Video and audio library
| Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Mitigating Climate Change by Injecting CO2 Underground |
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Jul 21 2009 | BerkeleyLab |
| Berkeley Lab summer lecture: Climate change provides strong motivation to reduce CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide capture and storage involves the capture, compression, and transport of CO2 to geologically favorable areas, where its injected into porous rock more than one kilometer underground for permanent storage. Oldenburg, who heads Berkeley Labs Geologic Carbon Sequestration Program, will focus on the challenges, opportunities, and research needs of this innovative technology. |
| Protein Structures Revealed at Record Pace |
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Jul 20 2009 | Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
| The structure of a protein in days -- not months or years -- ushers in a new era in genomics research. Berkeley Lab scientists have developed a high-throughput protein pipeline that could expedite the development of biofuels and elucidate how proteins carry out lifes vital functions. |
| Climate Watch: California at the Tipping Point |
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Apr 14 2009 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| The world's climate is changing and California is now being affected in both dramatic and subtle ways. Get an in-depth look at the science behind climate change as we explore the environmental changes taking place throughout the state. |
| How to Bring Solar Energy to Seven Billion People |
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Apr 6 2009 | Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
| Science at the Theater talk: By exploiting the powers of nanotechnology and taking advantage of non-toxic, Earth-abundant materials, Berkeley Lab's Cyrus Wadia has fabricated new solar cell devices that have the potential to be several orders of magnitude less expensive than conventional solar cells. And by mastering the chemistry of these materials—and the economics of solar energy—he envisions bringing electricity to the 1.2 billion people now living without it. |
| California Climate Change: Impacts on Water Supply |
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Mar 22 2009 | University of California Climate Extension |
| Leading climate change experts from the University of California and affiliated programs provide practical explanations and their professional perspectives on climate change issues in California. This "Quick Topic" is one short segment from the University of California Climate Extension website. |
| California Climate Change: Transportation Solutions |
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Mar 22 2009 | University of California Climate Extension |
| Professor Dan Kammen provides practical explanations and his professional perspectives on transportation issues in relation to climate change in California. This "Quick Topic" is one short segment from the University of California Climate Extension website. |
| California Scientist Advance Toward Fusion Energy |
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Mar 17 2009 | PBS Online NewsHour |
| Spencer Michels reports on the ongoing efforts of scientists in California, who say they are getting closer to producing fusion energy to help fuel American energy independence. |
| Jay Keasling pitches synthetic fuel on 'Colbert Report' |
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Mar 11 2009 | UCB News Center |
| In an appearance March 10 on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," Berkeley chemical engineering professor Jay Keasling explains how he and his colleagues at the Joint BioEnergy Institute are engineering bacteria to produce fuel from sugar. Deflecting host Stephen Colbert's suggestion that he is a mad scientist, Keasling says "the same yeast that we use to produce beer and bread" will soon be fueling our cars and planes. He also talks about the low-cost anti-malarial drug his lab has already produced using the same process. |
| California Water: Managing Crisis and Opportunity |
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Mar 10 2009 | California Colloquium on Water |
| Presented by Tim Quinn Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies. This presentation explores the root causes and possible solutions to the California water crisis of drought combining with increasing regulatory restrictions and inadequate infrastructure to generate significant negative impacts on both the environment and economy. |
| Cool roofs could save money, save planet |
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Mar 3 2009 | ABC |
| Scientists have known for some time that cities absorb more heat from the sun than rural areas. They also wonder how do to reduce that. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientists help California in taking the lead in the drive to discover ways to cool cities. |
| Berkeley Researches Energy-Efficient Glass |
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Feb 25 2009 | ABC |
| President Obama told the Department of Energy to come up with new energy standards for household appliances. He sees energy efficiency as a win-win situation, saving money while fighting global warming. Researchers at Berkeley clearly see what the President is talking about. The window of the future looks just like an ordinary window, unless one looks closely. |
| Silicon alternatives in high demand |
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Feb 22 2009 | ABC |
| For the first time, more silicon is being used for solar energy than for computer chips. Competition for that natural resource has led both industries to scramble for alternatives. "Believe it or not," says Cyrus Wadia, a solar cell researcher at UC Berkeley, "on this one-square-inch chip, we have eight different solar cells." |
| In California, Push for Renewable Energy Grows |
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Feb 17 2009 | PBS NewsHour |
| As the Obama administration highlights the importance of finding and investing in renewable energy, states such as California are trying to determine whether wind, solar and other renewables can replace a significant amount of fossil fuel. Spencer Michels reports. Featuring Professor Dan Kammen. |
| The Nano Song |
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Feb 12 2009 | UC Berkeley News |
| Cal contest entry explains nanotechnology to a gaggle of dancing puppets. |
| Taking a Lesson from Australia's New Water Law Regime |
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Feb 10 2009 | California Colloquium on Water |
| Speaker: Jennifer M. McKay - Director, Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws University of South Australia.
Australian water law is now in its fifth epoch with the passing of the Water Act in 2007. The lecture will review the other epochs and the pitfalls inherent in these epochs. The water law processes in each epoch will be cast in the light of the social contracts and political movements that fostered them and the changes leading to the transition to the new epoch. Pitfalls and success stories will be presented for epoch 4 with emphasis on the regional water planning process. These have great lessons to offer. The latest epoch represents a radical legal change overcoming Constitutional impediments and other socio political challenges.
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| Berkeley Lab lecture: Sugars Can Actually be Good for Your Health |
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Feb 9 2009 | Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
| This presentation will highlight recent fascinating discoveries regarding why cells are coated with sugars, as well as new tools for cancer detection that take advantage of the cells sugar coating. Professor Bertozzi's lab focuses on profiling changes in cell surface glycosylation associated with cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection, and exploiting this information for development of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. In addition, her group develops nanoscience-based technologies for probing cell function and for medical diagnostics. |
| Understanding the Global Environmental Crisis |
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Feb 4 2009 | UC Berkeley Events |
| Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor John Harte of UC Berkeley for a discussion of what environmental science teaches us about the potentially catastrophic consequences of a failure to address the current environmental crisis. |
| UC Berkeley Green Bike Share |
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Dec 27 2008 | Cal TV |
| An innovative new program could change the way you get around campus. Written, shot, and edited by Stephanie Lin. |
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