Lindsay Brooke
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MRI anniversary celebrations
January 16, 2017
MRI experts past, present and those destined to be the MRI researchers of the future gathered at The University of Nottingham on Friday to mark 25 years of the MRI centre and 40 years of MRI research in Nottingham. Among the guests was Sir Peter Mansfield, the Nottingham physicist who won the Nobel Prize for …
British Embassy in Russia support for the Periodic Table of Videos
December 16, 2016
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) officially adopted the names of the four new chemical elements this year – big news for the award winning Periodic Table of Videos. And this week they decided to release all four new videos at once! Nihonium, Moscovium, Tennessine and Oganesson. The names of two of them are directly …
Consensus is not a dirty word
This blog by Michael Merrifield, Professor of Astronomy in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Nottingham, has been given extra poignancy by recent comments from the Trump transition team. Science is, by its very nature, a collective activity “If it’s consensus, it isn’t science.” This quote from a speech by Michael Crichton …
Artcodes take the advent calendar into the digital age
November 25, 2016
It’s a long time since children were satisfied with a printed picture when they prized open the doors of their advent calendar. They have grown to expect some kind of treat – a sweet or toy – as well. But the advent calendar has moved on again – into the digital age. Computer scientists at …
Supermoon tonight – if the skies clear!
November 14, 2016
Christopher Conselice, Professor of Astrophysics, in the School of Physics and Astronomy, gives us the low-down on tonight’s supermoon. This week we have a special astronomical event in this sky. Go outside tonight and, if it is clear of clouds, you will be privileged to see the brightest Moon in the sky since 1948. This …
University A Cappella Group faces the music in ‘The Choir’ – Tuesday BBC Two 9pm
November 3, 2016
In his latest search for undiscovered singing talent Gareth Malone came to The University of Nottingham to audition RadioOctave – the University’s student A Cappella group. It’s a few months since Gareth’s visit to University Park, which has been kept under wraps until now. RadioOctave did well and were picked to feature in episode 2 …
Pop up research cafe is great success
If you want the public to get involved in research why not take your science to them? That’s just what researchers at The University of Nottingham did last week and there was no shortage of volunteers – of all ages. Not only did they have some fun, they were also able to help with tests …
NOTTINGHAM APPRENTICES FIGHT IT OUT FOR TWO TOP JOBS
October 6, 2016
Tonight Rebecca Jeffery, a graduate in American and Canadian Studies at The University of Nottingham, will start her bid to become Alan Sugar’s 2016 Apprentice and the chance to invest £250,000 of his money. But Rebecca isn’t the only University of Nottingham student fighting it out for a job with the big British firm. Three agriculture students in the …
Black moon on the rise
September 30, 2016
Julian Onions a Post-Graduate research student in the School of Physics and Astronomy at The University of Nottingham discusses tonight’s Black Moon – the second new moon in the calendar month – or is it? On Friday 29th September, we have a black moon. I admit I had to look up this term as it …
BBC One uncovers ‘The truth about Meat’
September 28, 2016
Tomorrow night the BBC science documentary series ‘The Truth About…..‘ that tackles everyday issues that affect us all will look at ‘The truth about Meat‘. In this episode Chris Bavin, a greengrocer by trade and a carnivore by nature, wants to know if he can keep meat in his diet and stay healthy. The programme will …
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