“We miss him dearly” – tributes to Sir Peter Mansfield
December 14, 2017
He was the pioneering scientist who invented Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), saving the lives of countless cancer patients and others across the world by transforming medical history. But Sir Peter Mansfield, who died earlier this year, was an “honest and modest” man who tended not to seek the limelight. At a special service honouring his …
Giving a snail a personality – all in the name of science
November 29, 2017
They’re a bit slimy and will happily munch their way through your home-grown lettuce and prize hostas. To many, the brown garden snail is more pest than national treasure, its common fate to be crunched under foot or unceremoniously lobbed into a neighbour’s garden. But geneticist Dr Angus Davison in the School of Life Sciences …
Nightingale study to explore regional roots of The Lady with the Lamp
November 7, 2017
The Derbyshire roots of ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ are to be uncovered for the first time as part of a new £830,000 research project being led by academics at The University of Nottingham. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Professor Paul Crawford, of the University’s School of Health Sciences and the Institute …
Students develop gluten free pie for pub chain
October 20, 2017
Students at the University of Nottingham have designed a new no-gluten containing steak & IPA ale pie that is available on pub menus across the country. The pie, which was developed for country pub restaurant brand Chef & Brewer, was created by the students after they were tasked with creating the perfect pastry for a …
University of Nottingham appoints new Chair in Brewing Science
October 16, 2017
The University of Nottingham has announced the appointment of Professor David Cook to the AB InBev Chair in Brewing Science, following the departure of Professor Joanne Hort earlier this year. David has been an academic in the International Centre for Brewing Science (ICBS) at the University of Nottingham since its inception in 2005, working alongside …
Master builders needed for Nottingham Lego tournament
October 13, 2017
Calling all Lego fans…the University of Nottingham is looking for school teams to take part in the regional heat of the global FIRST® LEGO® League challenge taking place on Tuesday 19th December. The FIRST® LEGO® League is a global competition involving 80 countries and introduces a themed scientific and real-world challenge for teams of schoolchildren aged …
Vietnam and Nottingham join forces to help solve agricultural problems
October 10, 2017
Issues facing rice farmers in Vietnam was the subject of a Researcher Link Workshop that bought together leading agricultural experts from across the UK and Vietnam, which enabled research develop collaboration development and the mentoring of early career researchers from both countries. Professor Zoe Wilson and Dr Sean Mayes and from the School of Biosciences …
The SS Thistlegorm: Bringing the sunken secrets of WWII to the surface
October 6, 2017
A new website will let people explore one of the world’s most famous diving sites on their phones or home computers thanks to a 3D virtual reality project. The new website, which launches on Friday 6 October, will give visitors the chance to explore the wreckage of the SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship …
Chief Economist from the Bank of England gives public lecture
October 5, 2017
Andy Haldane, the Bank of England’s Chief Economist paid a visit to the University this week (3 October 2017) to address some global issues around the flow of people, money goods, and services. Staff, students and members of the public, turned out in force to hear him speak. Professor Kevin Lee, Head of the School …
Dancing plant root video wins 2017 Nikon Small World in Motion competition
September 25, 2017
Timelapse footage of a dancing plant root taken by a University of Nottingham researcher has won first prize in Nikon’s annual Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. Daniel von Wangenheim created this timelapse video during his time at the Institue of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) where he and colleagues were studying how plants …
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