Press releases

New research has shown how boys being overweight in early childhood or having chickenpox or another infectious disease in infancy may increase their risk of having chronic disease in later life.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have created life-size 3D-printed insect models to explore how some species trick predators into thinking they're more dangerous than they really are — and avoid being eaten as a result.

A ground-breaking new social venture company has been launched by researchers at the University of Nottingham and the University of Bristol to help farmers sell surplus produce to community-based buyers – including food banks, social supermarkets and small food producers – across the UK.

Experts from the University of Nottingham will investigate how genes responsible for disease and antifungal resistance might evolve and spread through fungal populations, thanks to funding from the Wellcome Trust.

A major research centre that is set to position the UK as a global leader in clean technology, is being launched by the universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Nottingham.

New research, which has reviewed major UK political parties’ past manifestos, finds they all lack the boldness needed to tackle the structural roots of inequality and significantly raise people out of poverty.

An innovative new installation is now on display at Green’s Windmill & Science Centre in Nottingham. ‘Early Universes’ blends cutting-edge mathematical physics with contemporary art to allow visitors to see, touch and feel wave patterns that emerge from fluid systems.

Two University of Nottingham physicists have received a prestigious award for their groundbreaking research into the development of a portable brain-imaging system.

The University of Nottingham is one of five universities to share a £2.5 million pot to create ‘next-gen’ degree designs that connect foundational mathematics to key applications in an increasingly AI and data driven world.

A new report from University of Nottingham experts, which presents new in-depth research on working conditions for ancillary workers in the UK television industry, has identified a range of human rights risks related to their conditions and experience.