Press releases

Two technologies that are based on research by University of Nottingham experts to reduce the severity of tics in people with Tourette’s are closer to patient use after being recommended in draft guidance by NICE.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have announced a boost to doctoral training at the University of Nottingham by awarding £25m for future cohorts.

A new Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems (CSAS) has been launched by the University of Nottingham to provide expert support and research into enhancing sustainability and climate resilience in agriculture.

The Laboratory Development Team at the University of Nottingham’s School of Chemistry has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Team Prize for Excellence in Higher Education in recognition of brilliance in chemistry education.

Scientists have created a new ‘biocooperative’ material based on blood, which has shown to successfully repair bones, paving the way for personalised regenerative blood products that could be used as effective therapies to treat injury and disease.

A successful programme to train the next generation of Nottingham bioscientists from the city’s two universities has secured £14 million funding from UK Research and Innovation. (UKRI)

A new research project using loyalty card data to explore shoppers’ perceptions about food and the environment has received funding and could help people make more sustainable food choices.

New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has revealed how it interacts with genes to interrupt cell growth signals. The discovery is an important step towards developing new drugs for the treatment of the disease.

Nottingham scientists are part of a new ‘SUPERLASER’ research project to design a new type of laser that will use new sustainable materials to achieve high performance.

A leading AI researcher from the University of Nottingham has been awarded £6m to lead bold new work aiming to help AI better enable humans to make meaning of the themselves and the world, and AI itself by combining art and the body.