Adult brain connections are precise, but such precision emerges during critical developmental periods when synapses—the delicate contacts between neurons that relay and store information...
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesCapital Science Evening Lectures
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
In August 2017, a team of four Carnegie astronomers provided humankind’s first-ever glimpse of two neutron stars colliding—opening the door to a new era of astronomy. Along with...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesSpecial Events
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer and kills more than 250,000 women around the world each year. The HPV vaccine, available thanks to the efforts of Drs. John Schiller and Douglas Lowy,...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesSeminars / Conferences
Sunday, June 17, 2018 - 4:00pm to Thursday, June 21, 2018 - 12:15pm
18th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CHLAMYDOMONAS
About the conference:
The meeting will have an international...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesScience in the Neighborhood Series
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
As we age, humans experience noticeable differences in our bodies—including some undesired effects on muscle, healing ability, and pain susceptibility. While aches and pains are a...
Rose Auditorium
3520 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
United StatesCapital Science Evening Lectures
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
The direct measurement of gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein 100 years ago has opened a new field of science – gravitational wave astrophysics and astronomy. The recent...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesBroad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures
Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
From stone to steel to silicon, materials shape the world in which we live. Nearly every aspect of our lives is governed by the availability of materials with specific properties, and new advanced...
Greenewalt Building
5241 Broad Branch Rd
Washington, DC 20015
United StatesCapital Science Evening Lectures
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
The new reality is that all digitally networked enterprises and organizations will fall under cyberattack and be breached. RedSeal CEO Ray Rothrock will be speaking about his new...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesAstronomy Lecture Series
Monday, May 21, 2018 - 6:15pm
As Carl Sagan once said, "We are made of star stuff." However, each element has its own astronomical origins story. Elements are created everywhere from the centers of stars, to...
Rothenberg Hall
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United StatesSpecial Events
Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 5:30pm to 9:00pm
How and when did life originate on Earth? How many other Earth-like planets...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States