Press releases

Researchers have used new technology to create an electric flare stack that significantly reduces CO2 emissions compared to gas flares that are currently used by oil refineries to control pollution.

The University of Nottingham scooped STEM Research Project of the Year at last night’s Times Higher Education Awards for prioneering research to develop a new non-invasive treatment for Tourette’s Syndrome.

New research from the University of Nottingham and Northumbria University has found that conspiracy theories about social groups can have significant negative effects on their members.

An academic from the University of Nottingham has been awarded a Consolidator grant from the European Research Council (ERC), worth €2 million, to further explore an area in the intersection of computer science and mathematics.

Academics from the University of Nottingham have received funding to research how to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is safe to use, in a new project alongside the Universities of Oxford and Warwick.

Scientists have engineered a living material resembling human phlegm, which will help them to better understand how a certain kind of infection develops on the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis.

The live soundtrack to a brain-controlled film with 15 billion versions has been released for the first time.

Scientists have received funding to begin pre-clinical trials for a Zika virus DNA vaccine that can be manufactured within weeks and safely be deployed globally in future epidemics.

A scientist who led the development of new blood test technology to detect Mycobacteria in blood has had her research recognised with an award from the Microbiology Society.

The University of Nottingham has secured £8mn in philanthropic funding from leading algorithmic trading company XTX Markets to establish the Observatory for Mathematical Education, in a new collaboration between the Schools of Education and Mathematical Sciences.