A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

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
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8th January 2013 – Graphene

Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan discusses graphene with us. Graphene is the world’s first 2-dimensional material, and was made in Manchester for the very first time in 2004, by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov. They were, of course, awarded the… continue reading
4th December 2012 – Experiments You Can Do At Home

Lorelly Wilson (Chair of the North West Branch of the British Science Association) will demonstrate experiments you can do at home to get your partner out of their armchair/garden shed or to entertain the grandchildren using common household products to… continue reading
5th November 2012 – I Like The Way We Talk

I like the way we talk: the effect of accent imitation on speech perception Dr Patti Adank describes her topic: “The UK has many regional accents, from Cockney spoken in London to Geordie in Newcastle, to Scottish accents such as… continue reading
1st October 2012 – When Authors and Scientists Collide

Dr Rob Appleby of Manchester University High Energy Physics department, CERN and Daresbury Cockroft Institute will lead our discussion. He is an accelerator physicist working mainly in theoretical accelerator physics and beam dynamics. He is also involved with the Large… continue reading