Press releases

A Nottingham Professor has been recognised for her research into dark energy in the Universe with a young scientist award from the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences.

A new research project has been awarded over £6m to develop a toolkit to allow 3D printed medicines to be manufactured effectively bringing innovations like biological personalised pills and ‘living plasters’ closer to commercial production.

A Nottingham researcher has received a prestigious international award for her ground-breaking research into male-centric representations of maternity and women’s bodies and souls in early Christian and Jewish scriptures.

The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) has announced its work programme after its funding was extended for a further five years by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham are inviting people from the local community to apply for paid, full-time and part-time PhD research projects that aim to improve the lives of communities across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Dr Ralph Kwame Akyea, Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Epidemiology) at the University of Nottingham, is among the first members of the new UK Young Academy – a network of early career researchers and professionals established to help tackle local and global issues and promote meaningful change.

The University of Nottingham joined forces with IntoUniversity in 2011, building on an existing programme of outreach work. In that time, this partnership has enabled 16,942 local young people to receive support and encouragement to do well at school and go on to university.

Scientists have discovered sugar-based molecules can be used to block activity of a receptor in cells that is involved in the development of a range of viral infections and cancer.

A civic empathy scale, which measures people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards societal issues, has been launched today by experts at the University of Nottingham.

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Nottingham and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England is to join the board of trustees for the charity parkrun.