Churchill College

Why does an MRI scan take so long? How can we improve it to make it faster? Why do webpages load quickly?

If an idea or project is to be turned into a business, it is crucial to know its financial value. 

Your understanding of the relationship between science and the occult is probably wrong.

Manipulating bacteria for the discovery of new antimicrobials: Karen Chan

While the cognitive capacities for social transmission of information appear to be present in a wide range of animal species, culture has only been described for handful of species. 

As the number of atoms in proteins increases, so too does the complexity of the underlying potential energy surface. 

What is motivating the transition of the transportation industry away from its dependence on combustion engines? And what are the current technologies enabling this?

Quickly zoom through the astrophysics landscape—from dark matter in galaxies to Einstein's theory of relativity, finally asking the question: 'What is the fate of the universe?'

Manufacturing strategy and technology management, international manufacturing and manufacturing policy.

Dr Cahir O'Kane uses fruitflies, and human disease genes, to study how axons are maintained, and how they go wrong in disease.

An introduction to probabilistic inference in the brain and an overview of research studying how the brain may utilise time to develop and represent probability distributions.

Being able to stop is equally important as thinking and acting. Yuhua Guo looks at the similarities between the brain activations involved in stopping, memories and actions. 

To predict how materials will behave in real-world applications, scientists are employing physics, chemistry, and computer science to simulate materials at the atomistic scale.

How we can use bacteria to make drugs? Developing newl drugs from natural products is important for addressing antibiotic resistance and improving pharmaceutical treatments.

Whether you are a nuclear energy skeptic or enthusiast, this talk will offer insight into the prospects and challenges associated with increasing our reliance on nuclear power.

How important are biological factors, such as hormones, in shaping our sexual destinies? Some of the factors that shape our development as male or female

To predict how the climate will evolve in the future, we need to reconstruct and understand the climatic changes that the Earth experienced in the past.

Bingyu's research uses several mathematical methods to help engineers using fibre optic sensing data to better detect early thermal pipe leakage.

The circuit mechanisms of odor discrimination learning in the higher brain.

The application of solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) to solid state electrochemistry.

Exploring why individuals' behaviour differs from one another and why this is consistent through time. 

Autism Spectrum Conditions are characterised by a wide variety of symptoms. One often reported trait is enhanced detail perception. 

Sunlight and water are the two most abundant and most basic resources available on Earth—can humans effectively harness their power?

This talk looks at the basic physical principles that govern photovoltaic devices and their theoretical limitations of efficiency.

What is condensed matter phsyics?

Can as yet non-existent computers possibly tell us anything about the behaviour of real matter?

What impact could these ancient trysts have on modern human populations and modern medicine?