Alzheimer’s Research at Nottingham
January 31, 2013
There have been three recent press reports about Alzheimer’s research at Nottingham. Given that we have an interest in this area, I thought it would be worth reporting here. The reports come from the same research but it does demonstrate that if you can get some research into the press it has the potential to …
Our affiliation is ….
January 21, 2013
Following a recent post where we asked what you thought your affiliation was, we discussed this matter at a recent Research Strategy Committee meeting. We decided that we should use “University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus” as our affiliation. From this point forward, can you ensure that you use this affiliation when submitting papers. We will …
A good start to 2013 on publications
January 14, 2013
As we enter 2013, and I do my usual trawl around Web of Science and Scopus trying to prepare for the MyRA return, it is interesting to see that we already have a number of publications in 2013. In fact as of 10th January, we have published 24 articles according to ISI and Scopus. I …
What is your affiliation?
January 10, 2013
Whilst preparing for MyRA, and looking through some of our publications, it is apparent that we have many different ways of stating our affiliation. Just to give you a few examples (and this is non-scientific sample) (the Faculties/Schools/Departments have been hidden to protect the innocent): Univ Nottingham, ??????, Semenyih, Selangor Darul, Malaysia Nottingham, ?????, Malaysia …
Cool Inventions at Nottingham
January 2, 2013
On the Jubilee Campus we have a Technology Demonstration room. The idea is that people who visit the university are able to see some of the inventions that have been made at the University. This video explains all.
Book Launch: Solar Drying: Fundamentals, Applications and Innovations
December 21, 2012
A new e-book was launched recently from a joint effort between academic Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering staff from the Center for Food and Bio-Product Processing and the Transport Processes Research group, NUS, Singapore. The title of the e-book is “Solar Drying: Fundamentals, Applications and Innovations” (ISBN: 978-981-07-3336-0). It is edited by Dr Ching …
The end of journals? Open access, impact and the production of knowledge
December 20, 2012
There is a lot of debate at the moment about Open Access publishing and Warren Pearce (a PhD student) has written an interesting blog post as part of the University’s Making Science Public blog. The post is motivated by the fact that research funding agencies are increasingly insisting that the research they fund is Open …
Quentin Willson visits The University of Nottingham to refuel hydrogen car
December 17, 2012
Published on the 21st Oct 2012, this youtube video reports on a visit to the Jubilee Campus by motoring journalist Quentin Willson. The blurb for the video reads: “TV presenter and motoring expert Quentin Willson visited The University of Nottingham to film part of a short film put together by ITM Power about their Ecoisland …
Dominic Foo: Book Launch on Process Integration
December 15, 2012
A book launching event was held during the 26th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers, in conjunction with the 4th International Conference On Chemical And Bioprocess Engineering (SOMChE-ICCBPE-2012) recently at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia (21-23 November 2012). The new book entitled “Process Integration for Resource Conservation”, was authored by Professor Ir Dr Dominic Foo, the Founding …
Seeing the world through the eyes of an orangutan
December 14, 2012
I was just digging around youtube (as you do), searching for the University of Nottingham and I came across this video from Neil Mennie. It was posted on the 27th Nov 2012. It’s well worth a watch if you want to know what the Cognitive and Sensory Research Group at UNMC are up to. Or, …
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