Carnegie Institution for Science8d
"The New Landscape of Ethics and Integrity in Scholarly Publishing-Or-The Top Ten Reasons to Worry About the Future of Scholarly Publishing"
Brooks Hanson, director of publications at the American Geophysical Union, will lead a workshop titled "The New Landscape of Ethics and Integrity in Scholarly Publishing-Or-The Top Ten Reasons to ...
Carnegie Institution for Science12d
"25 Years Ago at Pinatubo: The Forecast, Climax, and Aftermath of a Giant Eruption"
Twenty-five years ago, a small team of Philippine and US scientists worked feverishly to forecast what newly-awakened Mount Pinatubo might do, and to alert everyone from indigenous peoples to high ...
Carnegie Institution for Science1y
Tracking mantle process using diamond forming fluids
Join Dr. Oded Elazar of Earth and Planets Laboratory for this general seminar on "Tracking mantle process using diamond forming fluids." ...
Carnegie Institution for Science7d
Sharon Kessler, University of Oklahoma, Synergid Cells: The Gatekeepers of the Female Gametophyte
Synergid cells have a unique role in plant development, their sole purpose is to attract and receive pollen tubes so that double fertilization can occur to produce viable seeds. In Arabidopsis ...
Carnegie Institution for Science8d
Dr. Jennifer Funk - Rooted in resilience: Leveraging plant traits to combat climate change
Jennifer Funk is a Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of California, Davis. The Dukes Lab hosts her seminar. Climate change is altering temperature and precipitation patterns in many parts ...
Carnegie Institution for Science13d
Henrik Jonsson, Lund University and Univ of Cambridge, Understanding Development - a Computational Morphodynamics Approach
In the shoot apical meristem a population of stem cells are maintained throughout the life of a plant. Gene regulatory networks, hormone signaling and mechanical forces determine meristem dynamics and ...
Carnegie Institution for Science13d
Climate, dead zones, and fish: Solving a 'wicked problem' in Lake Erie and beyond
New research from Carnegie Science's Anna Michalak investigates how agricultural runoff will affect fisheries now and in the future as climate change progresses. Michalak urges a holistic approach to ...
Carnegie Institution for Science9d
"A metamorphic record of deep earthquakes during subduction"
Daniel Viete, assistant professor at John Hopkins University, will give a talk titled "A metamorphic record of deep earthquakes during subduction" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in the ...
Carnegie Institution for Science9d
“Metamorphic consequences of secular cooling of the Earth”
Richard Palin, assistant professor at the Colorado School of Mines' Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, will give a talk titled “Metamorphic consequences of secular cooling of the Earth” ...
Carnegie Institution for Science8d
"Electromagnetic constraints on fluids at a plate boundary"
Samer Naif, a postdoctoral research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will give a talk titled "Electromagnetic constraints on fluids at a plate boundary" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, October ...
Carnegie Institution for Science9d
Scott Fendorf, Stanford University, From Water to Rice: Arsenic Contamination in South and Southeast Asia
More than 200 million people are at risk of exposure to dangerous levels of geogenic arsenic in drinking water across Asia. Arsenic within rocks of the Himalayas is liberated to the sediment load of ...
Carnegie Institution for Science12d
Carnegie Science and Caltech: A History of Collaboration
Carnegie Science has formed a strategic new research alliance with Caltech in the life and environmental sciences and strengthened our historic partnership in astronomy and astrophysics. We are ...