Press releases

Psychologists from the University of Nottingham are appealing for people to come forward who may have taken part in pioneering research into child development in Nottingham City from the 1950s to the 1970s.

One of the largest ever wildlife, landscape and natural history exhibitions will be opening at Highfields Park in Nottingham this week.

The Atrato river in Colombia has a pioneering global status as a bearer of its own legal rights. Nottingham University academic, Dr Nick Mount, is on the team working to uphold these rights - an experience he will be sharing at a public lecture.

GPs feel they don’t have the right training or guidance to help support children and young people who are being bullied, according to research from the University of Nottingham.

There are an estimated 90 fatalities a year in the UK caused by drivers pulling out into the path of an oncoming motorcycle. New research by psychologists at the University of Nottingham suggests this sort of crash may often be the result of a short-term memory failure rather than the driver not seeing an approaching motorcycle.

Researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method for a key process used in the production of pharmaceuticals and other important chemicals that only leaves water as a byproduct, opening up new possibilities for drug discovery and production.

In a new study in Nature Communications, researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Nottingham and KU Leuven have revealed fresh insights as to why blood clotting can sometimes go awry in a study funded by the Medical Research Council and British Heart Foundation.

A new study suggests employee safety could be improved through use of Virtual Reality (VR) in Health and Safety training, such as fire evacuation drills. 

Students living in the Lenton and Arboretum areas of Nottingham are being urged to be good, considerate neighbours – and warned that anti-social and noisy behaviour could have serious consequences for them – as the start of the new academic year approaches.

An innovative solution used to prevent common brain infections in patients having surgery for hydrocephalus has been found to significantly reduce infection rates according to a report published in The Lancet.