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5th October 2015 – LEDs and the Future of Lighting

Posted on October 5, 2015 by DaveT

Professor Phillip Dawson from The Alan Turing Building – University of Manchester – will visit Knutsford Scibar to repeat his successful visit to Bollington SciBar to talk to us about LEDs and their significance for the future.

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7th September 2015 – The Square Kilometre Array

Posted on September 7, 2015 by DaveT

Dr Evan Keane will bring us up to date with a revolutionary new radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Playing a crucial role,  it is possible and affordable for the SKA to be built by 2024. With an unprecedented … Continue reading →

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6th July 2015 – Quantum Biology

Posted on July 6, 2015 by DaveT

Delivered by “The Manchester Quantum Biology Discussion Team”, comprising Professor Nigel Scrutton, Dr Sam Hay and Dr Alex R Jones. Disappearing in one place and reappearing in another. Being in two places at once. Communicating information seemingly faster than the … Continue reading →

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1st June 2015 – Global Positioning: Where Are We?

Posted on June 1, 2015 by DaveT

Professor Terry Moore from Nottingham University had been scheduled to lead our discussion on Navigation Systems in December 2014 but, due to an unfortunate accident, he could not attend our  SciBar, which was thus cancelled. He said we can reschedule … Continue reading →

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11th May 2015 – Decrypting the Viral Enigma Code

Posted on May 11, 2015 by DaveT

Professor Peter Stockley will discuss his work “Decrypting the viral enigma code – recent progress in anti viral therapy”. It certainly sounds much more like trying to solve the German “Enigma” code in the second world war than unravelling how … Continue reading →

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13th April 2015 – Should Animals Have Human Rights?

Posted on April 13, 2015 by DaveT

Dr Sarah Chan  returns to Knutsford SciBar to discuss what rights – if any – animals should have in experiments. If we bring a Mammoth back from extinction,where will it live and does it matter? There are many other examples … Continue reading →

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