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Category Archives: Past Events
13th May 2024 – Acoustic Aberrations
Playing with Physics and Perception Professor Trevor Cox comes to us from the University of Salford department of Acoustic Engineering where his research areas are architectural acoustics, signal processing and audio perception. Trevor is also an author and radio broadcaster … Continue reading
Posted in 2024, Monthly Meetings, Past Events
Tagged physics, sound, technology
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8th April 2024 – The Science of Peatbogs
Simon Caporn, Emeritus Professor of Ecology and Environment, Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University has been teaching and researching plants, soils and their environments for 30 years. Simon offers the following description of his talk: Dark, peaty soils cover … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, environment
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11th March 2024 – Heat in Homes
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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Tagged energy, power generation, technology
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12th February 2024 – Solar Flares: The Most Powerful Explosions in the Solar System
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
8th January 2024 – Stretched to Breaking Point – When is this a Good Thing for Polymer Materials?
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
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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Tagged health, medicine
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