation is one step towards a comprehensive theory of star formation, which begins when a cloud of interstellar gas collapses under gravity. "So we start with these turbulent magnetized clouds. Follow the cloud for up to a million years of evolution, all the way to the point where stars can form in clusters." Klein turns to observations of real stars to check the results. "We begin to calculate what the properties of those stellar clusters are in great detail and then compare the properties that we get from the large scale simulations with what the observations are actually telling us." The team is currently working towards even larger-scale simulations.

When technology doesn’t work when it should, is it a tech fail? Or perhaps because humans are creating the technology, fails should be more accurately called a human fail? In this episode, we discuss various types of “fails”, including the latest popular Pokémon Go, why we can’t vote online and the biggest fail of all, a data breach. Pokémon Go full access, tech fail or win Is it possible to delete an entire company with one line of code? Why can’t we vote online? Should one person be blamed for a tech fail? Technologies that can predict your next security fail Parting Gifts Pokémon Go full access: tech fail or win? Cindy: This week, I’m calling our show #techfails. But in preparing for this show and thinking deeply about our fails, I just want to echo what Kilian has been voicing these past couple of episodes, that when our technology fails; like for an instance, if my Skype for business isn’t working, then my first thought is, “Oh, it’s a tech fail. I can’t believe it’s not working.” But we’re the one creating the technology. So, for me, it feels, at the end of the day, a human fail. Let’s discuss this and debate it for a bit. To set the context, there was an article in the Harvard Business Review, and eventually turned into a LinkedIn post too. It’s titled “ A New Way for Entrepreneurs to Think About IT.” It said that IT’s primarily known as a necessary evil, IT support or IT as a product. With many different types of technologies at our fingertips, we can really do a blend of both. For instance, APIs have really changed how firms interact and share information with each other. And we really take this for granted these days, because back then you’d have to get permission from legal to sign contracts before experimenting with partnerships. Now you can easily partner up with another service within API or use OAuth . It’s really increased our productivity, but it can also have some potential problems if we’re not careful. For instance, if you downloaded Pokémon Go earlier this week, you might have been given Google full access. That meant that the Pokémon people could read all your emails and send out emails for you. But since then they fixed it. I think, Kilian, they fixed it pretty quick. Kilian: Yeah, in about, I think, 24 hours, more or less, they had a patch out that it addressed it already. I think, as opposed to a technology fail, that might be a technology win, for a company really taking these concerns seriously and addressing it as soon as it’s kind of brought up. Mike: Before we get into that, I just want to know, what’s your guys’ level? How you been doing on Pokémon Go? Have you been getting out there, doing your Pokémon? Cindy: I’ve been…I actually downloaded it at the office. And I could have thrown something at somebody, but I didn’t. I’m like, “Well, I’m just doing this for work, so better not start running after people and throwing stuff at them.” Mike: You couldn’t convince the rest of the office that playing Pokémon Go was part of your job? Cindy: Actually, we had a mobile photography class earlier this week, and Michelle, our HR person, was walking around telling people that Pokémon’s gonna be there. She was doing that for me. Mike: Nice. How about you, Kilian, have you tried it? Kilian: No, I haven’t downloaded it. That would require going outside and interacting with things, maybe. Mike: The first couple ones show up right around you. And I think this is kind of where I was going with this, which is that a lot of this…in terms of tech fails, this is really about managing complexity. In terms of IT, trying to manage these external services, it’s about managing complexity on an organizational level instead of a personal one. Because when you think about what is involved for this stupid game of Pokémon Go, you’re talking about interacting with geosynchronous orbital satellites for GPS, the internet to get all these apps, these multiple different services. And to pull all that together requires this huge thing. The security issue came about because Google was asking for OAuth access, and that’s just when you use Google to log into it. You log in with your account and it has these things. And it’s so complex because even though it doesn’t look like it, it actually uses Google Maps data underneath. A trick you can do, is if you have Google Maps installed on your iPhone, you can enable offline map access. And in order to achieve the app to app communication on your sandbox apps on the iPhone, it needs all these extra permissions, and it’s just insane trying to make that work. It’s so easy when you’re building something to just like, just give me all the permissions, and we’ll slowly back it down until where it’s supposed to be. Cindy: Do you think this is kind of like, “okay, we’re gonna use external service, and then just not really look at the settings because we’re so focused on making Pokémon Go just a wonderful experience?” Mike: Well, that’s the consumer side. The level we work at, people try to look at something like Amazon web services, which this article mentions. It is fantastically complex. It’s something like 60 different individual services that do individual things and also overlap with other ones where like, oh, there’s like six different ways to send an email with AWS. There’s 20 different ways to put a message in a queue to be picked up by something else. Just trying to wrap your head around like, what actually is it doing, is just insane. And it’s possible to do the stuff. I think it’s just a really hard equation of, “Do we bring this in-house and have a dedicated person for it? Is that more or less of a threat than having this outside?” Something I see a lot of is…coming more from the app side of things is, people swearing up and down that, “I’m gonna get on a virtual private server somewhere for ten bucks a month, put my own version of Ubuntu on it and keep it up to date.” And it’s really hard to imagine that that is as secure as having a dedicated security team at AWS or Heroku or one of the other Azure platforms as a service. It’s that same scenario, sort of, at the organizational level, that either it’s a tremendous amount of effort to maintain and secure all those things yourself, or you’re essentially paying for that in your service contract. Cindy: I think those are all really good questions to ask, and it requires a huge team. Is it possible to delete an entire company with one line of code? Cindy: I kind of want to transition into another fail that’s different than asking good questions and figuring out the architecture. The next fail is a fail on many different levels. It would be interesting for us to discuss. Back in April, there was an article published and shared over 65,000 times when a small hosting company with a little over 1,500 users said that he deleted their customer’s hosted data with a single command. Then later we found out that he was just trying to market his new Linux service for his company. And then people were outraged, “He didn’t do a better job backing up,” they were outraged that he lied to server fault, like a community that really helps one another figure stuff out. It’s security, and backing up, and just technology, it’s complicated. I was a little skeptical reading the article with the headline that said “One Person Accidentally Deletes His Entire Company With One Line of Bad Code.” As you’re responsible for hosting data, you should have multiple backups. One of my favorite comments is, how do you even accidentally type that you accidentally deleted stuff? What are your thoughts and reactions to this article? Mike: Kilian, you want to go? I have my own thoughts. Kilian: Sure. First off, that’s a terrible job of advertising. I don’t know what he’s advertising for. Like, “Host with us and I might break your stuff.” I think the point he was probably going for is that it’s easy to make mistakes, so get a dedicated person that knows better. But I don’t think that really came across. For the actual command itself, a lot of people are in such a hurry to automate and make things easier that it is easy to make mistakes, especially as Mike mentioned earlier, with these vastly complicated systems with dozens of ways to do the same thing. The more the complex the system gets, the easier it is to make a mistake. Maybe it could be that disastrous. But a lot of things really have to go wrong, and kind of poor decisions made throughout the chain. But it’s conceivable that someone could have done that. Mike: Specifically, to the question that’s asked on server fault, which is like a question and answer side for these issues. There’s a lot of utilities that can either take a single or multiple different directories as arguments. So you say, “Hey, copy these two things,” or “Copy this one thing.” And so, in this, the person, they put a space so they have like: /pathfolder /. And so, that last slash got interpreted as the root of the volume they were on. And so, hey, we just destroyed everything, and everything includes all your keys and stuff. Something we talk a lot about in here is layered security, but you need layered backups and recovery as well. That was really the answer to this, is that they were on a virtual private server. In addition to just backing up the local data, their database, the files on it, it takes system images of your entire VPS and keeps it somewhere else. I am incredibly paranoid with backups, especially backups of systems like this. So I always try to even just get it out of the system that…if it’s on…in this case, it was Hetzner, which is a European hosting system, that you get that out onto S3 or you get it out on to Rackspace cloud or something else, just to try to make that a better scenario. Kilian: That’s a great point, is having multiple different…you can’t have one single point of failure in a system like this. Otherwise, you could be very vulnerable. Even for myself when I, for example, backup pictures off of my camera, I have to go to my laptop, I have to go to a network share, and then I have a separate hard drive that I plug in just for that, and then unplug and put it away afterwards. So I have three different places for it. Not that they’re that valuable like a hosting system, but silly things happen sometimes. You know, if I lose power or power surge, I lose two of my systems for some reason, I still have that hard drive that’s sitting in a drawer. Mike: I have a lot of discussions with people where they have backups and this very elaborate system. They’re like, “All right, I have my local network attach storage here, then I got this ‘nother server, and then I rotate them and do all this stuff.” That’s awesome until their house catches on fire and they lose everything. And that’s the stuff you have to think about. It’s like these things come in in weird ways, especially everything is so interconnected and everything is so dependent upon each other that you can just have these weird cascading levels of failure. And from very crazy sources of stuff. Like, DNS goes like a DNS server gets a DDoS attack. And then that actually ends up taking down like a third of the internet just because everything is so connected.  Why can’t we vote online? Cindy: Our next fail…I want to know if you guys think that our inability to vote online is a human fail or a tech fail. What do you guys think? Or any opinion, really. Mike: It’s all in the execution, like all this stuff. That if there was a verifiable, cryptographically secure way of knowing that you could vote, that would be a very positive thing, potentially. It’s a really interesting mix of software and technological concerns, and people, and sociological and political concerns. What I just said about having almost a voting receipt that says, “Great, you used your key to sign, and you have definitely voted for this person and done this thing.” One of the reasons that’s never been done, even on most paper stuff, is that that was a huge source of fraud that in like the olden days, when they had voting receipts, you would go and turn them into your councilman and they would be like, “Great, here’s your five bucks for voting for me in this election.” So that’s just something that’s not done. That’s not a technical issue. It’s certainly possible to do those things, but it leads to all these other unforeseen, I don’t know if you’ve heard of the cobra effect kind of things, these horrible unintended consequences. Cindy: I think this article on why we still can’t vote online was just very thoughtfully written. It talked about how it can potentially destabilize a country’s government and leadership if they don’t get voting online right. It was really just like, wow, I can’t believe a researcher at The Lawrence Livermore National Lab said, “We do not know how to build an internet voting system that has all the security, and privacy, and transparency and verifiable properties that a national security application like voting has to have.” And they’re worried about malware, they’re worried about ransomware, they’re worried about being able to go in and track, do a complete security audit. They said something interesting too about how, in the finance system, sure, you have sensitive data, and you can go back and track where the money went more or less, if you have these systems in place. But you might not necessarily be able to do that with voting, and someone can say, “I voted for so and so,” and then change it to somebody else, and they can’t go back and verify that. There are so many elements that you need to consider. It’s not just Pokémon, or you’re not trying to create a wonderful gaming experience, or you’re not trying to back things up. They’re a multitude of things you need to take in to consider. Kilian: The one big thing, and I think the heart of it, was the need for anonymity in the voting process. That’s kind of the way it was set up to avoid coercion and some other problems with it, is you need to be anonymous when you cast that vote. By putting it online, the real down side is… Like, if you think about online banking, it’s important to know and verify that you are who you say you are, and have a transaction of that entire process so you can ensure…it’s kind of both parties know that the money transfer from X to Y or so on and so forth. And you have the track of the steps. But when you try and introduce anonymity into that equation, it completely falls apart. Because if you have that tracking data going back to somebody casting a vote, then they could be a target of coercion or something like that. Or if the opposition party finds out, they could go after them for not voting for whoever. Cindy: Yeah, they did that with Nelson Mandela. Kilian: Yep. And then the other thing too is, as a person casting a vote, if you think about it, you’re kind of trusting the system. It’s completely blackboxed you at that point. So when you click the button and say, “I vote for candidate XYZ,” you have no idea, because, again, you want to be anonymous. You don’t have that verification of the system that says, “Hey, my vote wasn’t changed to candidate ABC in the process.” You kind of have to go along with it. Even if you look back at some of the physical problems with the George W. Bush election with the ballots not lining up right with the little punches. It was punching for… I forget what the other candidate’s name was. Cindy: Al Gore? Kilian: No, no, no. It was like Paton Cannon or somebody. Whoever the third party candidate was. But they were saying, “No, no, I voted for Al Gore…” whoever, but it registered somebody else. They had to go back and manually look at that, and look at the physical paper to see that to validate that. But if you think in a digital system, if you click the button, you have no way to audit that really. Because if the system says, “No, you’ve voted for this guy,” you have no proof, you have no additional evidence to back that up, and that’s the big problem. Cindy: They actually showed this in “The Good Wife,” the TV show that is no longer around, or they just ended. The voters would go in and they would vote for someone, but then it would also give the other person five additional more votes. I think another thing to…they didn’t mention it, but I think politicians or just that kind of industry are kind of a tad bit slower in the technology side. Because Barack Obama’s campaign really set the tone for using technology and using social media to kind of engage the voters. It’s kind of like he really changed how now politicians are marketing and connecting with people. I don’t know, do you feel like they’re kind of behind? Or maybe that’s just me? Kilian: My personal opinion is, we have laws that don’t make sense with where technology’s at, because they are slow. We’re still running on laws, and been prosecuting cases with laws that were made in the ’80s and early ’90s, and even older in some cases, where technology was vastly different than what we have today. This might be off topic, but there was just, I think, a ruling that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could theoretically mean that if you share your Netflix password, it’s a federal crime. Now, that’s open to interpretation, but that was a story I had seen the other day. We have all this technology and it’s evolving much, much faster than the people making the regulations can kind of keep up with it. Mike: I just want to see a Poke stop at every voting registration. Cindy: Mike has Pokémon on his mind. Kilian: It’s great, it’s good fun. Cindy: Now I have Pokémon…I actually visualized us playing Pokémon at a voting station. That would be interesting. It’s too hot and humid in New York to do that. Kilian: Vote to vote or play Pokémon. Cindy: I almost want to say Poke because it’s so hot. Kilian: Well, to the candidates out there, the first one to get on top of this making a Poke stop at the voting booths in November might seize the election with the youth vote. Mike: A Pokémon at every pot. Should One Person Be Blamed For A Tech Fail? Cindy: Let’s also kind of think about potential fails, though. We’ve seen Target, Sony, the data breaches. And so, when fails happen that costs them their jobs, do you think one person should be blamed for all of it or can we also kind of say, “We don’t have the technology right yet”? Mike: It’s interesting. What we’re talking about is, there have been a lot of very large data breaches. And what seems to happen is, it happens and then depending upon how much press it gets, the CEO has to resign or doesn’t. Or in the case of the OPM, the director. The parallel that I like to think of is Sarbanes Oxley, which has had a lot of other consequences. But the big one was that the chief executive has to sign off on the financials of the company. Before, it was always there were a lot of scandals where it was like, “I’m just running the company. My CFO and the accounting group, they were doing their own thing with the funds. And I wasn’t aware that this…” Then we said this like 10,000 pounds of coconuts we had on the dock, they were rotten were actually good. We counted those in the asset, all of those kind of shenanigans. And just that thought that, okay, the finances and the statements that are put out, that is an executive level sign off, that there’s a responsibility at that level to ensure that those are correct. What we’re seeing is sort of that happening on the IT security side. That maintaining integrity of your customer’s data, of the people you’re responsible for, that is something that the executives need to say is a priority, and to ensure that in any way they can. That if they aren’t doing that, that’s their job, that they failed at their job. Now, looking through these kind of stories, you typically find that the person in charge is not a network security person, because there’s not a lot of people that get their CISSP and then say, “I’m qualified to be CEO.” That’s just not how the normal job progression works. But they need to have people in place, and they need to make sure that the right things are happening, despite not having the personal expertise to implement those but that they make it a priority and they give budget, and they’re able to balance it against the other needs of the company. Technologies that can predict your next security fail Cindy: In order to come back from a security or technology fail…there was an article about “There’s new technology that can predict your next security fail.” They are essentially talking about predictive analytics. I really like a quote that they wrote that, “It’s only as good as the forethought you put into it, and the questions that you ask of it.” If you don’t think about it, if you don’t have a whole team to work on this huge security and technology problem…because there’s only so much you can…in terms of big data, machine learning, predictive analytics, there’s a lot of stuff, a lot of elements that you’re unable to kind of account for. So if you don’t consider all the different elements in security, you can’t build that into the technology that we build. What are some other things you think that can help companies prevent or come back from a tech fail or a security fail or a human fail? Kilian: The only thing I could get in my mind there was asking the right questions. For me is from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. If you ask it, what’s the meaning of life, the universe and everything, it’s gonna give an answer. But what’s the question you’re really trying to get out of it? That’s all I can think of in my head. I think that’s one thing people get stuck in a lot of times, is asking the wrong questions that they need from their data. I’m sorry, Mike, I cut you off there. You were gonna say something. Mike: I’m in agreement with you, Kilian, because I think too often the question posed is, “Are we secure?” There’s no crisp answer to that. It’s never gonna be yes, we’re 100% good, because the only way to do that is not to have any data, and not to have any interactions with customers. If that’s the case, then you don’t have a business. So you have to have something. You still have to have people interacting, and the moment you have two people interacting, you’re vulnerable at some level. They can be tricked, they could do anything. And then you have networks, and the networks are talking. So it’s much more about, what is the level of risk that you find acceptable? What steps can you take towards mitigating known dangers? How much effort and time and money can you put behind those efforts? There’s no quick fix. Something we talk about a lot on this is that data is, in a lot of ways, like a toxic asset. It’s something that you need to think about like, “Oh, we have all this extra data. Well, let’s try and get rid of some of it. Just so we don’t have it around to cause us a problem, just so we don’t have it around to be leaked in some way.” There’s lots of different ways to do that and lots of benefits of doing so. Parting Gift Cindy: Now in the parting gift segment of our show, where we share things we’re working on, or something we found online that we think our viewers and listeners would appreciate. I just read that Chrysler, the car brand, is offering a bug bounty between $150 to $1,500 for finding bugs. But you can’t make it public. And also, I just updated top InfoSec people to follow. I included a whole bunch of other women that were missed. So check that out at blog.varonis.com. Mike: Who’s the one person you think we should follow that we weren’t before? Cindy: I definitely think we should be all following Runa Sandvik. She’s the new InfoSec security person. She writes about the Info security at the New York Times. She also worked on Tor, and she did this really cool rifle hack. And she wrote about that. Or someone wrote about her hack on Wired. Any parting gifts, Mike? Mike: I was gonna recommend Qualys’ SSL lab server test. If you’re unaware of what it is, you can put it in your website and it will run through all the different ways in which you’ve screwed up setting it up properly to be secure. It gives you a nice letter grade. So, a couple interesting things about this. One: It’s really hard to make one of these yourself, because to do so, you have to maintain a system that has all of the old, bad libraries on it for connecting on SSL1 and 2 and 3 that are deprecated. Just so you can make the connections and say, like, “Yes, this remote system also connects with this.” So it’s not something you want to do, and it’s not something you can do trivially. So it’s great that this is an online service. And then two: I think it’s really interesting how…they essentially just made up these letter grades for what they consider as an A, A+, B. But in doing so, they were able to really improve the security of everyone. Because it’s one thing to say, “Okay, out of 200 possible things we comply with, 197 of them.” It’s a different thing to know, “Okay, we got a failing grade because one of those three things we didn’t do was actually really, really bad and exploitable.” And to be able to compare that across sites, I think, just has a lot of incentives to make everyone improve their site. Like, “Oh, gosh, this other site is a better grade than us. We should definitely improve things.” So for those reasons, I think it’s a really great part of the security ecosystem and a great tool for all of that. Cindy: Kilian, do you have a parting gift? Kilian: I was reading an article the other day, it was pretty interesting how we all come to rely on our phones and our digital assistance, like Siri or Google Now, to make our lives easier to interact with a device. Some researchers started thinking that, “Hey, this is a good avenue for exploitation.” They started kind of distorting voice commands so they can embed it in other things, to get your phone to do stuff on your behalf. So, it’s just an interesting thing to keep aware of and how you’re using your digital assistance, because other people could start to exploit it by issuing voice commands to it to maybe direct you to a malicious site or something. It’s one more thing to kind of keep in the back of your mind.   Subscribe Now Join us Thursdays at 1:30ET for the Live show on Youtube, or use one of the links below to add us to your favorite podcasting app. iTunes Android RSS The post TechFails – IOSS 15 appeared first on Varonis Blog.

How does groundwater interact with surface water and surface ecosystems? How can the many types and forms of groundwater pollution be visualized? This presentation by Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Andy Tompson shows some of the real or potential impacts of drought and climate change and how groundwater may be better managed in the future. "It may look like an Ant Farm, but there are really no ants in this demonstration!" Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 29611]

How does groundwater interact with surface water and surface ecosystems? How can the many types and forms of groundwater pollution be visualized? This presentation by Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Andy Tompson shows some of the real or potential impacts of drought and climate change and how groundwater may be better managed in the future. "It may look like an Ant Farm, but there are really no ants in this demonstration!" Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 29611]

Physicist Gilbert "Rip" Collins of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab will tell us about recent use of the world’s most powerful lasers to recreate conditions at the cores of giant planets.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The successes of the Veterans Internship program at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 27766]

The successes of the Veterans Internship program at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 27766]

The probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area during the next 30 years is 63 percent, or about two out of three. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Sean Ford and teacher Ken Wedel discuss what an earthquake of that size in the Bay Area would look like and explain its effects. Just like an earthquake, a nuclear test can cause seismic disturbances that are recorded at monitoring stations around the world. Learn how seismologists tell the difference between these two sources by sleuthing seismic signals. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 24772]

The probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area during the next 30 years is 63 percent, or about two out of three. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Sean Ford and teacher Ken Wedel discuss what an earthquake of that size in the Bay Area would look like and explain its effects. Just like an earthquake, a nuclear test can cause seismic disturbances that are recorded at monitoring stations around the world. Learn how seismologists tell the difference between these two sources by sleuthing seismic signals. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 24772]

The probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area during the next 30 years is 63 percent, or about two out of three. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Sean Ford and teacher Ken Wedel discuss what an earthquake of that size in the Bay Area would look like and explain its effects. Just like an earthquake, a nuclear test can cause seismic disturbances that are recorded at monitoring stations around the world. Learn how seismologists tell the difference between these two sources by sleuthing seismic signals. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 24772]

The probability of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake in the Greater Bay Area during the next 30 years is 63 percent, or about two out of three. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Sean Ford and teacher Ken Wedel discuss what an earthquake of that size in the Bay Area would look like and explain its effects. Just like an earthquake, a nuclear test can cause seismic disturbances that are recorded at monitoring stations around the world. Learn how seismologists tell the difference between these two sources by sleuthing seismic signals. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 24772]

Paul Jackson, Division Leader of the Biosciences and Biotechnology Division at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, presents a brief history of antibiotic use and discusses the medical and public policy factors that are, in part, responsible for increased antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes. He and biology teacher Frankie Tate then introduce a new generation of antimicrobial compounds that are derived from the bacteria's own genes that may be clinically useful to treat infections caused by antibiotic resistant pathogens. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 24518]

Paul Jackson, Division Leader of the Biosciences and Biotechnology Division at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, presents a brief history of antibiotic use and discusses the medical and public policy factors that are, in part, responsible for increased antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes. He and biology teacher Frankie Tate then introduce a new generation of antimicrobial compounds that are derived from the bacteria's own genes that may be clinically useful to treat infections caused by antibiotic resistant pathogens. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 24518]

400 years ago, our world-view changed when Galileo proved that the Earth was not the center of the universe but orbits around the Sun. 15 years ago the world shifted again when the first planets were discovered orbiting other stars. Last year, using adaptive optics and the 10 meter W.M. Keck telescope in Hawaii, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab team produced the first ever picture of another solar system. One day, these techniques may even lead to an image with a pale blue dot circling a nearby star - another Earth. Join LLNL astronomer Bruce Macintosh and Lisa Poyneer as they describe the new technologies that made these pictures possible. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 20235]

400 years ago, our world-view changed when Galileo proved that the Earth was not the center of the universe but orbits around the Sun. 15 years ago the world shifted again when the first planets were discovered orbiting other stars. Last year, using adaptive optics and the 10 meter W.M. Keck telescope in Hawaii, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab team produced the first ever picture of another solar system. One day, these techniques may even lead to an image with a pale blue dot circling a nearby star - another Earth. Join LLNL astronomer Bruce Macintosh and Lisa Poyneer as they describe the new technologies that made these pictures possible. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 20235]

400 years ago, our world-view changed when Galileo proved that the Earth was not the center of the universe but orbits around the Sun. 15 years ago the world shifted again when the first planets were discovered orbiting other stars. Last year, using adaptive optics and the 10 meter W.M. Keck telescope in Hawaii, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab team produced the first ever picture of another solar system. One day, these techniques may even lead to an image with a pale blue dot circling a nearby star - another Earth. Join LLNL astronomer Bruce Macintosh and Lisa Poyneer as they describe the new technologies that made these pictures possible. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 20235]

400 years ago, our world-view changed when Galileo proved that the Earth was not the center of the universe but orbits around the Sun. 15 years ago the world shifted again when the first planets were discovered orbiting other stars. Last year, using adaptive optics and the 10 meter W.M. Keck telescope in Hawaii, a Lawrence Livermore National Lab team produced the first ever picture of another solar system. One day, these techniques may even lead to an image with a pale blue dot circling a nearby star - another Earth. Join LLNL astronomer Bruce Macintosh and Lisa Poyneer as they describe the new technologies that made these pictures possible. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 20235]

It is very likely that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting from human activity are increasing global temperatures and changing Earth's climate. Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Karis MacFarlane explains about the carbon cycle, ways that forests and soils store carbon, and how carbon storage and loss from forests and soils might change with changes in climate and human activity. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 20232]

It is very likely that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting from human activity are increasing global temperatures and changing Earth's climate. Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Karis MacFarlane explains about the carbon cycle, ways that forests and soils store carbon, and how carbon storage and loss from forests and soils might change with changes in climate and human activity. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 20232]

Those windmills spinning away in the hills and mountain passes provide clean and renewable energy to our power grids. Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Julie Lundquist explains how wind turbines convert the forces of the atmosphere into electricity for our homes, businesses, and even cars. Explore how much power could be collected from the wind, how that amount compares to our demands, and how weather forecasts help wind turbines provide even more clean, renewable, and reliable energy. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 17646]

Those windmills spinning away in the hills and mountain passes provide clean and renewable energy to our power grids. Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Julie Lundquist explains how wind turbines convert the forces of the atmosphere into electricity for our homes, businesses, and even cars. Explore how much power could be collected from the wind, how that amount compares to our demands, and how weather forecasts help wind turbines provide even more clean, renewable, and reliable energy. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 17646]

Ed Moses of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, discusses the LIFE (Laser Inertial Fusion Energy) project and the possibilities of producing megawatts of clean energy through fusion utilizing fuels that are nearly limitless. (May 13, 2009)

For the first time in history, man has a detailed accounting of what makes up the universe. Yet, 95 percent of the universe defies detection. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Steve Asztalos explains how scientists have come to this understanding of the universe and what they think makes up about 25 percent of its mass. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 15211]

For the first time in history, man has a detailed accounting of what makes up the universe. Yet, 95 percent of the universe defies detection. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientist Steve Asztalos explains how scientists have come to this understanding of the universe and what they think makes up about 25 percent of its mass. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 15211]

Right below your feet is a source of renewable energy that is largely untapped. It heats groundwater by conduction and convection as it travels toward the surface of the earth. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientists Carol Bruton and John Ziagos explain how geothermal energy can be used to generate electricity or heat buildings. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 15238]

Right below your feet is a source of renewable energy that is largely untapped. It heats groundwater by conduction and convection as it travels toward the surface of the earth. Lawrence Livermore National Lab scientists Carol Bruton and John Ziagos explain how geothermal energy can be used to generate electricity or heat buildings. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 15238]

Carbon dating is a technology borne out of archeologists' desire to date ancient artifacts but it has also spawned exciting applications in biomedical science. Techniques refined at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry are being used to address research questions as diverse as the age of the DNA in our brains to how long chemicals remain in our bodies. Research Scientist Ken Tutereltaub and high school teacher Bret States highlight the principles of carbon dating and how AMS technology is being used to provide insights into challenging problems in biomedicine. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 14493]

Carbon dating is a technology borne out of archeologists' desire to date ancient artifacts but it has also spawned exciting applications in biomedical science. Techniques refined at Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry are being used to address research questions as diverse as the age of the DNA in our brains to how long chemicals remain in our bodies. Research Scientist Ken Tutereltaub and high school teacher Bret States highlight the principles of carbon dating and how AMS technology is being used to provide insights into challenging problems in biomedicine. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 14493]