Durham University
Engineering Society
Welcome
Welcome to the DUES website. The Durham University Engineering Society is a student run society with the aim of promoting further interest in Engineering to members of the School of Engineering through the organisation of Careers Presentations, Company Visits, Projects and other related activities.
This website contains information about what the Society does and is updated regularly. However, if you cannot find the information you are looking for or you would like to make any suggestions about activities you think DUES should be involved with, please contact us.
Page Last Updated: 16th November 2009
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Electronics news
Intel buys Infineon's wireless unitIntel is buying the wireless technology group of Infineon for $1.4bn.
Tuesday 31st August 2010 00:00:00 BST +0100
USB device turns student laptops into multi-function meters
National Instruments has announced a low-cost USB data acquisition device aimed at students.
Friday 6th August 2010 00:00:00 BST +0100
Brain radar hunts for strokes
A Swedish medical technology company has demonstrated and manufactured a radar system for human brains.
Tuesday 3rd August 2010 00:00:00 BST +0100
BBC News - Technology
PS3 hack escapes court challengeSony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
Friday 3rd September 2010 11:43:40 BST +0100
Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
Thursday 2nd September 2010 16:33:44 BST +0100
Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
Thursday 2nd September 2010 13:45:35 BST +0100
BBC News - Science & Environment
Plans for solar 'close encounter'Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
Friday 3rd September 2010 17:44:59 BST +0100
Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Israeli scientists believe they have identified why Arabic is particularly hard to learn to read.
Saturday 4th September 2010 00:56:38 BST +0100
Wolves fail to halt aspen decline
The re-introduction of wolves to a US National Park has not helped re-establish quaking aspens, as many researchers had hoped.
Friday 3rd September 2010 16:20:39 BST +0100