A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

7th September 2015 – The Square Kilometre Array

Dr Evan Keane will bring us up to date with a revolutionary new radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Playing a crucial role, it is possible and affordable for the SKA to be built by 2024. With an unprecedented continue reading
6th July 2015 – Quantum Biology

Delivered by “The Manchester Quantum Biology Discussion Team”, comprising Professor Nigel Scrutton, Dr Sam Hay and Dr Alex R Jones. Disappearing in one place and reappearing in another. Being in two places at once. Communicating information seemingly faster than the continue reading
1st June 2015 – Global Positioning: Where Are We?

Professor Terry Moore from Nottingham University had been scheduled to lead our discussion on Navigation Systems in December 2014 but, due to an unfortunate accident, he could not attend our SciBar, which was thus cancelled. He said we can reschedule continue reading
11th May 2015 – Decrypting the Viral Enigma Code

Professor Peter Stockley will discuss his work “Decrypting the viral enigma code – recent progress in anti viral therapy”. It certainly sounds much more like trying to solve the German “Enigma” code in the second world war than unravelling how continue reading
13th April 2015 – Should Animals Have Human Rights?

Dr Sarah Chan returns to Knutsford SciBar to discuss what rights – if any – animals should have in experiments. If we bring a Mammoth back from extinction,where will it live and does it matter? There are many other examples continue reading
2nd March 2015 – Whole Body Imaging

Brought to us by Professor John Waterton. Whole Body Imaging refers to the internal display of the entire body in a single procedure. It may refer to one of two types of body imaging technologies used for security screening such continue reading
2nd February 2015 – Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites and the Early Solar System

Professor Jamie Gilmour of Manchester University will lead our discussion. Professor Gilmour says: “Asteroids and comets are the leftovers from the formation of planets in the early solar system. Their study can shed light on how the planets grew and, continue reading
5th January 2015 – Killer Asteroids

Our speaker this month is Andy Newsam, Professor of Astronomy Education and Engagement. Professor Newson says: “My research is varied but generally involves getting observations from large number of telescopes all over the world (and sometimes above it) and trying continue reading
1st December 2014 {No Information Available}

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3rd November 2014 – 10th Anniversary and Naked Eye Astronomy

It’s our 10th Anniversary so we started with a normal Scibar… Andrew Greenwood leading a Scibar on “Naked eye Astronomy” which session got rave reviews at Bollington last February. If you have ever looked up at the starry night sky continue reading
6th October 2014 – Using Particle Accelerators for Healthcare

Hywel Owen of the University of Manchester (http://www.hywelowen.org) will lead our discussion. Hywel says: “Whilst particle accelerators are most often imagined as the giant machines used to smash together subatomic particles at places like CERN, they are actually used in continue reading
1st September 2014 – Colliding Galaxies

Dr Megan Argo, Researcher at Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester will discuss “Colliding Galaxies” with us. continue reading