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The University of Nottingham and China take on intelligent mobility together

The University of Nottingham and China take on intelligent mobility together

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The University of Nottingham has helped to take the first steps towards connecting the UK and China through technology, transport and data. The first Sino-UK Intelligence Mobility (IM) Forum has been held in Beijing hosted by the Sino-UK Geospatial Engineering Centre (SUGEC), Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the University of Nottingham, the Chinese Academy of Survey and Mapping and Tongji University.
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Last Year
Time capsule burial marks University of Nottingham's new Cripps Health Centre

Time capsule burial marks University of Nottingham's new Cripps Health Centre

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A time capsule has been buried on University Park Campus to coincide with the last concrete pour of the new Cripps Health Centre.
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Last Year
£4.4m to help reduce 'hidden hunger' in Ethiopia and Malawi

£4.4m to help reduce 'hidden hunger' in Ethiopia and Malawi

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A multidisciplinary team of researchers has received more than £4.4m from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help alleviate micronutrient deficiencies.
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Last Year
Science proves it's safe to eat 48-year-old Christmas pud!

Science proves it's safe to eat 48-year-old Christmas pud!

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Is it safe to eat a 48-year-old Christmas pudding? This was the question Channel 4's Food Unwrapped posed to scientists at the University of Nottingham and the resounding answer was….yes it is!
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Last Year
Emeritus Professor receives top Chinese honour

Emeritus Professor receives top Chinese honour

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An Emeritus Professor from the University of Nottingham has been given one of China's highest academic honours having been made a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
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Last Year
University helps to unlock the growth potential of local businesses

University helps to unlock the growth potential of local businesses

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Delegates from 20 local businesses have completed a strategic growth programme with the University of Nottingham, to enable them to map out the future success of their businesses.
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Last Year
Hormone discovery marks breakthough in understanding fertility

Hormone discovery marks breakthough in understanding fertility

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Scientists at The University of Nottingham have shown, for the first time, that a naturally occurring hormone plays a vital part in regulating a woman's fertility, a discovery that could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
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Last Year
Master-brewer to be honoured by the University of Nottingham in winter 2017 graduation

Master-brewer to be honoured by the University of Nottingham in winter 2017 graduation

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A former professor of the University of Nottingham, who pioneered world class research into brewing science, will receive an honorary degree during this year's winter graduation ceremonies.
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Last Year
Nottingham's SpiderLab champion wins public vote for 25 Genomes Project

Nottingham's SpiderLab champion wins public vote for 25 Genomes Project

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The relatively rare Fen Raft spider that was championed by the University's Spiderlab in a national public vote has won a place in the Sanger Institute's 25 Genome Project.
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Last Year
Physiochemical 'fingerprint' of parasitic 'American murderer' uncovered.

Physiochemical 'fingerprint' of parasitic 'American murderer' uncovered.

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The physical and chemical 'fingerprint' profile of a parasitic worm, which infects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, has been uncovered for the first time. The discovery could allow for more effective and earlier treatment.
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Last Year
New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary

New insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant revealed in BBC One documentary

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New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film 'Dumbo' – will be revealed in a BBC One documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough and featuring a University of Nottingham archaeologist on Sunday 10 December.
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Last Year
Architecture graduate wins prestigious RIBA President's Bronze Medal

Architecture graduate wins prestigious RIBA President's Bronze Medal

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Zheng Kangli, a 2016 graduate of Nottingham's Department of Architecture and Built Environment (DABE), has won this year's Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President's Bronze Medal for his innovative project Castle in the Sky.
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Last Year
Firbeck students get hands-on to inspire learning

Firbeck students get hands-on to inspire learning

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Mixing concrete, examining fossils and solving puzzles; pupils at Firbeck Academy get hands-on for lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The University of Nottingham staged a day-long take-over at the school in Firbeck Road to inspire learning and promote the subjects that impact our daily lives.
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Last Year
James Wong explains how to make everyday foods healthier and tastier

James Wong explains how to make everyday foods healthier and tastier

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James Wong, the ethnobotantist who describes himself as a plant scientist with a lifelong food fixation, to give a straight-talking guide to making everyday foods healthier and tastier.
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Last Year
Top UK engineering students team up with Chinese counterparts

Top UK engineering students team up with Chinese counterparts

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The next generation of engineers from the UK and China have met in Beijing to develop new technical and creative skills that will help them solve global challenges.
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Last Year
Large study links alcohol misuse to subsequent injury risk in young people

Large study links alcohol misuse to subsequent injury risk in young people

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A new study by public health researchers at the University of Nottingham has found that young people who are admitted to hospital in England because of alcohol are 7 times more likely to have an injury needing hospital admission in the 6 months after the alcohol admission.
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Last Year
Managing the microbes - the key to solving the global nitrogen crisis

Managing the microbes - the key to solving the global nitrogen crisis

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Leading experts from the UK and Brazil meet to find practical, low cost solutions that make more effective use of nitrogen in agriculture, while attempting to decrease nitrogen pollution losses to the environment.
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Last Year
Informal moneylenders continue to thrive in developing countries because of poorly managed microfinance initiatives

Informal moneylenders continue to thrive in developing countries because of poorly managed microfinance initiatives

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Predatory moneylending in developing countries is still rife, despite the introduction of low-interest 'micro loans' to help entrepreneurs in some of the world's poorest countries.
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Last Year
Major UK trial to help prevent bleeding from aspirin

Major UK trial to help prevent bleeding from aspirin

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A five-year study aiming to reduce the risk of stomach bleeding in aspirin users, led by University of Nottingham researchers, is believed to be the UK's largest interventional academic drug trial.
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Last Year
Using street art to help fight modern slavery

Using street art to help fight modern slavery

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The University of Nottingham is launching the first ever major collection of murals focussing on slavery and the anti-slavery movement, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (2 December).
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Last Year
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