Press releases

The University of Nottingham has been awarded two grants totalling £3 million to undertake new research into the early universe and the formation and evolution of galaxies.

A new global review of antislavery legislation has busted a popular misconception that slavery is now illegal in every country in the world.

Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transfer Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second – an exponential improvement on present transfer speeds.

Smartphone apps used as ‘early warning systems’ for skin cancer are poorly regulated and frequently cannot be relied upon to produce accurate results, according to experts.

Getting up close to tarantulas, finding out how to make renewable plastics from microbes and an interactive brain funfair are just some of the activities on offer at Science in the Park at Wollaton Hall on 7th March.

Multi award-winning writer Eimear McBride will be joining the University’s own acclaimed novelist Jon McGregor in the second of a series of live events presented by The Letters Page – a literary journal of letters published by the School of English.

The University of Nottingham today appointed Crossbench peer and anti-slavery campaigner, Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE, as the University’s new Chancellor.