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Design Graduate Helps Kids with Autism Through Puzzle Projector School Campaign
Aug 17, 2015Sylvester Sweeney, a university graduate and aspiring product designer has teamed with the National Autistic Society to help autistic children across Scotland develop their social skills through play. A young designer has embarked on a ...
Tags: toy, children toy
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a Scientist Has Been Awarded an ERC Advanced Grant
Jul 13, 2015A scientist from James Hutton Institute and University of Dundee has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to undertake research on the fundamental mechanisms that underpin the inheritance of genetic characteristics ...
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NIHR HTA Is Being Co-Ordinated From The Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit
Jan 7, 2014Three hundred children are being recruited for a clinical trial to establish whether or not specialist silk clothing really does help in the treatment of eczema. The £1m CLOTHES trial — Clothing for the relief of Eczema ...
Tags: clinical trial, silk clothing, eczema, Kim Thomas
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NEWLED Is Aiming to Develop a New Generation of White Light-Emitting LED Lights
Mar 18, 2013The 11.8m Euro pan-European project NEWLED (‘Nanostructured Efficient White LEDs based on short-period superlattices and quantum dots’) is aiming to develop a new generation of 50-60% energy-efficient white light-emitting LED ...
Tags: LED lighting, LEDlighting
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The Way The World Is Lit up Could Be Revolutionized
Mar 13, 2013The way the world is lit up could be revolutionized by a new European-wide research project being led by the University of Dundee. The 11.8 million Euros NEWLED project aims to develop a new generation of white light-emitting LED lights, ...
Tags: LED, Electrical, Electronics, Lights, Lighting
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Study of Improving The Efficiency of White LED Has Been Made by University of Dundee
Feb 28, 2013The University of Dundee is leading a European-wide research project to work on improving white LEDs that would be much more efficient than existing light bulbs. The project is being funded through a £7.2m grant from the European ...
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NEWLED Research Project LED Aims to Revolutionize The Way The World Is Lit
Feb 27, 2013NEWLED Research Project Led by the University of Dundee Aims to Revolutionize the Way the World Is Lit The way the world is lit up could be revolutionised by a new European-wide research project being lead by the University of Dundee. The ...
Tags: NEWLED Research Project, Lighting, LED
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Funding Made Available Through Prostate Cancer UK's Ambitious New Research Strategy
Feb 27, 2013Researchers from the Universities of Dundee, Glasgow and Strathclyde have been awarded pound 691,000 as part of the first wave of funding made available through Prostate Cancer UK’s ambitious new research strategy. A colossal pound ...
Tags: Universities of Dundee, Researchers, Prostate Cancer UK
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EU Provides EUR 8.4 Million in Funding as a Contribution Cost of EUR 11.76 Million
Feb 27, 2013A $15-million, EU-funded research project will investigate novel ways to build white LEDs that do not require phosphors. A recently launched European research project, codenamed NEWLED, is aiming to develop high-efficiency and ...
Tags: LED Structures, LED, NEWLED project
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Sunbeds Are Putting Young People at a Greater Risk of Skin Cancer Than Previously Thought
Jan 18, 2013Sunbeds are putting young people at a greater risk of skin cancer than previously thought. A laboratory study by the University of Dundee has found that the average skin cancer risk from using one of the beds is over double that of ...
Tags: Sunbeds
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Data Science Master's Course Will Extend The School's BI Teachings
Dec 28, 2012The rise of the data scientist,so noticeable in the past year,has found expression in a new data science graduate course at the University of Dundee. Mark Whitehorn,professor at the university,said the course will overlap with and extend ...
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One Year on Since Microsoft Launched Office 365 The Vendor Has Released Office 365 for Edu
Jul 6, 2012One year on since Microsoft launched Office 365 the vendor has released Office 365 for Education,a cloud suite free for its education customers. Early adopters in the UK include University of Dundee,Westminster University and The Schools ...
Tags: Microsoft, Education, Office, Cloud-Based
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The Photobiology Unit Completed a Series of Tests with The CFL
Jun 17, 2012If bright lights such as'fluorescents'and halogen lights make you queasy and uneasy you may be part of the select few that suffer from light sensitivity. This may sound like the start to an infomercial, but don’t worry it’s not. ...
Tags: led, light sensitivity, fluorescent, CFL, EEH, UV, RSC.org