A 1961 photo of a flywheel for the Bevatron accelerator being transported up Cyclotron Road transitions to a 2018 shot of a Lab shuttle making the same journey.
📷 Then and Now: The Bend on Cyclotron Road
Take Steps (Literally!) to Keep Your Heart Healthy
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women, but can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle. Here are some resources to help.
EESA Presents Feb. 28 Distinguished Scientist Seminar by Tissa Illangasekare
The talk on Multi-Scale Experimentation for Improved Understanding of Energy, Mass and Momentum Transfer Across Interfaces in Natural Systems takes place from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Bldg. 66 Auditorium. https://eesa.lbl.gov/event/dsss-multi-scale-experimentation-for-improved-understanding-of-energy-mass-and-momentum-transfer-across-interfaces-in-natural-systems-challenges-and-opportunities/
Feb. 27 Bert de Jong Talk on Quantum Computing and Chemical Sciences
de Jong will discuss the Quantum Algorithms Team, a team of quantum algorithm developers, mathematicians, and computer scientists focused on quantum chemistry simulations,. https://indico.physics.lbl.gov/indico/event/838/
ClimateNet Aims to Improve Machine Learning Applications in Climate Science
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing ClimateNet, a project that will bring the power of deep learning methods to identify important weather and climate patterns via expert-labeled, community-sourced open datasets and architectures. http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/climatenet-aims-to-improve-machine-learning-applications-in-climate-science-on-a-global-scale/
Mobiliti: A Game Changer for Analyzing Traffic Congestion
Researchers have developed a software tool that uses NERSC supercomputing resources to simulate traffic flow throughout the San Francisco Bay Area road networks and provide estimates of associated congestion, energy usage, and productivity loss. http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2019/mobiliti-a-game-changer-for-analyzing-traffic-congestion?utm_source=InTheLoop&utm_campaign=531cb69fbe-INTHELOOP_2019_02_25_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6ff696e18a-531cb69fbe-77665873
Minh Huebner is Lab’s New Chief Financial Officer
Huebner has served as interim CFO since last October. She has been with the Lab since 2004.
Former Lab Director Steven Chu Assumes Term as AAAS President
He hopes to use the position to encourage scientists to better communicate about scientific findings to “help the public appreciate how science works and help them understand the really, really exciting discoveries.” http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6429/827.full
JGI Hosts GPU Hackathon in May
The GPU hackathon at the Joint Genome Institute is focused on developing bioinformatics applications instead of on simulation codes. https://jgi.doe.gov/jgi-hosts-gpu-hackathon-may-2019/
Remembering ESnet Retiree Michael Collins
Michael Scott Collins, who led ESnet’s Special Projects Group, passed away on Jan. 27. He retired in 2011 after 32 years with ESnet and its predecessors.