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Meet the scientists and archaeologists making ancient rock art into 3D reality

Meet the scientists and archaeologists making ancient rock art into 3D reality

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A public exhibition on Monday 18 January will give people first-hand experience of new 3D technologies that have enabled archaeologists to breathe life and meaning into images etched into rock thousands of years ago.
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UK teens heavily exposed to alcohol and tobacco images in YouTube music videos

UK teens heavily exposed to alcohol and tobacco images in YouTube music videos

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YouTube music videos deliver billions of impressions of smoking and drinking in one year according to a new study by the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies.
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First all-antiferromagnetic memory device could get digital data storage in a spin

First all-antiferromagnetic memory device could get digital data storage in a spin

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Research shows how the 'magnetic spins' of antiferromagnets can be controlled to make a completely different form of digital memory. This could make our devices smaller, faster, more robust and more energy efficient.
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Help the scientists find out why you sound like your parents

Help the scientists find out why you sound like your parents

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Researchers need you to submit a voice sample online to find out if aspects of the human voice are passed down through our genes.
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Hitting the 'cellular sweet spot' — new delivery system for regenerative therapies

Hitting the 'cellular sweet spot' — new delivery system for regenerative therapies

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Perfecting the delivery of targeted treatments for regenerative medicine.
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Last Year
Major study to test exercise based therapy in early dementia

Major study to test exercise based therapy in early dementia

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Nottingham team to carry out £2.8m trial to see if exercise therapy can prevent falls in people with early dementia and delay progress of symptoms
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Last Year
Celebrating 80 years of a Nottingham-born beauty brand

Celebrating 80 years of a Nottingham-born beauty brand

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A new exhibition at the Weston Gallery at Nottingham Lakeside Arts celebrates the anniversary of the iconic Nottingham-born beauty brand No 7.
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Last Year
Southeast Asia's haze – call for better public information

Southeast Asia's haze – call for better public information

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Academics call for more public information after a study of people's knowledge, attitudes and practices of Southeast Asia's haze.
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Last Year
Mental health treatment under the NHS is at extreme risk

Mental health treatment under the NHS is at extreme risk

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The NHS of 2015 is in danger of being unethical for mental health counsellors to work in, according to a new paper from The University of Nottingham.
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Last Year
Research team helps BBC 'Trust Me I'm a Doctor' investigate age-related muscle loss

Research team helps BBC 'Trust Me I'm a Doctor' investigate age-related muscle loss

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BBC TV's flagship health programme, 'Trust Me, I'm a Doctor', has enlisted the help of a University of Nottingham research team to find out if age-related loss of muscle mass and function can be minimised by a simple but regular home-based exercise programme.
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Last Year
New test could detect early hearing loss in cystic fibrosis patients

New test could detect early hearing loss in cystic fibrosis patients

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Experts in Nottingham are investigating whether a new type of hearing test could successfully detect early hearing loss in people with cystic fibrosis (CF).
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Last Year
Could bug-busting viruses control food poisoning?

Could bug-busting viruses control food poisoning?

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Viruses that can seek and destroy food poisoning bugs in the gut are being investigated by researchers at The University of Nottingham, thanks to a prestigious new grant.
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Last Year
Honour for University of Nottingham academic

Honour for University of Nottingham academic

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A physicist at The University of Nottingham has received a CBE for services to science and medicine.
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Last Year
Expert evidence helps settle centuries-old territorial dispute

Expert evidence helps settle centuries-old territorial dispute

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The evidence given by an expert in rivers from The University of Nottingham has been pivotal in a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on a centuries-old border dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
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Last Year
Superbug colony behaviours revealed in time-lapse video

Superbug colony behaviours revealed in time-lapse video

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The superbug MRSA which was previously thought to be a static or non-motile organism has been observed showing signs of active motility by scientists at the Universities of Nottingham and Sheffield.
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Last Year
Clinical trial explores new ways to help chronic pain sufferers

Clinical trial explores new ways to help chronic pain sufferers

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Researchers appeal for arthritis sufferers to join clinical trial to see if medication usually used to treat depression and anxiety can help alleviate pain.
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Last Year
Stem cell transplantation does not provide significant improvement for Crohn's disease, study finds

Stem cell transplantation does not provide significant improvement for Crohn's disease, study finds

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A clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a stem cell therapy among adults with difficult to treat Crohn's disease has found it is not significantly better than conventional treatment in producing sustained disease remission after one year.
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Last Year
New clues to halting nerve degeneration

New clues to halting nerve degeneration

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A discovery into the mechanisms which lead to degeneration and loss of communication among neuron cells - the cells controlling function in the brain and nervous system - could potentially lead to future therapies for neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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Last Year
Turner Prize win for Nottingham architecture tutor

Turner Prize win for Nottingham architecture tutor

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An architecture lecturer from The University of Nottingham is part of the design collective, Assemble, which has just won the Turner Prize 2015, Britain's top contemporary art award.
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Last Year
Crowdsourcing call for 'brown fat' study to tackle diabetes and obesity

Crowdsourcing call for 'brown fat' study to tackle diabetes and obesity

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Scientists are asking the public for help in funding new research aimed at harnessing the body's own fat-fighting defences to tackle obesity and diabetes as part of an innovative new crowdsourcing project.
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Last Year
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