Press releases

The hit YouTube science series fronted by Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff marked its 15th birthday with the release of a new video featuring the 15th element, Phosphorus.

Dr Caroline Emberson, of the university's Rights Lab, writes about her research with Selim Yilmaz, investigating the nature and extent of labour exploitation experienced by domestic workers in the UK.

Allergen-free snacks, a physiotherapy app for children with disabilities, and flashcards to help refugees overcome language barriers are just some of the business ideas that have won national entrepreneur awards and a share of £75,000 in seed funding.

Two University of Nottingham researchers are celebrating national success after receiving awards from the Royal Society of Chemistry in recognition of their research achievements.

A gene therapy system that can repair and regenerate human tissue is being developed for use in orthopaedic surgery with the launch of a new spin-out company.

Cutting-edge technology used to search for signs of life on Mars is poised to revolutionise disease detection and monitoring, via research supported by the EPSRC InLightenUs project involving the Universities of Nottingham, Southampton, and Edinburgh.

Two groups of student food entrepreneurs from the University of Nottingham have scooped the top two prizes at the UK final of a national competition for food innovation.

Researchers at the University of Nottingham are looking to form a new dementia singing group in Loughborough, Leicestershire, to further study the effects of singing on people with dementia.

Are fairies real? Does God eat? – these are some of the questions children will be asked as part of a new study examining how beliefs develop.