General Interest Seminars

2012

10 May 2012 - On the Shoulders of Eastern Giants: The Forgotten Legacy of Medieval Physicists Additional resources are available for this event
26 Apr 2012 - Neutrinos at the Terascale: a tale of 3.5 frontiers Additional resources are available for this event
5 Apr 2012 - The Infinity Puzzle: from atoms to the LHC Additional resources are available for this event
29 Mar 2012 - The hundred year hunt for the red sprite Additional resources are available for this event
15 Mar 2012 - POSTPONED As Weird as They Come: Elemental Metals at High Pressure Additional resources are available for this event
23 Feb 2012 - Seminar: Life-plans, Research and Sidetracks Additional resources are available for this event
23 Feb 2012 - Seminar: The Dark Universe Additional resources are available for this event
26 Jan 2012 - Life in the Universe: Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Charles Cockell Additional resources are available for this event

2011

17 Nov 2011 - A random walk through the forest - or how we guess the strength of wood. In 3D! Additional resources are available for this event
28 Oct 2011 - A weighty problem: the hunt for the Higgs boson Additional resources are available for this event
19 May 2011 - Homi Bhabha Lecture - At the edge of glassiness: how simple can a complex system be? Additional resources are available for this event
1 Apr 2011 - Confessions of a Converted Lecturer Additional resources are available for this event

2010

15 Apr 2010 - Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays: experimental progress and the puzzles the data present Additional resources are available for this event

2009

26 Nov 2009 - Deep underground science at Boulby Mine: Dark matter and beyond Additional resources are available for this event
15 Oct 2009 - Sex and Molecular Evolution Additional resources are available for this event
24 Sep 2009 - STFC: Where did it all go wrong? Additional resources are available for this event
10 Jun 2009 - The Hunt for the Higgs Additional resources are available for this event
28 Apr 2009 - Naïve beliefs about physics and education Additional resources are available for this event
26 Mar 2009 - The search for the origin of mass Additional resources are available for this event
12 Mar 2009 - The Lusi mud volcano Additional resources are available for this event
5 Mar 2009 - From neutrino oscillations to curing cancer Additional resources are available for this event
19 Feb 2009 - The Monster at your Doorstep: Edinburgh University's HECToR Supercomputer Additional resources are available for this event

2008

6 Nov 2008 - Weightlessness—the best diet in the world? (or how (not) to build planets) Additional resources are available for this event
30 Oct 2008 - Life on Mars Time—an account of the Phoenix Mission Additional resources are available for this event
23 Oct 2008 - Space as an Extreme Environment Additional resources are available for this event
16 Oct 2008 - Gravitational waves searches - status and plans Additional resources are available for this event
10 Oct 2008 - What do I know about Physics Education? Additional resources are available for this event
25 Sep 2008 - Making Money by Cooling Crystals Additional resources are available for this event
3 Apr 2008 - Sustainable Energy Additional resources are available for this event
20 Mar 2008 - The Corkscrew in the Sky Additional resources are available for this event
13 Mar 2008 - What lies beneath; and how the LHC could help us find out Additional resources are available for this event
6 Mar 2008 - Smart insurance modelling - why is my team full of physics PhDs? Additional resources are available for this event

2007

22 Nov 2007 - The Science and Technology Facilities Council Additional resources are available for this event
15 Nov 2007 - Invisible cloaks and the perfect lens Additional resources are available for this event
1 Nov 2007 - Biological Physics - Science or Gimmickry? Additional resources are available for this event
25 Oct 2007 - Lord Crawford's Astronomy Library Additional resources are available for this event
27 Sep 2007 - The Search for Origin of the Highest Energy Particles in Nature Additional resources are available for this event
4 Sep 2007 - Students' Investigative Skills and the Physics Laboratory - research and good practice seen from 'Down Under' Additional resources are available for this event
22 Mar 2007 - Statistics, the Cosmic Microwave Background, and the Anthropic Principle Additional resources are available for this event
15 Mar 2007 - Some advances in radiotherapy Additional resources are available for this event
8 Mar 2007 - The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry Additional resources are available for this event
1 Mar 2007 - The Antikythera Mechanism Decoded Additional resources are available for this event
22 Feb 2007 - Liquid Films, Bubbles and Drops ; A Demonstration Lecture Additional resources are available for this event
8 Feb 2007 - The Use of Physics in Computer Games Additional resources are available for this event
1 Feb 2007 - Nanotechnology: challenging chips and crime Additional resources are available for this event
25 Jan 2007 - Undergraduate laboratory physics – Has anything changed in 25 years? Additional resources are available for this event

2006

7 Dec 2006 - Harnessing plasma waves to accelerate particles and amplify light Additional resources are available for this event
23 Nov 2006 - How Cold is Cold Fusion? Additional resources are available for this event

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