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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.
Date:
19/10/2016

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.
Date:
18/10/2016

Ackermann Award 2016

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School of Computer Science Research Fellow, Nicolai Kraus, has won the Ackermann Award 2016.
Date:
17/10/2016

Grant awarded to develop tools to explain network behaviour

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.
Date:
10/10/2016

Nobel prize for inspirational Honorary Professor

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.
Date:
06/10/2016

New textbook on functional programming

New textbook on functional programming
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Professor Graham Hutton has published a new edition of his best-selling functional programming textbook, Programming in Haskell. Haskell is an innovative programming language that allows users to rapidly develop clear, concise and correct software. The language is based on the idea of pure mathematical functions, and provides a range of simple but powerful techniques for writing and reasoning about programs.
Date:
02/09/2016

2016-2017 Language Centre module enrolment

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Dates of Enrolment Sessions for Spring Semester modules:Monday 23 January:11.00-1.00pm in Trent C66 (Self Access Centre)Wednesday 25 January: 11.00-1.00pm in Trent C66Friday 27 January: 11.00-1.00pm in Trent C66
Date:
18/08/2016

2016 School Prize Winners

Date:
04/08/2016

Nottingham Dollies prove cloned sheep can live long and healthy lives

Nottingham Dollies prove cloned sheep can live long and healthy lives
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Three weeks after the scientific world marked the 20th anniversary of the birth of Dolly the sheep new research, published by The University of Nottingham, in the academic journal Nature Communications has shown that four clones derived from the same cell line — genomic copies of Dolly — reached their 8th birthdays in good health.
Date:
26/07/2016

Collaborative research between the School and the George Green Institute for Electromagnetic Research achieves great things

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?Funding has been awarded to a team of University of Nottingham researchers for a 30-month collaborative project for the US Office of Naval Research Global, "Propagating electromagnetic signals through complex built-up structures – Resilience of electronic components in the presence of EM noise and environmental uncertainty".
Date:
25/07/2016
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