Monday 8th June starting at 7pm.

Our sixth talk will be given by the Robert Hooke Society who will be talking about the significant experiments of Robert Hooke, including a demonstration of “Prince Rubert’s Drops” and about the physics of glass.

This will be our last talk for the season until Monday 28th September.

As we have to pay a rent for the facilities, we have to ask for a donation of at least £3 on the door to make sure we cover all our expenses. i.e. the rent, cost of speakers’ travel expenses and a meal, plus overnight accommodation if needed.

Monday 11th May 7pm

Our fifth speaker is Dr Elizabeth Falk who is a senior lecturer in Experimental Particle Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Sussex University and a member of the neutrino research group.

She will be talking about ‘Intriguing Neutrinos’.

This is the second of the two talks on Particle Physics.

Change of room
This talk will be held in the Osborne room.

Directions: when you go up the stairs turn right through the double doors and the Osborne room is on the right. Drinks: If you want a drink before the meeting starts you may use the Regency Suite Bar.

In the break please use the Conservative Club Bar downstairs. (By mistake the Regency Suite was double booked)

As we have to pay a rent for the facilities, we have to ask for a donation of at least £3 on the door to make sure we cover all our expenses. i.e. the rent, cost of speakers’ travel expenses and a meal, plus overnight accommodation if needed.

Monday 13th April starting at 7pm

The fourth speaker for 2015 is Professor Steve F.King in the High Energy Physics theory group of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Southampton University.

He will be talking about ‘The Standard Models in Particle Physics’.

Here’s how Steve describes what he will be speaking about:

“In this talk we will discuss Standard Model of Particle Physics, the Standard Model of Cosmology, and their connection at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

“The talk will assume no prior knowledge of either Particle Physics or Cosmology, and will take us on a voyage back in time across the Universe to start of the Big Bang and the innermost workings of the atom.

“We will take a tour of the CERN Large Hadron Collider which recreates the Big Bang conditions and present the very latest results on the Higgs Boson, before speculating about what might be discovered next, which would shape the future of physics for generations to come.

“The talk will be hopefully entertaining as well as informative, and will contain many audio-visual animations and movie clips.”

Monday 9th March starting at 7pm

The speaker for March will be Dr Patricia Hunt from the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. Patricia is a Reader in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry with her own Research Group.

She will be talking about ‘The Unique Properties of Water’.

Her talk will be based on a talk she took part in on the Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’.

Water has unsuspected properties new to science such as creating 14 different forms of ice.

Monday 9th February starting at 7pm.

Our second speaker for 2015 is Dr. Maurits de Planque who works in the Nano Research Group in the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering at Southampton University.

He will be talking about Nano Devices for the Detection of Disease

Monday 19th January starting at 7pm

Our first speaker is Dr Robert Fear who is Head of Space Environment Physics Group in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Southampton University.

He will be talking about Earth’s Aurora and Space Weather which has become an important subject because of its effects on the many satellites now orbiting the earth.

His research concentrates on the magnetosphere, ionosphere and the aurora at the poles.

We’re awaiting confirmation of dates and speakers for 2015. Check back soon for update.

Monday 13th October at 7.00pm

Professor Graham Mills, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, from the Department for Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at Portsmouth University will be talking about “The Fate of Pharmaceutical Residues in the Aquatic Environment”.

Monday 29th September at 7.00pm

Dr Luke Myers is a Lecturer from the Department for Engineering and the Environment at Southampton University and will be talking about “Tidal Power”.

His research is specifically about free stream tidal energy (much like wind turbines, but underwater) which is challenging especially when water, mechanical components and electricity are involved. What problems have to be overcome to produce effective Tidal Power?

We take a break over the summer, due to many people taking holidays.

Cafe Scientifique returns on 29th September, with another season of fascinating talks, so keep keep the date free in your diary!