Press releases

Bakers from across the UK joined an event led by the Food Innovation Centre at the University of Nottingham to investigate the optimum uses of different wheats.

A team of students have beaten competition from across Europe, becoming the first UK group to be selected for the “Orbit Your Thesis” competition to send their self-developed experiment to the International Space Station (ISS).

Scientists have discovered a new material that can be applied to diabetic wounds to heal them faster with just one application.

Business advisory firm KPMG UK is set to relocate its Nottingham office, next year, to the University of Nottingham’s new Castle Meadow Campus as part of its long-term regional growth strategy.

Chemistry research at the University of Nottingham has been given a significant boost with €3m funding awarded to two projects to advance the fields of synthetic organic chemistry and materials science.

A talented early-career chemistry researcher has been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Prize for Excellence in Higher Education for his outreach work with young people.

Researchers have discovered how plant roots adapt their shape to maximise their uptake of water, pausing branching when they lose contact with water and only resuming once they reconnect with moisture, ensuring they can survive even in the driest conditions.

University of Nottingham Professor and You Tube science hero, Sir Martyn Poliakoff, has been honoured for his contribution to his local community by being admitted as a new Freeman of the Borough of Broxtowe.

Experts from the University of Nottingham are part of a project awarded funding to make the prescribing of medicines in Scotland more sustainable.

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have solved an important piece of the animal evolution puzzle as their new study reveals that our ancient ancestors were more complex than originally thought.