A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

7th March 2011- Neutrinos

Dr Marieke Navin, from MOSI Manchester, recently participated in the refurbishment of a huge neutrino detector called Super Kamiokande beneath the Japanese Alps. She says “The detector is a cylinder 40m diameter and 40m tall holding 40,000 tonnes of ultra-pure… continue reading
7th February 2011 – Cosmic Rays

Professor Tony Bell from Oxford University led our discussion on cosmic rays. These are the highest energy particles in the universe. Their energies reach about ten million times that of particles accelerated at CERN. Mainly protons, one single particle can… continue reading
10th January 2011 – Bees: Clever Little Things and WE Need Them

Professor Ian Munro from Daresbury will lead a discussion on Bees and how the number of hives is reducing due to a mysterious disease. Bees are very smart; being able to calculate the distance between various food sources so as… continue reading
6th December 2010 – Microbes and Health

Dr Ian Wilson of Astra Zeneca plc will lead our discussion on Microbes and Health (ours not theirs!). You probably know that our digestive tracts (that’s “guts” to you and me) are teeming with a fantastic variety of bacteria –… continue reading
1st November 2010 – Future Energy

How a Strange Rock and a Particle Accelerator Can Shape Our Future Doctor Hywel Owen from Manchester University will lead a discussion on options for future energy requirements, and how a novel form of nuclear power based on Thorium could transform… continue reading
4th October 2010 – Cheshire and Continental Drift

Cheshire: Where Have You Been and How Did You Get Here? Professor Peter Styles from Keele University will lead us through the journey that our county has travelled from the interior of the ancient supercontinent Pangea to its current position… continue reading
6th September 2010 – Beer: The Amber Nectar

Keith Sheard, Head Brewer at Joseph Holts Brewery, will join us to discuss how a brewer decides what he would like his beer to taste like, and how he goes about achieving that objective. Although having tested a myriad brands of… continue reading
5th July 2010 – The Deep Oceans and Their Inhabitants

Join Professor Paul Tyler of The National Oceanographic Centre on Monday 5th July to discuss “What goes on down there”. What are conditions like at the bottom of the deep oceans? The pressure is phenomenal – can anything live? What… continue reading
7th June 2010 – Synchrotron Radiation

Professor Richard Pattrickand will join us to discuss synchrotron radiation which is electromagnetic radiation, generated by the acceleration of ultrarelativistic (i.e. moving near the speed of light) charged particles through magnetic fields. This may be achieved artificially in synchrotrons or storage… continue reading
10th May 2010 – Memories are Made of This

Professor Alistair Burns (MBChB, FRCP, FRCPsych, MD, MPhil, DHMSA) is Deputy Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at The University of Manchester in the UK and an Honorary Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist in the Manchester Mental Health and… continue reading
12th April 2010 – The Brain in the Gut

In this talk, Dr Cath O’Neill from the University of Manchester Gastrointestinal Sciences Group, will talk about how the brain ‘talks’ to the gut to control eating and drinking. Put simply, the brain controls everything we do. This includes things… continue reading
1st March 2010 – Frogs & Amphibians

Are they still as primitive as when they started on their evolutionary journey? Andrew Gray, the Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum, will talk about amphibians – their early entry into the world via evolution and the sophisticated nature of the… continue reading