Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

10th February 2025 – Using synchrotron radiation to design high performance materials – from the atomic structure to the finished product

Posted on September 1, 2024 by jrsee

We welcome Robert Cernik, Emeritus Professor, Materials Engineering, Manchester University, who will tell us about synchrotron radiation, and will describe diffraction and imaging methods and what they give you. He will also give us some real examples, from jet engines … Continue reading →

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13th January 2025 – A Lake’s Life in Time

Posted on August 31, 2024 by KevinG

For the first session of the New Year, we welcome Dr John Boyle and his colleague Dr Maddy Moyle, who will talk about water quality, specifically about a project they have been working on involving the Tatton Meres. John and … Continue reading →

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9th December 2024 ** SCIENCE BASED QUIZ **

Posted on August 30, 2024 by jrsee

Unfortunately, our scheduled speaker has had to cancel for personal reasons. At such short notice, we have not been able to get a replacement speaker, but luckily one of the SciBar’s regular attendees has been able to put together a … Continue reading →

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11th November 2024 – Chromatography and Aspects of Purification

Posted on July 14, 2024 by jrsee

On the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural Knutsford SciBar, we welcome Colin Banks, whose name may be familiar to many of you as Knutsford’s Town Mayor. Colin’s talk will address the subject of chromatography purification as it was practiced and … Continue reading →

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14th October 2024 – Hispaniolan Parakeets in the Urban Environment

Posted on July 3, 2024 by TerryG

We welcome Dr. Matt Geary, a Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology at the University of Chester, who will be describing his research into the behaviour of the urban population of Hispaniolan parakeets to understand how they survive in the city. … Continue reading →

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9th September 2024 – Cosmic Rays

Posted on June 16, 2024 by TerryG

We welcome back Dr. Steve Barrett from the University of Liverpool for another of his mind-blowing and fascinating talks. High-energy charged particles are continually raining down on the Earth. Where do they come from and how do they gain so … Continue reading →

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