Pint of Science Festival - Physicist to Physician: where two sciences meet

The George IV, 185 Chiswick High Road, London W4 2DR
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This event ended on Monday 9th of May 2022
Admission
£5
Venue Information
George IV
Chiswick High Road, W4 2DR
Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Turnham Green 0.23 miles

Pint of Science is a worldwide science festival which brings researchers to your local pub to share their exciting discoveries with you!


PHYSICIST TO PHYSICIAN: WHERE TWO SCIENCES MEET

Discover how different scientific disciplines work together to revolutionise therapies with gold, rust and proton beams!

How can we harness nanoparticles such as gold or rust to improve healthcare?

How can proton beams revolutionise the treatment of cancer -especially in children?!


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Would gold or rust nanoparticles be better for health?

We will take you on a journey to discover how different disciplines have been harnessed to fabricate nanomaterials of different chemical compositions for various applications in health care.

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Treating cancer with proton beam therapy

Proton beam therapy is a more advanced form of radiotherapy that uses protons in place of X-ray photons: this means that tumours can be treated with much greater precision and significantly less damage to the surrounding tissue. This is particularly valuable in children, whose bodies are still growing. In this talk I will describe how accelerators developed for particle physics are used for treating cancer with proton beam therapy.


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