Press releases

The bones of ancient bears, sound postcards and a giant clarinet are among the unusual characters in a new interactive experience for visitors to the shores of Highfields Boating Lake at the University of Nottingham.

Professor Matthew Brookes has been recognised for his revolutionary work in brain imaging, with a Physical Sciences & Engineering Laureate award from the the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences.

Researchers have been awarded funding to help UK farming transition to net zero and become more sustainable.

A major exhibition that gives visitors the chance to literally step into a photograph from the Holocaust using virtual reality technology is opening at Lakeside Arts on University Park in Nottingham.

The celebrated British actor, producer and University of Nottingham alumna Ruth Wilson is backing a new national campaign to showcase the enormous impact of the arts on society and the economy.

Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam will become the University of Nottingham’s next Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences. He will take up the Executive Board-level role on his return to the University when he steps down as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (DCMO) for Health Protection in England.

The research, published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, found that greater psychological distress during the early phase of the pandemic was significantly associated with participants later reporting SARS-CoV-2 infection, a greater number of symptoms and also more severe symptoms.

New advice has been published on Healthy Eating for the Elderly to help food and drink businesses develop products for older people.

New research is developing a new formulation of a common metabolic inhibitor (niclosamide) that could turn it into a promising prophylactic/preventative nasal spray and early treatment throat spray for Covid-19.

Researchers have used MRI imaging to map visual brain activity in stroke survivors with sight loss that gives new hope for rehabilitation and recovery.