Press releases

A physics student from the University of Nottingham has been awarded one of this year’s prestigious grants from the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund.

Researchers have revealed for the first time that a peptide in a leading beauty product can penetrate the tough stratum corneum barrier of the skin.

The first live theatre event at Lakeside Arts is an interactive, sensory experience for children featuring robot technology to bring circus themed installations to life.

The amount of nutrients people get from the crops that they eat is a type of ‘postcode lottery’, according to new research that has analysed thousands of cereal grains and soils as part of a project to tackle hidden hunger in Malawi and Ethiopia.

A team of autistic people, those who support them and researchers are calling for service providers and policy makers to take immediate action to prevent high rates of suicide amongst autistic people.

A new method to analyse the blood thinning drug Heparin has been developed that can pinpoint contaminants more accurately and quickly, providing greater quality control and safety.

The University of Nottingham is part of a new industry collaboration launched to accelerate drug discovery projects that will fast track research from lab to patient.

A new MRI study could reveal why some people are more likely to become obese than others by examining what happens in the brain and gut when people consume food high in fat and carbohydrate.

Experts from the University of Nottingham are looking for volunteers to take part in an MRI study into a common treatment for constipation.

A wearable brain scanner is being used, for the first time, to investigate the brain activity in elderly people whilst driving a car.