Press releases

The excellence and innovation of teaching at the University of Nottingham has achieved national recognition, after scooping two prestigious awards.

The University of Nottingham’s asymptomatic Covid-19 testing service has been recommended for accreditation from the government to allow its unique non-invasive saliva testing process to be simplified and sped up by removing the need for a second confirmation NHS test.

A laboratory on Sutton Bonington campus has opened after a multi-million pound refurbishment to modernise and improve the building.

New technology is being trialled at selected parks across the UK to count people using phone signals, providing valuable data that can be used to improve safety and services.

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have supported the development of a new web platform to host immersive events. It features a video audience where people can appear to watch performances and interact with the live acts.  

Experts at the Food Innovation Centre at the University of Nottingham have turned the spotlight on sugar reduction in their latest factsheet for the food and drink industry.

Food science students from the University of Nottingham have scooped the top prize in a national competition for food innovation, with a non-alcoholic liqueur made from coffee waste.

Professor Claire Anderson has been elected president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

From developing next generation quantum computers and investigating the mysteries of the universe to modelling Covid herd immunity, predicting cardiac risk and most recently revealing why cauliflowers grow in the shape they do, mathematics at the University of Nottingham is making an important contribution to many aspects of society.

Have you ever wondered how a cauliflower grows into its strange shape? - The mystery of how this peculiar shaped vegetable forms has now been solved by a team of mathematicians and plant scientists.