Category Archives: Past Events

Events that have already happened

4th April 2011 – Einstein’s Last Legacy: Detecting Wrinkles in Space-Time

Posted on April 4, 2011 by DaveT

Associate Professor Andrea Lommen of Franklin & Marshall College and Dr Ben Stappers of Jodrell Bank study millisecond pulsars. These are dead stars with about the mass of our sun, collapsed down to about the size of Knutsford (10km across), … Continue reading →

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7th March 2011- Neutrinos

Posted on March 7, 2011 by DaveT

Dr Marieke Navin, from MOSI Manchester, recently participated in the refurbishment of a huge neutrino detector called Super Kamiokande beneath the Japanese Alps. She says “The detector is a cylinder 40m diameter and 40m tall holding 40,000 tonnes of ultra-pure … Continue reading →

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7th February 2011 – Cosmic Rays

Posted on February 7, 2011 by DaveT

Professor Tony Bell from Oxford University led our discussion on cosmic rays. These are the highest energy particles in the universe. Their energies reach about ten million times that of particles accelerated at CERN. Mainly protons, one single particle can … Continue reading →

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10th January 2011 – Bees: Clever Little Things and WE Need Them

Posted on January 10, 2011 by DaveT

Professor Ian Munro from Daresbury will lead a discussion on Bees and how the number of hives is reducing due to a mysterious disease. Bees are very smart; being able to calculate the distance between various food sources so as … Continue reading →

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6th December 2010 – Microbes and Health

Posted on December 6, 2010 by DaveT

Dr Ian Wilson of Astra Zeneca plc will  lead our discussion on Microbes and Health (ours not theirs!). You probably know that our digestive tracts (that’s “guts” to you and me) are teeming with a fantastic variety of bacteria – … Continue reading →

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1st November 2010 – Future Energy

Posted on November 1, 2010 by DaveT

How a Strange Rock and a Particle Accelerator Can Shape Our Future Doctor Hywel Owen from Manchester University will lead a discussion on options for future energy requirements, and how a novel form of nuclear power based on Thorium could transform … Continue reading →

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