Lindsay Brooke
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The importance and consequences of colliding galaxies
June 22, 2016
Five hundred astronomers will gather in Nottingham at the end of June for the Royal Astronomical Society’s annual National Astronomy Meeting – #NAM2016. The UK’s biggest astronomy meeting takes place this year at The University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus for one week from the 27 June to the 1 July. In the run up to this prestigious event …
Why is tonight’s full moon called a Strawberry Moon?
June 20, 2016
Want to know why tonight’s full moon is called a Strawberry Moon? Dr Julian Onions, who is studying galactic computer simulation in the School of Physics and Astronomy, has the answer. Tonight (well strictly noon 12:02 June 20th if we’re going to be pedantic) the moon is full again. This happens about 12 and a bit …
Reach for the stars – 500 astronomers meet in Nottingham and the public can join in
June 16, 2016
The Royal Astronomical annual National Astronomy Meeting – NAM – comes to Nottingham for one week at the end of June. Julian Onions, part time PhD student at The University of Nottingham, is studying galactic computer simulation and is one of the organisors of the event. In this blog he peers into future to tell us what’s …
….mission accomplished! Life Cycle 6 team complete 170 warm up.
June 6, 2016
Gruelling but great fun – that’s the verdict of the Life Cycle 6 warm up. Every picture tells a story and there are plenty of those in the gallery below! The team of 32 University of Nottingham staff, students and friends cycled the Way of the Roses this weekend to help raise £1 million for life-changing breast …
…and they’re off – Life Cycle 6 heads off on 170 mile warm up!
June 3, 2016
A team of 32 University of Nottingham staff, students and friends set off this morning to cycle the Way of the Roses to help raise £1 million for life-changing breast cancer research. The team are riding Britain’s most popular coast-to-coast cycling challenges – a very hilly 170-mile route from Bridlington, through the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds and Lune …
The Queen asks for her tiniest birthday message to be kept for posterity in the Royal Library
June 2, 2016
The glass corgi which contains a strand of corgi hair etched with the Queen’s tiniest 90th birthday message is to be kept by the Royal Library at Windsor. A letter from Buckingham Palace to Professor Andrei Khlobystov and everyone at the Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre at The University of Nottingham thanked them for their …
Off to the palace – a specially made glass corgi carries tiniest birthday message to the Queen.
May 18, 2016
Etched on a strand of Corgi hair it had to be the Queen’s tiniest birthday message. Now the unique 90th birthday message has been placed in a glass corgi – specially made by Clive Dixon, The University of Nottingham glassblower – and is on its way to the palace. To celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th birthday …
Accolades for academics who are changing our lives for the better
May 6, 2016
From smart wheels for aircraft to biological bandages to prevent blindness academics from The University of Nottingham were recognised last night for their achievements in helping to solve some of the world’s pressing problems. The University’s Knowledge Exchange and Impact Awards recognised the new ideas and technologies being developed in collaboration with industry and commerce …
Investiture a day to treasure for Professor Morris CBE and his family
April 27, 2016
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge presented Professor Peter Morris, Head of the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre with his CBE at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on Friday 22 April. Professor Morris, in the School of Physics and Astronomy, was awarded a CBE for services to science and medicine in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2016. The …
Chernobyl 30 years on – Prof George Shaw talks to Notts TV and BBC Radio Nottingham
April 25, 2016
George Shaw, Professor of Environmental Science in the School of Biosciences at The University of Nottingham, talks to Mark Dennison at BBC Radio Nottingham about the work his team are doing to investigate the long term behaviour of radioactive isotopes in soils. Experts from The University of Nottingham have been collecting samples from the Chernobyl …
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