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Lecture 11 - Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:25 -0500

August 21, 2008 presentation by Stacey Bent for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Meeting the world's growing energy needs in a sustainable fashion is one of the most pressing problems of our time. Professor Bent introduces the scope of the energy problem and some of the options for sustainable energy, then will focus on two main devices: solar cells and fuel cells. Solar cells convert the energy of the sun directly into electricity, while fuel cells convert chemical energy directly into electricity. Current research at Stanford is studying the use of new materials to develop the next generation of solar cells and fuel cells.

Lecture 8 - Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:12 -0500

August 3, 2006 presentation by Uwe Bergmann for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Uwe Bergman, Physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator takes the viewer on a journey of a 1,000 year old parchment from its origin in the Mediterranean city of Constantinople to a particle accelerator in Menlo Park.

Lecture 5 - Googling the Brain on a Chip (Kwabena Boahen), The Future of Human Health

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:56 -0500

Kwabena Boahen is using the human brain as the blueprint for designing radically more powerful and energy-efficient computers. In this short demo, Boahen describes how his Brains in Silicon lab at Stanford University has created computer chips with "synapses" and "neurons" — and how these chips might revolutionize computing.

Lecture 7 - Deafness: Emerging Strategies for a Cure (Stefan Heller), The Future of Human Health

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:12 -0500

Stefan Heller is trying to create inexpensive ear drops that can cure deafness. In this short talk, Heller describes how his team of researchers at Stanford University is transplanting stem cells into the ear to "regenerate" damaged hearing cells.

Lecture 2 - Back to Life: The Rebirth of the Monterey Coast, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:44:45 -0500

June 22, 2006 presentation by Stephen Palumbi for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Professor of Biological Sciences, Stephen Palumbi, will take us on an interesting journey through time to explain how the Monterey Coast arose from its once polluted and overfished past to be one on the most beautiful and coveted shorelines of the United States. Though not pristine, it is an example of the successful rebirth of an environment.

Lecture 4 - Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0500

July 6, 2006 presentation by Matthew Scott for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Matthew Scott, Professor of Developmental Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering explains how, through his research, he has discovered that genetic "hardware" - the genes and proteins that do the work - are for the most part dramatically similar among seemingly different animals.

Lecture 1 - Recent Advances in Heart Surgery, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:48 -0500

June 12, 2007 presentation by Robert Robbins for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Dr. Robbins, Professor & Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of Stanford's Cardiovascular Institute, delivers information on the state of research, the newest studies, and the latest treatments for cardiovascular disease.

Lecture 12 - Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:24 -0500

August 31, 2006 presentation by Julie Baker and Hank Greely for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. Julie Baker, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Hank Greely, Professor of Law and Genetics discuss human embryonic stem cells, one of the most promising, most complicated and most controversial areas of contemporary biomedical research.

Lecture 1 - Building a Circuit-Diagram for the Brain (Jennifer Raymond), The Future of Human Health

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:30 -0500

Jennifer Raymond (Stanford University) is building a "wiring diagram" for the brain. By bridging the gap between individual synapses and whole-brain learning & memory, Raymond’s research offers new insights and strategies for medical rehabilitation and K-12 education.

Lecture 9 - Wired for Speech: Voice Interactions with People and Computers, Summer Science Seminar

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:45:20 -0500

August 7, 2008 presentation by Clifford Nass for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach’s Summer Science Lecture Series. In this lecture, Clifford Nass describes how the human brain and body are "wired" for speech: The sound of a voice, whether from a person or machine, causes us to respond as we respond to actual people and to behave as we could in any social situation. In addition, Nass will discuss the speech interactions between humans and machines.