Category Archives: Monthly Meetings

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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11th December 2023 – Radiation: the good, the bad and the ugly

Posted on October 1, 2023 by TerryG

Catharine West is Emerita Professor of Radiation Biology at the University of Manchester. Her research focuses on trying to predict how cancer patients respond to radiotherapy with a particular interest in measuring radiosensitivity and hypoxia.

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13th November 2023 – Diagnosing the scent of Parkinson’s with Mass Spectrometry and Joy

Posted on July 10, 2023 by TerryG

The speaker for this meeting will be Professor Monty Silverdale, who is a consultant Neurologist at the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences and a Professor of Neurology at the University of Manchester. This is Professor Silverdale’s summary of his talk: … Continue reading →

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9th October 2023 – The Use and Misuse of Science in the Development Planning Process

Posted on July 9, 2023 by TerryG

This month’s meeting will be about efforts to protect Danes Moss, an SSSI and nature reserve managed by Cheshire Wildlife Trust, from adjacent building development. The development will adversely affect the peatland, which is a carbon sink. The Moss lies … Continue reading →

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