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  28 February – 6 March 2013 Nottingham to pioneer food manufacturing and medical devices Two new innovative manufacturing centres announced for Nottingham to lead advances in food production and medical devices.  Read more… … Audio walk to reveal history of British beauty spot A new audio walk has been developed to help walkers at …

“Bugger off and find a cure!”

He’s renowned for his individual sense of style and is never one to pull his punches. So when novelist Sir Terry Pratchett  bestowed a fellowship in his own name on University of Nottingham scientist Dr Chris Medway for his research into the neurodegenerative condition dementia it was a fair bet that his words of encouragement …

YouTube sensation: Nottingham students’ vortex cannon video goes viral

Fancy checking out a video of University of Nottingham students playing with a homemade vortex cannon? If the answer’s yes – you’re not alone. In the last two days, the video from University Radio Nottingham’s The Science Show has leapt from around 30,000 views to well over 250,000. To see exactly why so many people have …