Related to Making Use of Uncertainty: How Quantum Physics is Revolutionising Our Lives

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   The Frontiers of Chemistry

   James Murray presents a talk on where the latest research innovations in chemistry may be leading us.

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   How Physics Has Shed Light on the Nature of Time

   Josh Hulks presents a talk on what physics has to teach us about the nature of time.

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   Synthetic Biology - A Brave New World?

   Imagine a world in which we could make fuels or pharmaceuticals in the same way we ferment malt to make beer. A world in which materials as strong as steel are made without industrial waste, or artificial viruses can be used to administer anti-cancer drugs without the usual side-effects of chemotherapy. Synthetic biology promises new technologies that could change our lives through the design and construction of new biological parts and devices, and the redesign of existing, natural biological organisms for new purposes.

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   From Rutherford to the LHC

   This year we celebrate the centenary of Rutherford's "discovery" of the tiny atomic nucleus at the centre of the atom. Why are scientists are still studying this topic a hundred years on? Professor David Jenkins from the University of York will explore the properties of the atomic nucleus and explain the origin of the chemical elements which make up our physical world.