Good Vibrations? – Engineering Safer and Quicker Railways & Roads – Wednesday 11th March 2015, 6pm
High-speed rails have become one of the most advanced and fast developing branches of transportation. Especially with the recent investment from UK government. However, with the increasing of the train speed, the intensity of railway generated vibrations and noise become…
Patient Safety: How do we Train our Doctors? Monday 23rd February 2015, 7pm
With the increasing pressures on public services ensuring patients are cared for in a safe system, is a challenge for everyone involved. Prof Jean Ker will explore some of the very real dilemmas individual health care professionals face in their everyday practice, trying to make…
Using the Power of Youth to Restore the Wisdom of Old Age – Wednesday 11th February 2015, 6pm
The ability to learn and remember complex information about the world around us develops slowly from birth, reaches a peak as we mature and then often declines during old age or in neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s or Huntington’s. Dr…
Does Maths Count? Monday 26th January 2015, 7pm
Contrary to the preconception that mathematics is purely designed to torture school pupils and has no relevance to the “real world”, Dr Fordyce Davidson will discuss how mathematical tools are being used to address some of the most fundamental challenges…
Predicting Auroras – Wednesday 14th January 2015, 6pm
Auroras (northern lights) are one of our planet’s natural wonders. Usually a polar phenomenon, they are visible from the Dundee area only a couple of times each decade, but this winter our chances of seeing them are significantly better than…
The New Age of Renewable Energy – Monday 24th November 2014, 7pm
Dr David Rodley from the University of Dundee Centre for Renewable Energy will speculate on how the energy landscape in Scotland and the wider UK might look in the future. Will carbon become the new currency as extreme targets for…
Fats: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly – Wednesday 12th November 2014, 6pm
It is now widely acknowledged that increased consumption of a Western-type high calorie diet, along with a sedentary lifestyle, has contributed to a marked increase in the global prevalence of obesity. In particular, eating foods which are high in fat…
CAFÉ SCIENCE TAYPORT – BIOFUELS: SPINNING STRAW INTO BLACK GOLD – Thursday 6th November 2014, 6pm
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our cars and airplanes ran on a fuel that reduced CO2 emissions while promoting food production? Find out the latest from Dundee’s cutting-edge research into biofuels. Professor Claire Halpin’s team take ‘second-generation’ biofuels to the…
Personal Genomes: From Ancestry and Identity to Health – Monday 27th October 2014, 7pm
The genetic blueprint for our bodies contains over 3 billion letters, and we have just started to unravel the meaning of these genomic instructions. With many companies offering to analyse your genomes, both for ancestry and health related purposes, and…
Cystic Fibrosis: The Lung Ranger Project – Wednesday 8th October 2014, 6pm
Cystic fibrosis is the most common inherited disease in the UK affecting over 10,000 people in the UK. According to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, about 1 in 25 of the population in the UK carry a mutation in a gene…