Past Events

VIDEO RECORDING COMING SOON - Release Date 01/12/2026 Abstract: Metals are critical to technology, but their supply chain includes antiquated techniques with large carbon emissions. A sustainable economy requires new science to connect science to engineering needs across the...

Nov10

Abstract: Virtually all of the isotopes heavier than iron would not exist without neutron-induced reactions. Despite their importance in many different astrophysical scenarios, there are almost no direct measurements for isotopes with half-lives shorter than a few years...

Nov3

Abstract: Nearly a century after first observing dark matter, we have an impressive understanding of its astronomical and cosmological properties but remarkably little knowledge of its fundamental nature. One leading paradigm postulates new fundamental particles that were in thermal...

Oct27

Abstract: "What we are nowadays hearing of the language of spectra is a true "music of the spheres" within the atom, chords of integral relationships, an order and Harmony that becomes ever more perfect in spite of the manifold variety."...

Oct20

Abstract: Particle, nuclear, and astrophysics experiments are producing massive amounts of data to answer fundamental questions about the basic constituents of our universe. While researchers in these areas have been using advanced data science tools for decades, modern machine...

Oct13

We will resume the regular series starting in the Fall

May26

Dr. Troyer's colloquium is postponed until a later date

May19

Abstract: AI and machine learning have found applications in many fields, and astronomy is no exception. But while some see AI as an overhyped toy and others as an existential threat, astronomers have been using it for a while...

May12

Abstract: Over the last 25 years, the Lambda-Cold Dark Matter model (LCDM)—with 70% of the universe in the form of vacuum energy or equivalently Einstein’s cosmological constant, Lambda---has become the standard paradigm for cosmology. Until recently, it has proven...

May5

Past Events

Decarbonizing Metallurgy from Extraction to 3D Printing

n-capture in inverse kinematics

Light Dark Matter eXperiment: A Discovery Experiment for Sub-GeV Dark Matter

Just what is the Connection Between Physics and Music?

Reimagining the Exploration of Fundamental Interactions with AI

No SLAC Colloquium today - Memorial Day

POSTPONED TILL LATER: Hope Versus Hype: Quantum, AI and the Path to Commercial Advantage

AI (R)evolutions in Observational Astronomy

Is Dark Energy Evolving? What We’re Learning from DES and DESI