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April 2020 Scibar
An introduction to Machine Learning (commonly known as Artificial Intelligence) Speaker: Paul Roberts, a Management Consultant. Date: 20th April 2020 Paul Roberts is a Management Consultant who advises Banks, especially international Investment Banks on this exciting and very topical subject … Continue reading
March 2020 Scibar
Beyond The Fringe: Astronomy with Invisible Light Speaker: Professor Gary Davis Date: 9th March 2020 at 18:30 Astronomy is based on the detection and analysis of light we receive from objects in the sky. Progress in our understanding of the … Continue reading
September Scibar
Images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) The HST has been in orbit around the Earth since 1990. Since it’s launch it has gotten through a number of phases, but it has provided some of the most momentous images of … Continue reading
January Scibar: Seeing sounds: how we make sense of a multisensory world
Date: Monday 13th January 2020 Speaker: Dr Clare Jonas. “Seeing sounds: how we make sense of a multisensory world” The brain can do some incredibly complex things like plotting novels, calculating rocket trajectories and keeping us balanced on bikes. But … Continue reading
Periodic Table scarecrows at Bollington Festival are go!
As part of the Bollington Festival 2019, local primary schools, guide and brownie groups, busiensses and residents have come together to create a Scarecrow Trail throughout the town from 10 to 27 May. The trail is supported by the Royal … Continue reading
October: Of flies and men – how research on tiny insects revolutionised biology and medicine
Date: Monday 4th October Speaker: Professor Andreas Prokop and Sanjai Patel -Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health School of Biology Of flies and men: how research on tiny insects revolutionised biology and medicine Although the common ancestors of fruit flies … Continue reading
November: How the Immune System affects Brain Disease
Date: Monday 11th November Speaker: Prof David Brough, School of Biological Sciences at University of Manchester. How the Immune System affects Brain Disease Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Globally there are currently 50 million people with … Continue reading
July: Solar Energy and its journey from the centre of the Sun to your electric kettle
Date: Monday 8th July Speaker: Prof George King, The Photon Science Institute from the University of Manchester Solar Energy and its journey from the centre of the Sun to your electric kettle The amount of solar energy received by planet … Continue reading
May: Bollington Festival talk: James Chadwick and the Discovery of the Neutron
Tuesday May 21, 7.30pm Bollington Cross School, Bollington Road, Bollington, SK10 5EG Free event during the Bollington Festival. Dr Peter Rowlands of University of Liverpool Physics Department and a member of the Institute of Physics history group talks about the … Continue reading
March SciBar: A Ranger’s Perspective
11 March 2019 We welcome Ed Pilkington, a Cheshire East Ranger. Ed says: The talk will be about how the ranger service manage their sites and specific habitats, I will be looking at the Middlewood Way, Poynton Coppice, Jacksons Brickworks … Continue reading