A list of all SciBar events in reverse chronological order

  • 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

  • 1st February 2010 – Is Farming Sustainable?

    Dr Alastair Leake MRPPA ARAgS MIAgrM CEnv from The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, Project Head of The Allerton Project, will talk to us about farming and the pressures on farming today. Alistair describes his topic: “The Allerton Project is 333 hectares… continue reading

  • 4th January 2010 – Reasoning Machines

    Dr Louise Dennis‘s background is in artificial intelligence and, more specifically, in automated reasoning. Over the years she has worked primarily on the development of automated reasoning and theorem-proving tools. Wouldn’t it be better if a bunch of satellites could… continue reading

  • 7th December 2009 – Harvesting Sunlight

    Can solar power meet our requirements for a sustainable energy supply? Every year we are using the same amount of energy that it has taken the Earth one million years to store in fossil fuels. We are increasingly aware that… continue reading

  • 2nd November 2009 – Gravity Waves: Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time

    Dr Ed Daw of Sheffield University will return to take us into the realm of Gravity Waves. If a large star explodes it can create an effect like throwing a pebble in a pond. The pond in this case is… continue reading

  • 5th October 2009 – Nuclear Fusion: The HiPER Project

    Professor Mike Dunne Director of the Rutherford Labs HiPER Project will introduce us to their approach to Fusion research which addresses some of the issues, like containment inherent in the Tokomak approach. He will explain how they plan to fire… continue reading

  • 7th September 2009 – Are the Oceans Doomed?

    Join Dr Steve Simpson to discuss the future of the seas around us! The Daily Telegraph’s headline “All Seafood will Run Out by 2050” sums up the current debate on our oceans. But how much of this is science and… continue reading

  • 10th August 2009 – A Bacterial Conundrum

    A Bacterial Conundrum: where to go and how to get there? Professor Judith Armitage of Oxford University took us into the land of the bacterium. These little creatures are less than a thousandth of a millimetre in size – so… continue reading