Press releases

New research has shown that boosting the ‘warm glow’ feeling that people experience after giving blood significantly increases repeat blood donations, which are essential for the effective running of any health service.

A group of researchers led by the University of Nottingham has been awarded £200,000 to develop a new national research platform to improve the health outcomes and prospects of babies born too soon and their families.

A study published today in Preventative Veterinary Medicine has shown how differences in farmer behaviour can affect controlling the scale of disease outbreaks.

Organisms are becoming smaller through a combination of species replacement, and changes within species, according to new research published in Science.

In 2022 alone, nearly half a million Filipino children, or roughly 1 in 100 children, were trafficked to produce child sexual exploitation material.

Astronomers have detected the magnetic field of a galaxy so far away that its light has taken more than 11 billion years to reach us, providing astronomers with vital clues about how the magnetic fields of galaxies like our own Milky Way came to be.

A Nottingham astronomer is one of only two UK scientists working on a new X-ray satellite, which aims to reveal new insights into the evolution of the Universe.

A new centre that will focus research on disinformation in the media and the freedom of reporting is set to be launched at the University of Nottingham later this month.

People are being invited to imagine life on an exomoon as part of a new immersive space experience that launches today.

A plant scientist from the University of Nottingham has been selected from over 3,000 applicants to receive funding for research into how roots adapt in dry and compacted soils, which could help in the development of climate resistant crops.