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30 July 2010 |
Global database to link missing persons and disaster victims in development by INTERPOL and European partners |
A project to assist in the faster identification of multiple victims or missing persons following a man-made or natural disaster and in day-to-day policing is being spearheaded by INTERPOL in collaboration with five European partners, including the University of Dundee.
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29 July 2010 |
Conservators restore valuable maritime logbook |
Experts from the University of Dundee's Book & Paper Conservation Studio have painstakingly restored the logbook from a celebrated warship from the era of the Napoleonic Wars.
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27 July 2010 |
Dundee group to tackle pipeline reliability and safety challenges |
A team from the University of Dundee have been awarded two grants totalling almost £300,000 to improve the safety and reliability of ultra-deep water oil and gas extraction.
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23 July 2010 |
One-in-six elderly dementia patients receiving anti-psychotic drugs |
More than one in six elderly patients across Scotland with dementia are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs known to be of limited benefit and causing significant harm, a major study carried out at the University of Dundee has confirmed.
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23 July 2010 |
£3 million Wellcome Trust grant for Dundee research |
The Wellcome Trust has awarded a research grant of over £3million to Professor Angus Lamond at the University of Dundee.
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21 July 2010 |
Professor Lord Robert Winston to return to lecture in Dundee |
The pioneering scientist Professor Lord Robert Winston will visit Dundee next month to introduce the ideas contained in his new book, entitled Bad Ideas?
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19 July 2010 |
Summer school graduation |
Over 50 students who have successfully completed this year’s Access Summer School at the University of Dundee will 'graduate' on Tuesday July 20th.
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16 July 2010 |
Final gathering for Nine Trades artists |
Nine artists who have spent the past year taking art directly to the workplace will come together one last time for the Nine Trades of Dundee Final Gathering this weekend.
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13 July 2010 |
Young footballers wanted to aid bone research |
Young footballers in Tayside and Fife will have their movements captured using the same kind of hi-tech motion analysis that has been used to represents such as Wayne Rooney and Tiger Woods in computer games.
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12 July 2010 |
Dundee graduates lead the way at new designers |
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design graduates have bagged a hat-trick of awards at the UK's biggest event for graduate designers.
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9 July 2010 |
Games-based learning research by Scottish Academics to be published in renowned educational journal |
A study by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) and the University of Dundee into the benefits of games-based learning is set to be published in the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET).
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9 July 2010 |
DNA 'molecular scissors' discovered by Dundee scientists |
Scientists at the University of Dundee have discovered a protein that acts as a 'molecular scissors' to repair damaged DNA in our cells, a finding which could have major implications for cancer treatments.
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8 July 2010 |
Final gathering for Nine Trades artists |
Nine artists who have spent the past year taking art directly to the workplace will come together one last time for the Nine Trades of Dundee Final Gathering this weekend.
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8 July 2010 |
Researchers have eye on new cornea treatments |
Leading eye research charity, Fight for Sight, has awarded over £157,000 to a joint research project led by the Universities of Dundee and Ulster to develop a treatment for various forms of corneal dystrophy - a group of inherited disorders leading to constant irritation of the surface of the eye and progressive visual impairment.
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5 July 2010 |
University celebrates much-loved cartoonist |
The latest exhibition in the Tower Foyer Gallery at the University of Dundee celebrates the work of long-serving DC Thomson cartoonist Willie Ritchie, who sadly died earlier this year.
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2 July 2010 |
DJCAD jewellery graduates strike gold two years in a row |
A Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) graduate is celebrating after winning one of the UK’s most illustrious awards for emerging jewellery designers.
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2 July 2010 |
Drug resistance danger for sleeping sickness treatments |
Drugs used to treat the epidemic disease African sleeping sickness must be used prudently to prevent the parasite acquiring resistance to current medicines, a new study at the University of Dundee has shown.
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1 July 2010 |
£4.8million Wellcome-Wolfson award for new Dundee Centre |
The University of Dundee has been given a grant of £4.88million from the Wellcome-Wolfson Capital Awards initiative to help expand its life sciences base.
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1 July 2010 |
Deep Sea discovery secures video competition prize for Alan |
A 90-second journey around Dundee, culminating in a fish supper from the legendary Deep Sea Restaurant, has won first prize in the University of Dundee’s video competition.
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