When: 1 February, 2012 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Where: St Mary Redcliffe Church, 12 Colston Parade, Bristol,BS1 6RA, UK
Christopher Legg, "Independent Remote Sensing and GIS Consultant, will be describing the use of GPS technology, satellite-derived public domain data sets and geographic information systems in planning and managing agricultural development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa has evolved over centuries to provide food and income for mainly rural populations in a very wide range of environments, from desert to rain forest...
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When: 8 March, 2012 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Where: The Galleries, 25 Union Gallery, Broadmead,Bristol,City of Bristol BS1 3XD, UK
Discover is a free exhibition from the University of Bristol for all ages, giving a whistle-stop tour of current and innovative research. There are all sorts of ways to get involved, from looking at new discoveries, to taking part in real experiments. Dig up a dinosaur, piece together the secrets hidden in ancient fossils, interpret the wartime messages carved into ancient trees, visit the world of atoms by...
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When: 26 January, 2012 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Where: Chemistry Lecture Theatre 2, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Since time immemorial we have used the Sun’s rays to warm ourselves during the day and the glow of a flame to light up our world at night. Today, we control the inter-conversion of energy to make light from electricity, heat and chemical reactions; in our daily lives, we use chemistry and light in communication, electronics, medicine and entertainment; and photochemists are working for a cleaner,...
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When: 9 January, 2012 @ 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Where: The Raven, Queen St, Bath,Bath and North East Somerset BA1 1HE, UK
We have all heard of the Global Positioning System, or GPS, which is now widely used and has become fundamental to the modern world. The next Bath Science Café, taking place on Monday 9 January 2012, will be presented by University of Bath researcher Julian Rose, and will explore how this system on which we now rely is being affected by space weather...
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