Press releases

Researchers are looking for volunteers from across the globe to take part in a new study looking into how social distancing has affected their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.

An international team of researchers have found a new way to speed up quantum computing that could pave the way for huge leaps forward in computer processing power.

A team of students from the University of Nottingham have been crowned national champions of a youth social action and enterprise competition. The budding entrepreneurs, whose projects in Nottingham and Uganda won judges’ votes, will go forward to represent the UK in the world finals in September.

A new study has shown that people of Asian ethnicity experience taste more intensely, and contrary to popular belief it’s men who have the sweetest tooth.

Hundreds of student nurses from The University of Nottingham are volunteering to support frontline medical staff during the coronavirus pandemic, by signing up for extended paid placements in the NHS.

A free online resource has been launched to help those working in healthcare cope with the stress of dealing with Covid-19 and help maintain their psychological wellbeing during and after the pandemic.

Physiology experts are urging people on surgical waiting lists to consider using high-intensity interval training (HIIT) to boost the fitness of their heart and lungs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scientists are looking for volunteers to take part in a major new questionnaire and hair sample study to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the physical and emotional health of people in the UK.

Universities in Nottingham are helping to protect scientists testing for COVID-19, by providing the Government with essential safety cabinets.

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have highlighted highly variable levels of microplastic pollution in UK rivers.