A powerful new partnership to super-charge global research on modern slavery and human trafficking has been announced by the University of Nottingham and the Walk Free Foundation.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2017
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Bioengineers at The University of Nottingham are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags as a 'green' alternative to oil-based plastics, and as a new food packaging material to extend product ...
Materials Science
Jan 10, 2017
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A chance meeting between a spider expert and a chemist has led to the development of antibiotic synthetic spider silk.
Materials Science
Jan 4, 2017
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Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a break-through technique that uses sound rather than light to see inside live cells, with potential application in stem-cell transplants and cancer diagnosis.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 21, 2016
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Engineering research at The University of Nottingham, UK and Ningbo, China (UNNC) has found laser scanning is a new and viable structural safety technique to detect the damaging effects of fire on concrete.
Engineering
Dec 12, 2016
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Concealed inside a key building in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, researchers from The University of Nottingham have used the latest scanning technology to reveal in 3-D a hiding-hole used by 17th-Century Catholic priests escaping ...
Archaeology
Nov 28, 2016
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A nationwide search to find a mate for a 'one in a million' rare mutant garden snail has been successful.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2016
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Rich in biodiversity, with a rapidly growing economy, Malaysia exemplifies the tension between conservation and economic development faced by many tropical countries.
Ecology
Nov 25, 2016
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The mystery of an outbreak of lymphoma and leukaemia in gibbon colonies in the US, Bermuda and Thailand in the late 1960s and early 1970s has been solved by animal disease detectives at The University of Nottingham.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2016
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New research suggests that even in the insect world, males must adopt different strategies to win females, depending on their particular physical prowess.
Plants & Animals
Nov 8, 2016
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