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Events Bulletin from 20 June 2013
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Monday 24 Jun 2013
BASINGSTOKE: BIO INSPIRED LESSONS FROM THE WORLD
Location: The Tea Bar, 9-13 London Street, Top of Town, Basingstoke RG21 7NT
Time: 19:30 to 21:00
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore and debate the latest ideas in science and technology.
The speaker for the June meeting at The Tea Bar will be Rob Whitehouse who is a client manager at Roke Manor Research Ltd, a world-class electronics engineering company that provides contract research, product development and manufacturing for a wide range of UK and international customers.
He will be talking about how Scientists and engineers are turning to biological systems for solutions to complex problems. This talk will look at some of the areas where naturally occurring form, reasoning and behavior are being adopted and where bio-inspired technologies offer promise for the future.
The Tea Bar will be open for at least half an hour before the talk which starts at 7.30pm, so you can get yourself a drink and have a chat with other participants. The discussions will aim to finish around 9.00pm, though everyone will be welcome to stay around and have a chat with the speaker afterwards ... and indulge in more of the Tea Bar's delicious cakes.
The format of the evening is usually a talk of 30 to 40 minutes, followed by a short break so the audience can refill their glasses, before questions and discussions about the talk. Entry is free and open to everyone, but we do encourage you to buy a tea, coffee or drink (and cakes) at the bar to show your support for The Tea Bar who sponsor the meeting by providing the venue.
Organiser: Bob Clifford, info@cafesci-basingstoke.org.uk, 07811 289586
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Monday 15 Jul 2013
READING: YOUR SOIL IS POLLUTED, BUT IS IT HARMFUL?
Location: Monroe's Rock Cafe (Formerly Déjà vu Bar & Eatery), 61 St. Mary's Butts, Reading RG1 2LG
Time: 7.30pm
Cost: FREE ENTRY
THIS IS A FREE PUBLIC EVENT TO WHICH EVERYONE IS WELCOME ...
Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore and debate the latest ideas in science and technology.
Professor Chris Collins, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, University of Reading will be leading the discussion this evening on the pollution of our soil.
Café Scientifique talks start at 7:30 p.m. in Monroe's Rock Cafe (formerly known as the Déjà vu Bar & Eatery) and are followed by questions from the audience in the second half. Everyone is welcome to ask a question or make a comment; you don't need to be a scientist to enjoy the evening.
There is no advance booking, but please contact me if you want further information about this often packed event. The Reading Cafe Scientifique programme is now available online at www.reading.ac.uk/cafesci
Organiser: Reading Cafe Scientifique
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Monday 28 Oct 2013
BASINGSTOKE: FUSION POWER - WITHIN OUR GRASP?
Location: The Tea Bar, 9-13 London Street, Top of Town, Basingstoke RG21 7NT
Time: 19:00 to 21:00
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore and debate the latest ideas in science and technology.
The speaker for the October meeting at The Tea Bar will be Chris Warrick, Communications Group Manager at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy. He will be speaking this evening about the latest developments in Fusion Research at the Culham Centre and in international projects around the world.
With fossil fuel reserves diminishing and concerns over climate change increasing, the hunt for alternative sources of energy has never been more important. In the middle of rural Oxfordshire in the UK, a thousand scientists and engineers are undertaking a project to develop a new source of energy – nuclear fusion.
Fusion of hydrogen nuclei is the process that powers the Sun – and at the European JET project, located at Culham Science Centre, these processes are being replicated. By heating a gas of Deuterium and Tritium to 150-200 million degrees C and employing powerful magnetic fields, the JET tokamak has demonstrated the fusion of these nuclei and a subsequent release of energy (16MW - a world record for fusion power produced).
JET continues to lead the worldwide effort way towards commercial fusion power - answering ever more scientific and engineering challenges - and ensuring the next step international device ITER (located in Cadarche, France) will hit the ground running, when it comes into operation in late 2020.
The first fusion power stations should be starting up in the next 30 years – harnessing the power of the Sun for all of us here on earth!
The Tea Bar will be open for at least half an hour before the talk which starts at 7.30pm, so you can get yourself a drink and have a chat with other participants. The discussions will aim to finish around 9.00pm, though everyone will be welcome to stay around and have a chat with the speaker afterwards ... and indulge in more of the Tea Bar's delicious cakes.
The format of the evening is usually a talk of 30 to 40 minutes, followed by a short break so the audience can refill their glasses, before questions and discussions about the talk. Entry is free and open to everyone, but we do encourage you to buy a tea, coffee or drink (and cakes) at the bar to show your support for The Tea Bar who sponsor the meeting by providing the venue.
Organiser: Bob Clifford, info@cafesci-basingstoke.org.uk, 07811 289586
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