Season 4 of Cafe Science Dundee has come to an end!
Frank Sargent’s talk on biohydrogen on Monday 27th June was the last talk for season 4 of Cafe Science Dundee, and Cafe Science Extra. Everyone involved with organising cafe science would like to say a huge thank you to everyone…
Green, Green Gas at Home – Clean Energy From Bacteria – Mon 27 June at 7pm
Our last Cafe Science event of the season is nearly here! Everyone on the Cafe Science Team would like to thank you all for coming along to our talks and making this one of our most successful seasons. In this…
Why Can't People Stop Smoking? – 7pm June 16th – Harbour Cafe, Tayport
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and most smokers say they want to quit – but most fail. Indeed, many in the field suggest that tobacco smoking is more addictive than the addictions to most, if not all,…
Mud Glorious Mud – Understanding the Unseen, From Soils to Cities and Beyond…
Our last Cafe Science Extra event of the season is nearly here! Fear not, we still have one final Cafe Science Dundee talk at Chambers on 27th June before we take a break for the summer, but to wrap up…
Facing Up To Beauty – Is It Really Skin Deep? Monday 30th May @ 7pm
Standards of beauty vary over time, across cultures and between individuals. The “ideal” female body shape, for example, has changed considerably over the last 50 years. Despite this, we appear to agree that certain dimensions of facial appearance are attractive….
Foot Care and Diabetic Foot Amputation – Is It Time To Cut Your Losses?
This month Café Science Extra focuses on one of the most important and often overlooked parts of our bodies, our feet. Dr Bharti Rajput will be joining us to discuss how you should best take care of your feet, and…
Why Can't People Stop Smoking? Monday 25th April @ 7pm
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and most smokers say they want to quit – but most fail. Indeed, many in the field suggest that tobacco smoking is more addictive than the addictions to most, if not all,…
Universal Design – Including People With Disabilities, Wed 13 April @6pm
From microwaves to mobile phones to computers, we take technology for granted but how much do you know about how it is designed and developed? The public are becoming more involved in how technology should look and how it should…
Mood detectors: Can computers understand the way we feel?
What do you think of when you hear the term artificial intelligence? Outrageous Hollywood movies like machines taking over the world perhaps! In computing we are trying to teach machines to behave with at least as much intelligence as human…
New Ways to Treat Cancer – Ultrasound for Surgery and Drug Delivery
Monday 14th March at 7pm (talk rearranged due to November’s bad weather). Ultrasound is best known for helping doctors look inside the body, for example during pregnancy. However, with recent developments in electronics and nanotechnology it has become possible to…