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Scientists have found that a predatory bacterium, capable of invading and consuming harmful bugs such as E.coli and Salmonella, can sculpt its own shape to fit inside its prey.

The Cuban Painted Snail has won an international competition – and will now have its DNA blueprint unravelled and the key to its beauty unlocked, potentially helping to protect this iconic species from extinction.

A professor from the University of Nottingham, whose research focuses on the safety of patients, has been appointed as the inaugural National Clinical Director for Prescribing with NHS England, to help tackle the issue of overprescribing.

Community-based rehabilitation can help the recovery of people with schizophrenia in low-income countries, according to new research from experts at the University of Nottingham and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Experts from the University of Nottingham will be part of a new national research network to tackle challenges in ageing.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have found that the sex of a jockey doesn’t influence any aspect of racehorse physiology and performance.

Experts at the University of Nottingham are calling on adults with cerebral palsy (CP) to help them with some research to find out how their conditions are changing with age, and what support services they have and need to keep them healthy throughout their lives.

Experts at the University of Nottingham have worked with people with single-sided deafness (SSD), to find out what effects from the condition matter to them the most, which in turn, will help towards developing more effective treatments for the condition.

A scientist from the University of Nottingham is part of an expedition travelling to the Antarctic to measure the effects of climate change in the Weddell Sea.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have developed a protocol for clinicians around the world, which will help to close the gap between diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer, and could increase the chance of survival from the disease.