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CANCELLED – Highlighting LGBT people in STEM
Sorry folks ... cancelling all upcoming events due to covid19. We'll be back once things return to normality (and may try some virtual options in the meantime). Stay safe out there! Science should be blind to the human experience, right? It shouldn't matter who does research, because the laws of our universe are indifferent. If that's true, then we should sit up and take note when talented researchers are uncomfortable in academic culture, to the point where they consider…
Find out more »SITP Online Presents: Jim Al-Khalili: The World According to Physics
Live event link: https://www.twitch.tv/sitp Where does theoretical physics stand at the end of the second decade of the 21st century? Are we finally approaching the end of physics, when the rich tapestry of the universe will be revealed to us and we will finally understand the true nature of reality? If we are honest then we must admit that, while what we do know is dazzlingly impressive, there is much we have yet to grasp, from the nature of space…
Find out more »Title: What does Star Wars (and other stuff) have to do with maths?
Doors at 7.15, kickoff at 7.30 Please see foot of event description for Covid-19 safety measures and accessibility information. View event on Facebook View event on Meetup Description: What do Star Wars and Santa Claus have to do with maths? How much energy does a lightsaber use? Does Santa actually exist? Join us as we answer these questions and many more using basic maths and science, courtesy of Dr George Loumakis of Glasgow Caledonian University's School of Computing, Engineering and…
Find out more »H2 Ohhh! The miracle of turning water into hydrogen – Dr Alexey Ganin
View event on Facebook here View event on Meetup here View event on Eventbrite here The electrolyser is a device that with the help of electricity splits water in two elementary components: hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is an excellent fuel and an attractive green energy carrier if the electricity for water splitting comes from renewable energy sources. Furthermore, converting the excess of electricity, for example during summer months, into hydrogen by water electrolysis could act as energy backup system which…
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