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5th March 2013 – Manchester in the Global Industry of Science and Technology

Posted on March 5, 2013 by DaveT

Professor John Pickstone of the University of Manchester recently helped arrange a series of ‘Interfaculty Lectures’ and, with friends in Manchester Metropolitan University and the City, he initiated and organised a major Manchester Histories Festival in March 2009. This proved … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 5, 2013 by DaveT
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8th January 2013 – Graphene

Posted on January 8, 2013 by DaveT

Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan discusses graphene with us. Graphene is the world’s first 2-dimensional material, and was made in Manchester for the very first time in 2004, by Professor Andre Geim and Professor Kostya Novoselov. They were, of course, awarded the … Continue reading →

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4th December 2012 – Experiments You Can Do At Home

Posted on December 4, 2012 by DaveT

Lorelly Wilson (Chair of the North West Branch of the British Science Association) will demonstrate experiments you can do at home to get your partner out of their armchair/garden shed or to entertain the grandchildren using common household products to … Continue reading →

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5th November 2012 – I Like The Way We Talk

Posted on November 5, 2012 by DaveT

I like the way we talk: the effect of accent imitation on speech perception Dr Patti Adank describes her topic: “The UK has many regional accents, from Cockney spoken in London to Geordie in Newcastle, to Scottish accents such as … Continue reading →

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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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