Press releases

Scientists have for the first time captured and filmed atoms bonding, using advanced microscopy methods they captured a moment of breaking a chemical bond, around half a million times smaller than the width of a human hair.

Sir Martyn Poliakoff has been recognised for his work on the international scientific stage by the 2019 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People’s Republic of China - the nation's highest honour for foreign scientists.

Professor Kevin Shakesheff has been appointed as Chair of the Board of the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs).

A new Virtual Reality Holocaust exhibition that allows visitors to ‘step into’ pictures taken by a Nazi photographer in the Warsaw Ghetto is to tour the UK as part of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust.

A new range of chocolate produced as part of a research project to improve flavour and quality for Colombian female cocoa growers has been launched – just in time for Christmas!

Students from the University of Nottingham are creating a sustainable business project for a new flock of hens after taking part in a dragon’s den style pitch.

A picture of Sir Peter Mansfield in a model MRI scanner from the 1970’s and thousands of the first ever scans are amongst a new archive charting the story of MRI in Nottingham.

On 5th December, Professor Melanie Leng was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2019.

A research team from the Universities of Nottingham, Manchester, and UCL evaluating a service delivered by pharmacists since 2011 have calculated it will save the English NHS around £651 million.

The University of Nottingham lit up in support of Chemistry Week on Friday as part of the International Year of the Periodic Table.