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Science on Tap

College of Sciences · Lynnwood Brewing Concern, 1053 E Whitaker Mill Rd, Raleigh, NC 27604

Science on Tap is a free monthly event presented by the College of Sciences, where you can learn about the science happening at NC State. On the second Tuesday of each month, join us at Lynnwood…

Zoology Museum Tour 12:00-12:45 (11 Nov)

University of Aberdeen · Zoology Museum

Brought to you by students from the Zoology and Biological Sciences Society.

Control and Optimisation seminar – Eugene Feinberg (Stony Brook University)

Control and Optimisation Seminars · Huxley Building, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom

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Topological Phase Transition in HgTe Quantum Wells Probed through Cyclotron Resonance

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies · Space Science Building

Speaker: Alan Covarrubias

Materials Design Through Defects and Non-Equilibrium

ETH Zurich

Mindful Birding at Sapsucker Woods

Cornell University · Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Visitor Center, 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.

Join us for a peaceful mid-day break for Mindful Birding at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. From the comfort of the Visitor Center’s observatory, we’ll enjoy a warm indoor space with a beautiful view…

Symmetry: How to Read the Tiles of the Alhambra

Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies · Jerusalem Room, George Street, Oxford

Microfungi, sharks and volcanoes: Fossil lake ecosystems as archives for deep-time climate change

ETH Zurich · KO2-E-72a/b, Universität Zürich, Paläontologisches Institut

39th PlyMSEF Plymouth Marine Science Medal Lecture

University of Plymouth · Devonport Lecture Theatre, Portland Square Building, University of Plymouth PL4 8AA

PlyMSEF Plymouth Marine Science Medal Lecture, entitled 'Animal, vegetable and mineral: The remarkable physiologies of oceanic biomineralizing phytoplankton'.

Our Sun, Our Star

Gresham College · Conway Hall

The Sun makes life on Earth possible. It is special to us, but it is also just another one of the Milky Way’s hundred billion stars.This lecture considers what the Sun can teach us about its stellar…

CoRe Seminar Series: "Mechanical Regulation of Ovarian Function: From Fertility to Women’s Health"

Cornell University · Schurman Hall, Murray Lecture Hall 1 (S1 166 Schurman Hall)

Dr. Farners Amargant i Riera, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Divison of Clinical Research at Washington University, will speak as part of the CoRe Seminar Series with her…

Physics Colloquium: Paul Stevenson, Northeastern University

Boston College · Higgins Hall, 310

Small fields, big challenges: spectroscopy

eQMA Distinguished Lecture/P & A Colloquium-Laura Greene

Physics & Astronomy · Brockman Hall for Physics

“Unconventional Superconductors: The Dark Energy of Quantum

IBC Seminar - Nicolas Minc - “Cytoplasm mechanics and early embryo development.”

ETH Zurich

Nicolas Minc, CNRS, Institute Jacques Monod, Paris, France

“TEREKTY – An Expedition into the Value of Glaciers” – SPI polar film screening followed by panel discussion at ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich

“TEREKTY – An Expedition into the Value of Glaciers” is a documentary following a remote expedition to Kyrgyzstan and exploring glacier retreat in the Tian Shan mountains.

2026 Clapp Lecture • Karen Wooley • Texas A & M

Chemistry · MacMillan Hall

“MESSAGES OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY, COMPLEXITY AND SIMPLICITY IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF CARBOHYDRATES INTO DIVERSE FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSLATION AND…

Chemistry Colloquium• Karen Wooley • Texas A & M

Chemistry · MacMillan Hall

“CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION OF AMINO ACID- OR NUCLEIC ACID-DERIVED ENERGY MATERIALS”

Perrin Roosevelt Ireland on “Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex”

Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality · Centers for Gender/Race Studies, Community Room (105)

Author Perrin Roosevelt Ireland on her book Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex, in conversation with UChicago’s Rachel Moran, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution

Carlson Lecture — The Ocean Carbon Sink: Facts, Fictions, and Opportunities

Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences · New England Aquarium, Simons Theatre, 1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA

The Lorenz Center is pleased to present the 2026 John H. Carlson Lecture, in partnership with the New England Aquarium and the Lowell Institute.

Modelling the mouse barrel cortex: from anatomical structure to cortical dynamics

EPFL · Campus Biotech bâtiment B1 Chemin des Mines 9 1202 Genève

Thesis Director: Prof. C. Petersen, Neuroscience doctoral program Thesis Nr. 11160 To take part in the public defense, please contact directly the speaker