Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

7th April 2008 – From DNA to Organism

Posted on April 7, 2008 by DaveT

Could Humans grow new limbs? Professor Enrique Amaya from Manchester University discussed how DNA makes organisms and how amphibian embryos have an incredible ability to heal following amputations, which is one of the primary reasons why they have been used … Continue reading →

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3rd March 2008 – How Does the Brain Keep Us Awake During the Day…

Posted on March 3, 2008 by DaveT

… and how does it keep us thin? Dr Denis Burdakov from Cambridge University will help us understand how the brain keeps us awake and conscious during the day. It was until recently mysterious why in the sleep disorder narcolepsy … Continue reading →

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4th February 2008 – Bringing Nuclear Fusion Down to Earth

Posted on February 4, 2008 by DaveT

Chris Carpenter and Chris Warrick from Culham, the UK’s primary Fusion Research Centre helped us look into Nuclear Fusion (using the same processes that make the sun hot to create electricity on earth). Apart from the difficulties in creating a … Continue reading →

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7th January 2008 – Synthetic Biology and Biological Computing

Posted on January 7, 2008 by DaveT

Dr. Martyn Amos from Manchester Metropolitan University will help us look into the technologies of biological computing and how we can now adjust biological “creatures” to do things never previously created in the history of life. In the living cell … Continue reading →

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3rd December 2007 – Old and New Technologies

Posted on December 3, 2007 by DaveT

Old and New Technologies and the Spread of the Minoan Civilisation in Crete Dr. Ina Berg from Manchester University helped us look into the technologies of pottery manufacture in ancient Crete. Her research uses X-ray analysis to determine how the … Continue reading →

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5th November 2007 – The Holographic Universe

Posted on November 5, 2007 by DaveT

The Holographic Universe – Maybe the reality of our world is just an illusion Dr. Radu Tatar, Liverpool University, will help us look into the science of the Holographic Universe. String Theory suggests that our real world is made from … Continue reading →

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