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…
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