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AncientBiotics - a medieval remedy for modern day superbugs?

Description: A one thousand year old remedy for eye infection from a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the modern superbug MRSA.
Release Date: Last Year

University awarded £6m for local business growth programme

Description: The University has received £6m from the Government's Regional Growth Fund, to provide grants which will enable businesses in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire to fulfil their growth potential.
Release Date: Last Year

£1.1m study to reduce cognitive problems in people with MS

Description: Experts in Nottingham are leading a major new study into how people with multiple sclerosis (MS) could overcome problems with attention and memory associated to their condition.
Release Date: Last Year

'Playing to win' – Karren Brady kicks off the Chancellor's Lecture Series

Description: Karren Brady CBE, Baroness of Knightsbridge and star of BBC's The Apprentice, is visiting The University of Nottingham to deliver the first ever Chancellor's Lecture on Thursday 26 March.
Release Date: Last Year

Solving the world's hardest unsolved maths problems

Description: Nottingham mathematician to lead £2.3m research into the Millennium maths problems.
Release Date: Last Year

A music lesson by royal appointment

Description: Judith Weir, current Master of the Queen's Music, is set to visit The University of Nottingham to deliver a public talk and tutorials with students on Tuesday 24 March.
Release Date: Last Year

Government commits £60m to energy research at Midlands universities

Description: The Government has confirmed £60million for a new energy research project in the Midlands.
Release Date: Last Year

Researchers and musicians come together to explore noise and silence

Description: The University of Nottingham will host a workshop with two public events reflecting on science, technology and music to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Science Museum's landmark 1935 Noise Abatement exhibition.
Release Date: Last Year

Out of their minds: Nottingham research used in thrilling ride that adapts to riders' brain activity

Description: A new mixed-reality fairground ride is using research from The University of Nottingham to adapt the experience to the rider's own brain activity.
Release Date: Last Year

From 'Made in China' to 'Designed in China': new copyright research centre opens in Ningbo

Description: As China's economic focus continues to shift from manufacturing to design, a new research centre examining Chinese digital copyright launched at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Release Date: Last Year

International award for hearing loss 'brain training' research paper

Description: A Nottingham study that demonstrated how training the brain could be used to improve listening and cognition in people with hearing loss is to receive international recognition.
Release Date: Last Year

Mobile phone app to identify premature babies in the developing world

Description: A mobile phone app that will identify babies born prematurely in the developing world is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.
Release Date: Last Year

Swim, cycle and run for dementia research

Description: The University of Nottingham is set to host the first ever triathlon to take place on its University Park Campus. Organised by students, the sprint triathlon will see staff, students and members of the public complete a 400m indoor swim, a 15km cycle and 5km run.
Release Date: Last Year

Giant step towards the quantum revolution

Description: Physicist wins 1.35m Euro grant from ERC to look for quantum matter in unexpected places.
Release Date: Last Year

Cell manipulation could lead to the better treatment of disease

Description: A new laboratory tool which will allow scientists to build and move microscopic cells could lead to the development of better treatments for disease.
Release Date: Last Year

Pollution is driving force behind growth of nuisance algal scums, study finds

Description: Potentially toxic microbes which pose a threat to our drinking water have undergone a dramatic population explosion over the last 200 years as a result of pollution, research involving experts from The University of Nottingham has found.
Release Date: Last Year

Reducing our carbon footprint one step at a time

Description: The University of Nottingham is living up to its accolade of being the world's most sustainable University and has been awarded funding to push ahead with several carbon reduction investments.
Release Date: Last Year

A new bright light source to speed up cancer diagnosis

Description: A new finding in engineering could signal a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer by speeding up the detection of cancerous cells.
Release Date: Last Year

Gearing up to tackle dementia

Description: A team of volunteers from The University of Nottingham are once again getting on their bikes to raise money for charity.
Release Date: Last Year

Joining forces with the British Library to offer a free online course

Description: The University of Nottingham and the British Library have joined forces to create a free online course looking at how propaganda and ideology fit in to everyday life.
Release Date: Last Year

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