Press releases

Smartphone apps used as ‘early warning systems’ for skin cancer are poorly regulated and frequently cannot be relied upon to produce accurate results, according to experts.

Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transfer Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of a new generation of terahertz quantum cascade lasers, which could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second – an exponential improvement on present transfer speeds.

Getting up close to tarantulas, finding out how to make renewable plastics from microbes and an interactive brain funfair are just some of the activities on offer at Science in the Park at Wollaton Hall on 7th March.

Multi award-winning writer Eimear McBride will be joining the University’s own acclaimed novelist Jon McGregor in the second of a series of live events presented by The Letters Page – a literary journal of letters published by the School of English.

The University of Nottingham today appointed Crossbench peer and anti-slavery campaigner, Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE, as the University’s new Chancellor.

University of Nottingham marks LGBT History Month with launch of rainbow crossings on its UK campuses

Experts from the University of Nottingham are taking science from the lab and into the community for the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity.

Theatrical stories from Nottingham’s famous Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall (TRCH) will be brought to life in a new lottery-funded project involving theatre historians from the University of Nottingham, in partnership with TRCH.

The first UK consumer study on the use of Bambara Groundnut as an ingredient in products has shown that sharing information on sustainable features increased consumers’ positive emotional connection to food.