Author Archives: jrsee

11th March 2024 – Heat in Homes

Posted on October 14, 2023 by jrsee

In March, our speaker will be Mark Thompson. Mark is an energy efficiency expert who is passionate about engaging the public in energy, and “de-mything and de-fearing” it and the changes that decarbonisation will bring. After studying physics and electronics … Continue reading →

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12th February 2024 – Solar Flares: The Most Powerful Explosions in the Solar System

Posted on October 10, 2023 by jrsee

Philippa Browning is Professor of Astrophysics in the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. She specialises in the mathematical modelling of fusion plasmas. Solar flares are dramatic explosions in the outer atmosphere of the Sun – … Continue reading →

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8th January 2024 – Stretched to Breaking Point – When is this a Good Thing for Polymer Materials?

Posted on October 5, 2023 by jrsee

Our first speaker of the New Year is Dr. Niamh Fox, a lecturer in Polymer Science in the Department of Materials at Manchester University. Her talk ‘Stretched to breaking point – when is this a good thing for polymer materials?’ … Continue reading →

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10th July 2023: Future Medicines – what have we learned from mRNA vaccines?

Posted on June 3, 2023 by jrsee

The Covid vaccines are estimated to have saved 20 million lives since the start of the pandemic. Two of these vaccines used a revolutionary biological approach to generating a medicine rapidly and flexibly (mRNA), and a revolutionary innovation in delivering … Continue reading →

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17th April 2023 – Coping with Stress

Posted on September 30, 2022 by jrsee

Please note the date for this session. As Easter Monday falls on the 2nd Monday in April, the SciBar session will be on the 3rd Monday. Postponed from October 2022, Dr Clare Jonas returns to describe her study of how … Continue reading →

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14th November 2022 – Native Plant Reintroductions

Posted on April 2, 2022 by jrsee

This talk will be given by Josh Styles.   Josh is a recently-graduated botanist who now has a dynamic career in ecology and science communication.  He has founded the North West Rare Plant Initiative (www.nwrpi.weebly.com) and British Botany Training (www.BritishBotany.co.uk).   He … Continue reading →

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