Aberdeen Techfest 2009 – Happening Now!

This is just a quick reminder, for those of you in the Aberdeen area, Techfest 2009 is on now. It’s a festival of science and technology in and around Aberdeen.  If you are looking for something to do this weekend (19th-20th September 2009), then there is a family activity weekend down at the Beach [...]

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Does Aberdeen do a “great job” involving people in science?

Prof Lord Robert Winston was in Aberdeen this week, he gave a talk to the “British Science Association” dinner and visited the new Suttie Centre at Foresterhill, which teaches clinical skills, click here to read more about the Suttie Centre/Matthew Hay Project . According to the Press and Journal, Robert Winston thinks we do [...]

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Techfest 2009 Starts Today!

If you are in the Aberdeen area,  this is a reminder that Techfest starts today. The first event is tonight (Friday 11th September 2009) in the Beach Ballroom, where Richard Noble will be describing what it’s like to build the world’s fastest car.

Tomorrow (Saturday the 12th September 2009) there is a family show, [...]

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Microscopes in Aberdeenshire!

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This is a bit of an odd post, but for those of you who are interested, the Lidl store in Inverurie (in the new retail park) have about 7 microscopes for sale. Yes, that’s right, you can pick up a light microscope along with your cheap German sausages. I don’t know if any other [...]

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Cafe Scientifique – Aberdeen – Winter Programme 2009

Cafe Scientifique events run all over the world, including Aberdeen!  They are short lectures with time for debate and discussion at the end.

The next talk ties in with TechFest 2009 and is given by Dr Wendy Marsden from the University of Edinburgh on “Need Enhancing? Future Health, Future Humans” it is on the [...]

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Techfest 2009 – Opening of the Suttie Centre at Foresterhill Hospital

You may know that Aberdeen runs a major festival of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics called “TechFest”, it takes place from the 11th to the 28th of September 2009.

There are loads of different events on every aspect of science and technology (not just biology) you can find out more on the TechFest website [...]

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Techfest 2009 – Aberdeen Cancer Talk

You may know that Aberdeen runs a major festival of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics called “TechFest”, it takes place from the 11th to the 28th of September.

There are loads of different events on every aspect of science and technology (not just biology) you can find out more on the TechFest website where [...]

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