Using the Power of Youth to Restore the Wisdom of Old Age - Wednesday 11th February 2015, 6pm

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…

The New Age of Renewable Energy - Monday 24th November 2014, 7pm

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…

CAFÉ SCIENCE TAYPORT – BIOFUELS: SPINNING STRAW INTO BLACK GOLD - Thursday 6th November 2014, 6pm

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…