24-31 May: The big stories
June 6, 2012
This week’s round up from The University of Nottingham’s press office includes news of Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable’s visit to the University to see how we’re collaborating with industry. There’s also news of what the Tomato Genome Consortium is doing to help deliver new varieties of tomato more quickly. Plus, following on from their …
Second ‘underpants bomb’ plot shows Al-Qaeda still dangerous
May 10, 2012
There have been two major news stories in the past week that seemingly give off opposing views on the danger posed by Al-Qaeda. To mark the first anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden last week, the US government authorised the release of seventeen documents captured in his compound in Pakistan. This selective handful …
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 …
Music to patients’ ears
April 23, 2012
The opportunity to write about the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine is certainly one of the perks of working in the Press Office of a research-intensive university like Nottingham. What’s even more gratifying is seeing first-hand the impact that those stories are having on people’s lives and the importance of the work that …
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 …
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 …
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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