University of Nottingham

Children who are too short for their age can suffer reduced cognitive ability arising from differences in brain function as early as six months of age, according to new research. Researchers from the University of Nottingham were…

A cross-faculty group made up of students and staff at the University of Nottingham has received Advance HE’s Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE).Members of OPAD collaborate to create assistive and rehabilitation devices…

A research project led by the University of Nottingham is one of 14 projects to receive a share of £9 million in grant funding to revolutionise the UK livestock sector.Dr. Tania Dottorini, professor in bioinformatics at the School of…

A Nottingham social scientist has been awarded, alongside their colleagues, two prizes from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) for research published on how…

The University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University are inviting people from the local community to tell them about challenges they are facing – so research can be conducted to help find solutions to their issues.This joint…

Cheese tastings with a touch of cultural history and city tours that show the role bears played in popular culture and entertainment in Tudor England are coming to Nottingham later this year as part of a national humanities festival.The…

Archaeologists will begin excavating one of the most intriguing areas of a Roman town in Norfolk next week (13 August).Caistor Roman Town was established in the AD70s and was the largest Roman town in East Anglia. It was once the…

A new education toolkit to encourage healthy behaviours in children is being trialled in schools across Nottingham.The Nutrition Advisory Team has created the ‘Nutri Kit’ with support from the University of Nottingham’s Food Innovation…

Midlands-based conservation charity, Twycross Zoo, has partnered with Dr Lisa Yon at the University of Nottingham, to launch a UK first. Holograms of critically endangered Javan rhinos and endangered African elephants are to be installed…

Teeth could be capable of preserving antibodies for hundreds of years, allowing scientists to investigate the history of infectious human diseases, a new study has found.Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system as a natural…