Sheffield Science Outreach

We're a diverse group that use inventive ways to make science a bigger part of UK culture! If that sounds up your street, do join us

[Fun Palaces @FunPalaces]

Offering a couple of hours of your time to share something you can do with someone else can make a BIG difference. Make a Tiny Fun Palace or join your local one on 3 & 4 October: https://t.co/VcuT1XTYYA #FunPalaces

[Dr Ruby Osborn 💙 @RubyTOsborn]

It's September tomorrow, which means I'll be starting Miles for Refugees! I'm going to log 160 miles during September to raise money for @BritishRedCross and their work supporting refugees. If you're able to sponsor me I'd really appreciate it 😊 https://t.co/wFGShHc0Il

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Cloud “Streets”

A phenomenon where the air convects in persistent cylinders, forming long, parallel lines of puffy clouds that can stretch all the way to the horizon.

[Descending through 20,000 feet, on approach to Washington DC from Boston]

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #PierreCurie a French #physicist a pioneer in #crystallography #magnetism, #piezoelectricity, and radioactivity #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #DarshanRanganathan an organic chemist from India who was known for her work in bio-organic chemistry, including pioneering work in protein folding #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #NielsBohr a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding #atomic structure and #quantum theory, for which he received the #NobelPrize in #physics in 1922 #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #SofiaKovalevskaya a #Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and #mechanics #maths #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #MauriceWilkins a #NewZealand -born #physicist & #molecularbiologist whose research contributed to #opticalmicroscopy, #development of #Radar & work at King's College London on the structure of #DNA #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #RosalynSussmanYalow an #American #Medical #physicist, winner of the 1977 #NobelPrize for development of the #radioimmunoassay (RIA) technique; the second woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #FranciscoMojica a #Spanish #microbiologist known for having made early contributions (1993) describing the repeated CRISPR sequences in archaea which later crystallized in the development of #CRISPRCas #technology #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #JenniferDoudna an #American #biochemist who was one of the #scientists who first proposed #CRISPRCas9 (enzymes from bacteria that control microbial immunity) could be used for #programmable #editing of #genomes #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #GeorgeWashingtonCarver an American #agricultural #scientist and #inventor. He actively promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent #soil #depletion. #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #LindaBuck an #American #biologist best known for her work on the #olfactorysystem. She was awarded the 2004 #NobelPrize in #physiology or #medicine along with #RichardAxel, for their work on #olfactory #receptors #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Happening now in #Sheffield!

[SRUK/CERU @ComunidadCeru]

Join us tomorrow at the SRUK VI Christmas seminar to discuss how Big Data is affecting our society alongside our four invited speakers. We will be at the Diamond, Sheffield at 11.00am on the 8th of December. Register at https://t.co/vsBVm9TZ0q. #sheffieldissuper #whatsonsheffield

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

#Sheffield don’t miss this #Christmas seminar by @ComunidadCeru!

[SRUK/CERU @ComunidadCeru]

Join us at the SRUK VI Christmas seminar this Sunday to discuss how Big Data is affecting our society alongside four invited speakers. We will be at the Diamond, Sheffield at 11.00am on the 8th of December. Register at https://t.co/vsBVm9TZ0q. #sheffieldissuper #whatsonsheffield

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #EnricoFermi an Italian #physicist creator of the world's first #nuclear #reactor. He was called the "architect of the nuclear age and the #atomicbomb & won the #NobelPrize (1938) for discovering #transuranium #elements. #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #MaraDierssen an #Spanish #scientist whose work tries to understand how #Genetic #perturbation in #mental #disorders modifies the way the #brain integrates information #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #Edward OsborneWilson an American biologist, father of #sociobiology & #biodiversity .He developed the #theory of island which served as the #biogeography foundation of the field of #conservation #area #design #Sheffield #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #HedyLamarr an Austrian-American #actress & #inventor who developed a #radioguidance system for #allied #torpedoes in #WorldWarII .Spread-spectrum techniques are incorporated into #Bluetooth & #WiFi #technology #Sheffield #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience

[Sheffield Science Outreach @SheffScience]

Our #ScientistThisWeek is #DmitriMendeleev a Russian #chemist who formulated the #PeriodicLaw, creating the #PeriodicTable of elements. He corrected the properties of some elements & predicted the ones of eight more yet to be discovered #Sheffield #SSO @BritSciAssoc #SheffScience