Press releases

The East Midlands Investment Zone (EMIZ) has completed its first year of place-based grants supporting businesses at the forefront of the UK’s green industrial future. Over £500,000 in funding was awarded to a cohort of 15 ‘fast start’ pilot projects – each pairing businesses with university-based researchers to accelerate the development of profitable, low-emission technologies.

Professor Sarah Sharples in the Faculty of Engineering and currently Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Transport has been appointed as Deputy Chair of Sub-panel 12 (Engineering) for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 – the UK’s national system for assessing the quality of research in higher education.

Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time.

A new study, led by the University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering, has shown that converting food waste into biochar, a stable form of carbon, could lead to a reduction of 93,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year by 2030.

Sponge-like pellets may hold the key to preventing CO₂ from entering the atmosphere, supporting future net zero ambitions, a new report from the University of Nottingham explains.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have led on a new project that models the Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest, which could be used to inform how to make large trees in public spaces safer.

A new report from the University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Social Sciences and EPRI, a non-profit energy research and development organization, has highlighted the issues and potential strategies to decarbonise transport in and around East Midlands Airport (EMA).

Researchers at the University of Nottingham and one of its leading spinouts, The Thinking Pod innovations (TTPi), have partnered with VIDAR to develop groundbreaking technology at the heart of an intelligent electric motor, which will revolutionise the energy efficiency of industrial processes in harsh environments.

Next week (24 – 27 March), 30 UK scientists will swap places with politicians and civil servants for four days, exploring the world of politics as part of the annual Royal Society Pairing Scheme.

The University of Nottingham, in partnership with East Midlands Freeport, Research England and Loughborough University, has opened the Zero Carbon Innovation Centre (ZCIC).