Designed for non-scientist audiences , so questions are allowed through the
lecture, to clarify points.

http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/~crk/scicaf/programme.html

The Frontier of Particle Physics and the Large Hadron Collider
24th January 2008, 7pm

Prof. Nick Evans, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton

In just a few months particle physicists will be switching on a
multi-billion pound atom smasher in Geneva called the Large Hadron Collider.
This machine will probe the most basic building blocks of nature and shed
light on our understanding of the masses of particles. Excitingly, the
machine must uncover the explanation to a missing piece in our understanding
of the weak nuclear force. Speculation is rife as to what will be found from
the mysterious Higgs particle to "supersymmetry" or extra dimensions of
Space-Time.


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Southampton Science Café

Once a month on Thursdays (usually the third Thursday in the month). Please
see the programme page for upcoming events. Meetings start at 7pm in the
Soul Cellar, 78 West Marlands, Southampton, SO14 7FW.

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Future programme


Is a little bit of Polonium good for you? - Current Issues in Radiation
Protection
21st February 2008, 7pm
Jim Thurston, Medical Engineering and Physics, King's College Hospital,
London

Biofuels: Sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels?
20th March 2008, 7pm
Prof. Matthew Davidson, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath

Finding our way through some of Biology's moral mazes
17th April 2008, 7pm
Prof. John Bryant, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter

Biometrics: Recognising you by your Face, Gait or Ear; Is Surveillance
Science?
15th May 2008, 7pm

Prof. Mark Nixon, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of
Southampton
Communicating Science
19th June 2008, 7pm

Dr. Jenny Gristock, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
Evolution
17th July 2008, 7pm

Dr. Richard Watson, School of Electronics and Computer Science, University
of Southampton
Bad Science
18th September 2008, 7pm

Dr. Phil Uttley, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton
Nuclear fusion power
16th October 2008, 7pm

Chris Carpenter / Chris Warrick, UKAEA Fusion Association
Where is the universe?
20th November 2008, 7pm
Prof. Bob Nichol, Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of
Portsmouth


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