…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 …
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 …
Chernobyl 30 years on – the long term behaviour of radioactive isotopes in soils
April 22, 2016
As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster George Shaw, Professor of Environmental Science in the School of Biosciences at The University of Nottingham, talks 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 …
Queen’s birthday message is etched on Corgi hair
April 20, 2016
Etched on a strand of Corgi hair it has to be the Queen’s tiniest birthday message. To celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th birthday scientists based in the new Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre in the School of Chemistry etched their birthday wishes using a beam of Gallium ions. The hair was kindly donated by Cracker and CJ …
Nottingham HOUSE front page news in top building magazine
April 14, 2016
It was one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by architecture students at The University of Nottingham and today it made the front cover of Housebuilder, the leading magazine magazine for residential development and regeneration. Here’s the article. The Nottingham HOUSE (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy) was Britain’s entry in the very first Solar …
Back to the ‘wild’ – Nottingham BBSRC Wheat Research Centre opens
April 12, 2016
The new Nottingham/BBSRC Wheat Research Centre has been officially opened by ‘super woman of wheat’ and influential advocate for wheat research and science Jeanie Borlaug Laube. Jeanie is the daughter of Norman E Borlaug who received a Nobel Prize for his lifetime of work to feed a hungry world. She toured the glasshouses at The University …
The benefits of multilingualism to be explored thanks to new funding
April 7, 2016
The University of Nottingham is to be part of a major new research project which will look at the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative. At a time when more than half the world’s population speaks more …
Digitopia – a dancing digital wonderland – at Sadlers Wells this weekend
March 24, 2016
Ever wondered why it’s so fascinating to get involved in computer science? This Easter weekend London’s dance house Sadlers Wells presents a remarkable presentation of digital dance by Tom Dale Company’s Digitopia. The theme for this year’s Family Weekend is ‘storytelling’ and its capacity for introducing you into different worlds. What’s this got to do with The University …
The Ancientbiotics project – a new chapter
March 23, 2016
Exactly a year ago, Dr Freya Harrison from our Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, gave a talk at the Annual Conference of the Microbiology Society in Birmingham and lit the blue touch paper on a news story which went global within a few hours. Freya’s talk was about the rediscovery she and her colleagues, Dr Steve …
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