Press releases

Scientists have engineered a living material resembling human phlegm, which will help them to better understand how a certain kind of infection develops on the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis.

The live soundtrack to a brain-controlled film with 15 billion versions has been released for the first time.

Scientists have received funding to begin pre-clinical trials for a Zika virus DNA vaccine that can be manufactured within weeks and safely be deployed globally in future epidemics.

A scientist who led the development of new blood test technology to detect Mycobacteria in blood has had her research recognised with an award from the Microbiology Society.

The University of Nottingham has secured £8mn in philanthropic funding from leading algorithmic trading company XTX Markets to establish the Observatory for Mathematical Education, in a new collaboration between the Schools of Education and Mathematical Sciences.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Sir Peter Mansfield publishing his first research paper which led to the development of magnetic resonance imaging MRI – an invention that has revolutionised medicine, and that the University of Nottingham continues to advance.

Researchers have discovered a protein that seals plant roots to regulate the uptake of nutrients and water from the soil, the discovery could help develop climate proof crops that require less water and chemical fertilisers.

Children who are too short for their age can suffer reduced cognitive ability arising from differences in brain function as early as six months of age, according to new research.

An international team of scientists have been awarded €10M to explore how plants sense water stress, generating new knowledge that will underpin efforts to engineer more climate resilient crops.

University of Nottingham spin-out company Cerca Magnetics has been named as one of Bloomberg UK’s ‘start-ups to watch.’