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There are at least two trillion galaxies in the universe, ten times more than previously thought

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During the past 20 years very deep Hubble Space Telescope images have found a myriad of faint galaxies, and it was approximated that the observable Universe contains about 100 billion galaxies in total. Now, an international team, led by Christopher Conselice, Professor of Astrophysics at The University of Nottingham, has shown that the actual number is much higher than this.

MASS visits sustainable housing development

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Is it possible to live a sustainable life and still enjoy our modern day luxuries? Our MASS: 'Modelling and Analytics for a Sustainable Society' Leverhulme scholars visit Hockerton Housing Project to find out.

Ackermann Award 2016

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School of Computer Science Research Fellow, Nicolai Kraus, has won the Ackermann Award 2016.

Grant awarded to develop tools to explain network behaviour

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Grant success for Stephen Coombes and Ruediger Thul for their EPSRC responsive mode application.

Nobel prize for inspirational Honorary Professor

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Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, an Honorary Professor in the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham, has been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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