Press releases

Plant scientists from the University of Nottingham are part of a team of researchers awarded £4.5m to futureproof crops against climate change and crop production shortages.

A Nottingham professor has received a prestigious award from the Royal Academy of Engineering to support the development of machine learning models of sustainable chemistry for researchers in the pharmaceutical sector and related chemical-based industries.

Three Midlands universities are combining their specialist expertise to form a new virtual centre for data-driven metrology to assist UK manufacturers in achieving efficiency gains, cost savings and manufacturing process flexibility.

A new research study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, which aims to understand how cancer is diagnosed in children and young people across the UK, has been launched today, during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

A major national study led by experts from Nottingham and Bristol has found that oral antibiotics are just as effective as intravenous antibiotics in killing a common germ that causes dangerous complications in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.

Scientists have discovered a set of detailed genetic markers in African cattle that are associated with valuable traits like heat and drought-tolerance, the capacity to control inflammation and tick infestations, and resistance to devastating livestock diseases like trypanosomiasis.

A new report from the Royal Historical Society, co-authored by a University of Nottingham academic, has found concerning evidence of discrimination, marginalisation and prejudice towards LGBT+ historians at all levels, from undergraduate students to senior practitioners.

Experts at the Food Innovation Centre are reaching out to food and drink manufacturers in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire with the offer of some free technical support as they head into Autumn and prepare for Christmas.

Evidence that an extreme weather anomaly over northern Europe contributed to high death rates in WW1 and helped incubate the Spanish Flu pandemic has been found literally frozen in time in an Alpine glacier.

A drug that is regularly used to treat chronic pelvic pain in women has been found to be no more effective than a placebo, a new study has found.