A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

  • 6th January 2014 – String Theory (Part 1)

    Dr Peter Millington from Manchester University has agreed to kick off a Scibar move from Particle Physics towards String Theory by discussing with us the fundamental disagreement between Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. In our March session he will describe how… continue reading

  • 2nd December 2013 – CERN and the Large Hadron Collider

    Knutsford SciBar member Dr Ian Duerdoth will lead the discussion on CERN, the Large Hadron Collider, the Higgs Boson, what next, and all that. continue reading

  • 5th November 2013 – How Animals Detect Light

    Professor Rob Lucas will discuss with us the different ways that animals detect light and what they use that light for.  Rob says “We are all well aware that we rely upon specialised light-sensitive cells in our retina (photoreceptors) to see. In fact this… continue reading

  • 1st October 2013 {No Information Available}

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  • 3rd September 2013 – Tectonic Plates: Their History and Future Plan

    Dr Ian Stimpson will lead our discussion on tectonic plates, with some focus on Knutsford. continue reading

  • 2nd July 2013 – Fracking

    Fracking –  the benefits and the risks Professor Peter Styles of Keele University, returns to our SciBar to update us on the facts and the implications of fracking. He is co-author of a government-commissioned report on fracking and will discuss… continue reading

  • 11th June 2013 – Rocket Event with 1st Toft Brownies

    At the request of Clementine Risley (Brownie leader), Roger Gittins (in photo) and I (Dave Thompson) attended a meeting of 1st Toft Brownies and explained how the Brownies could make pop bottle rockets. In the following week the Brownies then made… continue reading

  • 4th June 2013 – The Higgs Boson

    The Higgs Boson – is it still there and does it matter? Dr Rob Appleby of the University of Manchester returns to our SciBar to update us on the Higgs boson – the facts and the implications. Have we really found… continue reading

  • 7th May 2013 – Can Animals Think Scientifically?

    Dr Bill Sellars will address the question “When you think of the things some animals can do or make, you have to ask if they can think “scientifically” and, if so, what does this mean for humankind?” continue reading

  • 2nd April 2013 – Cloning

    Sarah Chan, deputy director of The University of Manchester Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (which recently joined Manchester University’s Faculty of Life Sciences) will join us to lead our discussion. Projects that offer excellent collaboration between the University and… continue reading

  • 5th March 2013 – Manchester in the Global Industry of Science and Technology

    Professor John Pickstone of the University of Manchester recently helped arrange a series of ‘Interfaculty Lectures’ and, with friends in Manchester Metropolitan University and the City, he initiated and organised a major Manchester Histories Festival in March 2009. This proved… continue reading

  • 5th February 2013 {No Information Available}

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