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'High-yield' farming costs the environment less than previously thought - and could help spare habitats

Description: New research involving dairy experts at the University of Nottingham suggests that more intensive agriculture might be the 'least bad' option for feeding the world, while saving its species – provided use of such "land-efficient" systems prevents further conversion of wilderness to farmland. The study found that agriculture that appears to be more eco-friendly but uses more land may actually have greater environmental costs per unit of food than "high-yield" farming that uses less land.
Release Date: Last Year

New research suggests more than one in five children in England carry out some care for sick and disabled family members.

Description: New figures from BBC News and the University of Nottingham reveal that the extent of caring by children is much higher than had been thought, with 22% of children, who responded to a questionnaire, admitting to being young carers.
Release Date: Last Year

New 'trap' to analyse, in real time, how cells communicate

Description: Using multiple laser beams and Raman spectroscopy experts at the Universities of Nottingham and Glasgow have designed and built a new instrument which could help scientists learn more about how infections take hold and the formation of antibiotic-resistant bacterial biofilms.
Release Date: Last Year

Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms

Description: Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as warming increases, new research suggests.
Release Date: Last Year

Professional bankers show higher levels of pride in their work

Description: Bankers who are members of a professional body report significantly higher levels of pride in their work than bankers who are not suggests the Chartered Banker Professionalism Index devised by Nottingham University Business School and the Chartered Banker Institute.
Release Date: Last Year

Using the power of music to improve health and social care

Description: West End star Gareth Gates will be among the speakers at a national conference in Nottingham looking at how music can be used in health and social care.
Release Date: Last Year

Worms in space hold key to astronauts' muscle loss

Description: Thousands of worms will be launched into space later this year to help scientists find out why astronauts experience significant muscle loss in zero-gravity during spaceflight.
Release Date: Last Year

First use of microscopic sound waves to study cell abnormalities

Description: University of Nottingham academic has won a prestigious five-year fellowship to explore the use of harmless sound waves to view deep inside living cells to aid early diagnose in diseases such as cancer.
Release Date: Last Year

Questions about childhood eczema? Ask our experts online!

Description: Parents worried about their child's eczema are being invited to 'ask our experts' in a special live online chat session as part of National Eczema Week 2018.
Release Date: Last Year

Nottingham graduates head to elite US universities thanks to prestigious Fulbright Scholarships

Description: The University of Nottingham has produced the highest number of Fulbright Scholarship awardees for postgraduate study for the 2018-19 academic year.
Release Date: Last Year

Nottingham shortlisted for four national awards

Description: Teams behind a new approach to get people excited about science, an academy to support leadership development, a maternal care monitor and a scientific breakthrough that reduces infection have all been shortlisted for Times Higher Education awards.Affectionately known as the Oscars of UK Higher Education, THE Awards are designed to showcase why and how institutions continue to prosper.
Release Date: Last Year

Airport security plastic trays harbour highest levels of viruses, study finds

Description: New airport swab study reveals highest concentration of viruses, including the common cold, are on the plastic trays at airport security checkpoints.
Release Date: Last Year

Peering into private life of atomic clusters – using the world's tiniest test tubes

Description: Experts in the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre at the University of Nottingham have taken a first peak into the private life of atomic clusters.
Release Date: Last Year

Helping the lame to walk, trot and gallop again

Description: Gene therapy techniques have been used to help cure horses of lameness, a study involving experts at The University of Nottingham has shown.
Release Date: Last Year

Pioneering health science lecturers win national teaching awards

Description: Inspirational teachers at the University of Nottingham have been recognised by a prestigious national scheme.
Release Date: Last Year

Father's diet could affect the long-term health of his offspring

Description: New study explores the long-term growth and metabolic health of offspring from males fed a poor quality diet.
Release Date: Last Year

A Selection of Elections: Votes, Suffrage and Reform

Description: A new exhibition at Nottingham Lakeside Arts will step back in time and look at some memorable elections from the past 250 years to mark the centenary of the first UK general election in which some women were entitled to vote.
Release Date: Last Year

I hear what you say! Or do I?

Description: Younger children rely more on auditory information. This means they are less susceptible to illusions in which vision changes sound. Conversely, adults are more likely to be influenced by what they see, and what they see can change what they hear.
Release Date: Last Year

Less drain on freshwater supplies with seawater fuel discovery

Description: Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to produce the sustainable fuel Bioethanol, reducing the need to drain precious resources.
Release Date: Last Year

New research sheds light on why suicide is more common in autistic people

Description: People who hide their autism by 'camouflaging' to try to fit into society, or who don't receive correct support are at higher risk of suicide, according to new research. Researchers from the University of Nottingham's School of Psychology and the Universities of Coventry and Cambridge worked closely with a group of autistic people who had experienced mental health problems, self-injury or thoughts of ending life, to design a new innovative study that has just been published in the journal Molecular Autism.
Release Date: Last Year

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'High-yield' farming costs the environment less than previously thought - and could help spare habitats

New research suggests more than one in five children in England carry out some care for sick and disabled family members.

New 'trap' to analyse, in real time, how cells communicate

Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms

Professional bankers show higher levels of pride in their work

Using the power of music to improve health and social care

Worms in space hold key to astronauts' muscle loss

First use of microscopic sound waves to study cell abnormalities

Questions about childhood eczema? Ask our experts online!

Nottingham graduates head to elite US universities thanks to prestigious Fulbright Scholarships

Nottingham shortlisted for four national awards

Airport security plastic trays harbour highest levels of viruses, study finds

Peering into private life of atomic clusters – using the world's tiniest test tubes

Helping the lame to walk, trot and gallop again

Pioneering health science lecturers win national teaching awards

Father's diet could affect the long-term health of his offspring

A Selection of Elections: Votes, Suffrage and Reform

I hear what you say! Or do I?

Less drain on freshwater supplies with seawater fuel discovery

New research sheds light on why suicide is more common in autistic people

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