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Platform for Investigation - Diamonds are for Everything

When: Saturday 25th August
Where: Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Audience: All ages

What’s going on?: This will be one of our biggest events of the year. The CDT have been invited to MSI to run an event on one of the platform for investigation (PI) days. We shall be bringing all of our best displays and demo’s for a fun interactive day learning about all the best that diamond science has to offer.

Tue 31 Jul 2018, 11:55 | Tags: StudentNews, OutreachAdvert

Beach Lab 2018

Beach Lab 2018

When: Saturday 30th June
Where: Aberystwyth Bandstand, Marine Terrace, Aberystwyth
Audience: All ages

What’s going on?: The beach lab will return to Aberystwyth bandstand where the Aberystwyth Robotics Club will be showcasing their current projects and a range of interactive entertainment robots. DST students have also been kindly invited to return to put on a stand showing the interesting and unique properties of diamond through several interactive activities.

Wed 23 May 2018, 15:55 | Tags: OutreachAdvert

DST students at the Glasgow Science Festival

Glasgow Science Festival

When: 16th-17th June
Where: Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
Audience: All ages

What’s going on?: As part of the Glasgow Science Festival, the CDT have teamed up with the Strathclyde Student Community for Optics, Physics and Engineering (SCOPE) to but on a display at the Kelvingrove Family Weekend at the Kelvingrove Museum. You can come and learn all about how diamond interacts with light compared to other materials, and what in its structure makes it behave this way.

Wed 23 May 2018, 15:54 | Tags: OutreachAdvert

Pint of Science: Diamonds, cats and rollercoasters

...and who said physics was boring?! Join scientists from Warwick for this diamante studded event where we'll be exploring some ingenious research going on in Warwick's Physics department. Want to know how to make a diamond appear in two places at once? How your engagement ring might be put to work elsewhere? How about how they make rollercoasters safe yet spine-tingly satisfying? This is the event for you!

Tuesday 15th May
7:30 - 9:30pm
Drapers Earl Street, Coventry

Tickets Available Here!

Fri 11 May 2018, 11:13 | Tags: OutreachAdvert