The Environmental Legacy of Silver-Lead Mining and Metallurgy at Priddy Mineries Reserve

9 February, 2012 @ 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
The BAWA Pavilion, Southmead Rd, Bristol,City of Bristol BS10 5, UK

Speaker: Dr Sally Griffin, Bath Spa University Joint RSC/SCI/BSciA Lecture 1 hour CPD Free buffet after the lecture. Contact Hilary Kitchen to book your buffet place by e-mail

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HP Labs Science Lecture – Faster Than The Speed of Light?

HP Labs Science Lecture – Faster Than The Speed of Light?

15 February, 2012 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cabot Auditorium, Bristol, South Gloucestershire BS34 8QZ, UK

With Prof Jim Al-Khalili The recent experiment involving neutrinos supposedly breaking the speed of light barrier between CERN in Switzerland and Grand Sasso in Northern Italy has captured the world's imagination. The reason is that this result violates one of the central tenets of Einstein's special theory of relativity: that the speed of light (about one billion km/hr) is the maximum speed possible in our universe. If...

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Hand on Heart

Hand on Heart

8 March, 2012 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Galleries, Bristol, City of Bristol BS1 3XD, UK

It’s important to look after your heart and keep it healthy. But if problems do arise, a team of experts at Bristol’s Heart Institute are there to help. Bristol heart surgeons and University of Bristol researchers are working together to develop new heart surgery techniques. They hope to improve patient recovery and reduce the impact surgery can have on a patient’s lungs. Come along to pledge...

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Mi-Fi – Your body as a wireless network

Mi-Fi – Your body as a wireless network

30 January, 2012 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, Bristol BS3, UK

  "Wireless communications are everywhere nowadays, in your pocket, at the pub, in your home, workplace and your car - you've probably already forgotten what it was like to not be continually connected to everything else. Now that we've embedded this technology into our everyday lives, why not embed it into our own bodies? With an ageing population what could be better than networks of wireless sensors...

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