25 April – 3 May: The big stories
May 4, 2012
Our news round up includes a report on the University’s collaboration with GSK to build and support the GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry. There is also a run down of the highlights scheduled for this month’s May Fest, the University’s free community open day. There’s also Olympic news involving a talented Nottingham PhD …
University takes on city in Olympic inspired competion
April 20, 2012
Some of our most talented athletes are preparing to take on clubs from across the city in a series of friendly matches this April. The 2012 Town and Gown event is the first senior multi-sports event of its type to be held in Nottingham and will form part of the Five Ring Legacy Games that the …
5-18 April: The big stories
April 19, 2012
In a bumper news round up, there’s a report of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus alongside Malaysian PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. And with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee fast approaching, chemists from the University decided to etch the Queen’s portrait onto a diamond in celebration as part …
29 March – 4 April: The big stories this week
April 6, 2012
This week’s roundup includes new research to suggest an award-winning high-tech replacement for the paging system in hospitals could free up nurses to spend more time with patients. In other news, scientists have identified a gene in a simple water-dwelling planarian worm that may play a key role in cancer. We also find out how …
22-28 March: The big stories this week
March 30, 2012
This week’s news round up includes the announcement of a major screening trial using a new blood test which detects cancer at its earliest stages of development. There is also news of the kayak challenge being undertaken by the University’s Professor Kevin Shakesheff to raise money for Children’s Brain Tumour Research. Finally, a new research …
Rowing success for University Boat Club
March 28, 2012
We’ve all seen them, torture machines lurking in Fitness Centre corners. What some may not know is that there is a thriving series of races around the world, held on the Concept 2 Indoor Rowing machines. Recently the University hosted the 21st British Indoor Rowing Championships (BIRC), combined for the first time on UK soil …
15-21 March: The big stories this week
March 22, 2012
This week’s news roundup includes the unveiling of the lucky few from the University who have been chosen to carry the Olympic torch as it passes through Nottingham this summer. There is also research news regarding potential treatments for both severe dementia and tinnitus, as well as book launch news from Fintan Cullen, Professor of …
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 …
8-14 March: The big stories this week
March 15, 2012
Our top stories include broadcaster Matthew Bannister’s event-filled return to Nottingham to open our new Humanities Building, a Q&A with students, New Theatre visit and public lecture. We also reveal far-right supporters consider violence between different ethnic, religious and racial groups “largely inevitable”, and explain why roots grow down, not up. Read on for more …
1-7 March: The big stories this week
March 7, 2012
In our news this week, a new supplement — NutraMET Sport — translates research findings into sports nutrition to boost performance for elite athletes; Nottingham’s latest Barometer surveys find anti-business sentiment has more to do with ‘big business’ bad behaviour rather than distrust of small firms; and an artificial polymer ‘womb’ unlocks early embryo secrets. …
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