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Glasgow Skeptics visit Café Scientifique: Pulsars, Prizes and Physics
So we don't have an official Glasgow Skeptics event on this date ... but our friends over in Cafe Scientifique have got something to tickle your fancy instead. The topic this month: Pulsars, Prizes and Physics For more information about Café Scientifique:Visit their website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/events/cafescientifique/ The talk is free - although they do ask for donationsAccessibility: The talk is on the top floor of the store. There is a lift available for those unable to use the stairs.
Find out more »Chernobyl, Fukushima and Nuclear Energy
HBO's mini-series Chernobyl recently became the highest rated TV show ever on IMDb, bringing new-found attention and insight into the disaster. But, did they accurately depict the facts, and particularly the after-effects? The Fukushima disaster is also hitting the headlines again now with talk of space for storing radioactive water running out by 2022. In this talk we will take a look at both the Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters - and Nuclear energy in general. Let's see how bad (or…
Find out more »PubhD: Three Researchers and a Flipchart
Brought to you in association with PubhD Glasgow The format is nice and simple: 1: Three researchers will each have 10 minutes to talk about their subject area to an interested audience in a pub 2: There will be up to 20 minutes of (friendly!) Q&A per speaker. 3: Each speaker gets at least one pint (or other drink of their choice). A whiteboard/flip chart and coloured pens will be provided. This is a free event and no tickets are…
Find out more »Arthritis Treatment: Precision Medicine, Where Will the Future Take Us?
Within the last decade there has been an explosion of new therapeutic options for people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. The challenge is to identify those patients that will respond to classical drug regimes, and those that need to go directly on to the newer therapeutic options. We will discuss exciting precision medicine research from the University of Glasgow that aims to identify “biomarkers” for the stratification of patients to the treatment that they are most likely to respond to. We…
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