Archive for mayo 31, 2012

Venus, a Planetary Portrait of Inner Beauty

Artist concept of lightning on Venus. Image credit: ESA

A Venus transit across the face of the sun is a relatively rare event -- occurring in pairs with more than a century separating each pair.



Enceladus Plume is a New Kind of Plasma Laboratory

Jet Blue

Recent findings from NASA's Cassini mission reveal that Saturn's geyser moon Enceladus provides a special laboratory for watching unusual behavior of plasma, or hot ionized gas.



A New Tool to Attack the Mysteries of High-Temperature Superconductivity

Using ultrafast lasers, Berkeley Lab scientists have tackled the long-standing mystery of how Cooper pairs form in high-temperature superconductors. With pump and probe pulses spaced just trillionths of a second apart, the researchers used photoemission spectroscopy to map rapid changes in electronic states across the superconducting transition, revealing relationships of energy and momentum never seen before in these promising, but stubborn, complex materials.

X-ray Laser Probes Biomolecules to Individual Atoms

Menlo Park, Calif. — An international team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has proved how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical new investigative avenues in biology. Read more ...

Image - Scientific illustration of lysozyme structure and diffraction pattern

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Hazy Days: Berkeley Lab Tackles Pollution in Mongolia

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are known for designing high-efficiency cookstoves for Darfur and Ethiopia. Now they are applying their expertise to the windswept steppes of Mongolia, whose capital city, Ulaan Baatar, is among the most polluted cities in the world. The scientists are working with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. foreign aid agency, to improve air quality in the capital city by lowering emissions from outdated stoves and boilers.

Safety Training: places available in June

There are places available in the forthcoming Safety courses. For updates and registrations, please refer to the Safety Training Catalogue.

June 2012
(alphabetical order)

Conduite de plates-formes élévatrices mobiles de personnel (PEMP) (Cherry-picker training)
11-JUN-12 to 12-JUN-12, 08.00 – 17.00, in French (with possibility to have the handouts in English)

Ergonomics - Applying ergonomic principles in the workplace
14-JUN-12, 09.00 – 12.00, in French

First Aiders - Basic Course
06-JUN-12 to 07-JUN-12, 08.00 – 17.00, in French (total : 1.5 days)

First Aiders - Refresher Course
07-JUN-12, 13.00 – 17.00, in French
12-JUN-12, 08.00 – 12.00, in English
12-JUN-12, 13.00 – 17.00, in English

Habilitation ATEX niveau 2 (ATEX certification –  level 2)
07-JUN-12 to 08-JUN-12, 9.00 – 17.30, in French

Habilitation électrique personnel électricien basse tension (Basic course for electricians in low voltage)
04-JUN-12 to 06-JUN-12, 09.00 – 17.30, in English
18-JUN-12 to 20-JUN-12, 09.00 – 17.30, in French

Habilitation électrique personnel non électricien (Basic course for non electricians)
27-JUN-12 to 28-JUN-12, 09.00 – 17.30, in French

Magnetic Fields
08-JUN-12, 09.30 – 12.00, in English

Radiological Protection
08-JUN-12, 08.30 – 12.30, in English
12-JUN-12, 13.30 – 17.30, in English
22-JUN-12, 08.30 – 12.30, in English
26-JUN-12, 13.30 – 17.30, in English

Recyclage - Habilitation électrique personnel électricien basse tension (Refresher course for electricians low voltage)
07-JUN-12 to 08-JUN-12, 09.00 – 17.30, in English

Refresher course Self-Rescue Mask Training
05-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in English
05-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in French
07-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in French
12-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in French
12-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in English
14-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in French
19-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in English
21-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in French
26-JUN-12, 08.30 – 10.00, in French
26-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in French

Sécurité Radiologique (Radiological Protection)
08-JUN-12, 13.30 – 17.30, in French
22-JUN-12, 13.30 – 17.30, in French

Self-Rescue Mask Training
07-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in French
14-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in English
19-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in English
21-JUN-12, 10.30 – 12.00, in French

Use of fire extinguisher – live exercises
08-JUN-12, 10.00 – 12.00, in French
13-JUN-12, 13.30 – 15.30, in French
15-JUN-12, 10.00 – 12.00, in French
20-JUN-12, 13.30 – 15.30, in French
22-JUN-12, 10.00 – 12.00, in French
27-JUN-12, 13.30 – 15.30, in French
29-JUN-12, 10.00 – 12.00, in French

Utilisation des Equipements de Protection Respiratoire (Use of Protective Respiratory Equipment)
21-JUN-12, 08.30 – 12.00, in French

Working at heights - Using a harness to prevent falling from a height
06-JUN-12, 9.00 – 17.30, in French
11-JUN-12, 9.00 – 17.30, in French
13-JUN-12, 9.00 – 17.30, in French


By Isabelle CUSATO, HSE Unit

La comunidad de Física de Altas Energías prepara su posición conjunta para la futura Estrategia Europea de Física de Partículas

El Centro de Ciencias Pedro Pascual de Benasque (Huesca) acoge desde el 25 de mayo al 2 de junio la XL edición del Encuentro Internacional en Física Fundamental, el evento de referencia en España para esta disciplina científica. Durante estos días, se expondrán los últimos resultados en Física de Altas Energías, Física de Astropartículas o Física del Sabor.

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Gigantes del océano: Una aventura prehistórica

Gigantes del océano: Una aventura prehistórica
Retroceda en el tiempo, 80 millones de años atrás, hasta la época en que los dinosaurios dominaban la tierra firme mientras múltiples criaturas igual de feroces y sorprendentes nadaban, cazaban y luchaban por sobrevivir bajo los enormes y misteriosos océanos prehistóricos. Las increíbles imágenes reconstruidas recrean el peligroso reino submarino de dos jóvenes dolichorhynchops, reptiles marinos del mismo tamaño que los delfines. Siga su asombroso camino bajo las aguas dominadas por algunos de los depredadores más imponentes que jamás poblaron los océanos de nuestro planeta. Con una mezcla de extraordinarios hallazgos fósiles de todo el mundo y recreaciones generadas por ordenadores de última generación, National Geographic nos sumerge en una historia impactante de vida o muerte en la época en que los gigantes dominaban los océanos.
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