Learning and socialising about science

We are continually developing our programme, seeking to provide sessions covering a variety of subjects by speakers who enjoy working with an audience that can be relied upon to ask many questions. Please use the comment form to let us know if you would like to lead a session for us.

Speakers can find guidelines to our preferred style here

  • 5G Network pluses and minuses

    Professor Steve Fergusson The talk covers the application, technology, safety and politics of 5G networks and the Internet of Things. Potential applications are legion, the technology is awesome, safety issues have spawned criminal actions and the politics have become geopolitical.... Continue Reading →

  • Funding Research

    On line via Zoom App Riverside Walk, Adelaide Rd, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

    Leah Fitzsimmons University of Birmingham

  • Tracking Environmental Pollution

    On line via Zoom App Riverside Walk, Adelaide Rd, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

    Profs Bob Lee and John Colbourne Globally, pollution kills three times more people than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, accounting for one in four deaths in the poorest countries. How can polluters be so destructive in a world that has... Continue Reading →

  • Biochar – the potential benefits

    For our November Zoom meeting, Donna Udall will lead a discussion on “Biochar - the potential benefits” . The topic is of great relevance as the farming and horticultural community seeks ways to improve the soil in the light of... Continue Reading →

  • Can we make a realistic and ethical laboratory model of chronic lung infection?”

    On line via Zoom App Riverside Walk, Adelaide Rd, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

    Dr Freya Harrison, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick Freya uses her background in microbiology and evolutionary ecology to research how bacterial pathogens interact and evolve during chronic infections. She is especially interested in the long-lived, biodiverse lung infections... Continue Reading →

  • Whatever have glial cells done for us?

    Online via Zoom

    Prof Nick Dale, Ted Pridgeon Professor of Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences University of Warwick. Nick studies chemical signalling in the central nervous system, with particular interests in: developing biosensor technologies to measure neurotransmitter release in real time, the control... Continue Reading →

  • AI in Visual Art

    Dr Aniko Ekart, Reader in Computer Science, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aston University The quest for machines capable of performing creative activities began with the invention of the computer. Producing aesthetically pleasing visual art is certainly one such creative activity.... Continue Reading →

  • The Climate and Money

    Café Scientifique member John Stott looks at evidence for the relationship between the climate problem and money. As an engineer, his initial reaction to the climate problem was to see it as problem about carbon pollution, so the way to... Continue Reading →

  • What is Engineering Education and does it work?

    Dr Rebecca Broadbent, Teaching Fellow, College of Engineering and Physical Science, Aston University Engineers have the power to shape the world and improve people’s lives, however engineering firms continue to warn of a shortage of engineers that poses a threat... Continue Reading →

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