Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Earth is a water world. More than 70 percent of our planet's surface is covered in water, and its presence allowed for the emergence and sustenance of life. But from where did Earth's water...
Greenewalt Building
5241 Broad Branch Rd
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Why create national parks? Although the process of designating new parkland is lengthy and complex, national parks offer ecological, cultural, and economic benefits, while also guaranteeing longterm...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 7:00pm to 8:15pm
All of our DNA, or genetic code, is stored like wound-up string in our cells' chromosomes. The two ends of a chromosome consist of short DNA sequences that are repeated many times. These...
Rose Auditorium
3520 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
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—...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
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, can...
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 attendance, a strong interdisciplinary orientation...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
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 States
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 States
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 States