Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

1st October 2012 – When Authors and Scientists Collide

Posted on October 1, 2012 by DaveT

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 →

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3rd September 2012 – The Arsonist, the Martian, the Cat and the Coke …. oh, and Dwain

Posted on September 3, 2012 by DaveT

Tony Bristow, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield Have you ever wondered what links Martians to Olympic athletes? Cats to cocaine? Surgery to the Shroud of Turin? Pizza to forensic science? No? Well you will shortly…. In this discussion all will be revealed. We … Continue reading →

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2nd July 2012 – Why Do We Need To Find That Pesky Higgs Particle?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by DaveT

We are expecting news in early July about the discovery (or NOT) of the Higgs particle. It would seem a good time to look where science is up to prior to the event and thus be prepared to be able … Continue reading →

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11th June 2012 – The Brain’s Roles in Memory

Posted on June 11, 2012 by DaveT

Dr. Penny Lewis from Manchester NARU (Neuroscience of Aphasia Research Unit) will talk about memory and the brain. What role does sleep play and what does the brain do when it is neither storing nor retrieving memories?     

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14th May 2012 – Water: Weird or What?

Posted on May 14, 2012 by DaveT

Dr Jichen Li from Manchester will talk to us about the strange properties of one of the most common materials we see around us (particularly in the Manchester area). Liquid water has importance as a solvent, a solute, a reactant … Continue reading →

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2nd April 2012 – The Brain: the Impact of Tea and Coffee

Posted on April 2, 2012 by DaveT

The Brain – the impact of tea and coffee + plasticity: “What shall I be today?” It’s not just Quantum Mechanics which is complicated, is it? The human brain is probably the most complex object in the universe. Come and … Continue reading →

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