Category Cafe Scientifique

Tuesday 20th October – Samuel Hatfield The quiet revolution of numerical weather prediction Over the past 40 years there has been a monumental rise in the skill of weather forecasts. This has been achieved through a concerted international scientific effort…

Tuesday 15th September  – Fred Landeg ‘Animal Disease Threats to Global Food Security’ “Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food…

Tuesday 18th August – ‘Frontiers of Astronomy’ concentrating on what will be happening in the next twenty years both from missions and observations. Chris Lintott is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford, where he is also a…

Tuesday 21st July 2020 Every day brings disturbing new stories and fresh evidence of the impact that climate change is having on the world we inhabit. Climate scientists have been highlighting the dangers for decades, but it is the rise…

“Electric Propulsion to replace Petrol & Diesel Engines in cars” – Transport power from food for people and horses, coal and oil in vehicle engines and electricity in the future. Peter Moss Graduated in Mechanical engineering at Imperial College, Apprenticeship…

Following on from the success of hosting our monthly Cafe Scientifique online, we are delighted Professor John Zarnecki will be our speaker this month.  Log in details will be emailed through our mailing list. Should you wish to be added…

Science & Music – Paul Steadman – Tuesday 18th February Ranging from the popular music of Ed Sheeran or Dua Lipa through to Jazz, flamenco to the more classical music of Debussy or Beethoven it is obvious that most people…

Fusion Power: The Mission, an Engineer, and the Way Forward Dr Tom Barrett,  UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham, Oxfordshire 17th December 2019 Fusion power has for decades promised to be humanity’s perfect energy source: safe, clean, abundant, sustainable and dependable…

Spaceships in Oxfordshire Want to learn about the exciting space innovations taking place here in Oxfordshire? From rocket engines to satellites to applications… come explore with Stephen Ringler of the Satellite Applications Catapult what is going on in the UK…

Pain and the opioid crisis – a community pharmacist perspective Rosie Adsley gives us an overview of the current treatment of pain and will also look at how the opioid crisis developed in the US and the current situation in…

Keeping the lights on at an affordable cost in a low carbon world The costs of producing electricity from renewable energy have been falling rapidly in recent years.  This is good news as we move to a world where we…

The Evolving Universe – Professor Robert Lambourne This Cafe Scientifique examines our current view of the nature of the physical Universe, and the evolutionary process that enabled it to emerge from the hot, dense conditions of the Big Bang. The…

**Unfortunately Mark Jarman is unavailable to speak at this month’s Café Sci and Steve Spittle has kindly offered to stand in for Mark**    The space industry is undergoing its 4th revolution, and satellites are at its forefront. With 2,000…

Dr Peter Baker, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) – Gone in 60 Microseconds: The Muon’s Journey from Mistaken Identity to Tool of the Sciences The muon is a fundamental particle rather like the electron, but 200 times heavier. This talk…

Whether we realise it or not, chemicals are a vital part of our everyday lives. From the weed killer in your shed to the bleach under your sink, even the flavouring in your squash, chemicals are everywhere. With such a…

Astronomy is generally thought of as “looking at the night sky”. However, modern astronomy involves observing across the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma-rays, detecting magnetic fields and high energy particles from space, exploring the planets,…