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New chemical sponge has potential to lessen the carbon footprint of oil industry
November 28 2014 UK scientists have discovered a ground-breaking technique with the potential to dramatically reduce […]
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Tags: crude oil, Dr A.J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Dr Sihai Yang, EPSRC, ERC, funding, hydrocarbons, Leverhulme Trust, multi-disciplinary, Nature Chemistry, NOTT-300, ORNL, Professor Martin Schröder, refinement, research, synchrotron science facility
Atoms colder than outer space are the key to futuristic nano-sensors
November 26 2014 Experts at The University of Nottingham have secured a £6 million grant to […]
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Tags: BIS, Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing, Dstl and the Knowledge Transfer Network, EPSRC, GCHQ, George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research, GPS technology, Innovate UK, microchips, nano-sensors, National Physical Laboratory, Nottingham Geospatial Institute, Professor Mark Fromhold, Professor Philip Nelson, Professor Saul Tendler, Quantum Technology Hub, research, School of Physics and Astronomy
‘Smart’ drugs won’t make smart people smarter
November 12 2014 It is claimed one in five students have taken the ‘smart’ drug Modafinil […]
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Tags: ‘Smart’ drugs, cognitive function, Dr Ahmed Dahir Mohamed, Hayling Sentence Completion Test, Modafinil, negative effects, neuropsychological task, PLOS one, randomised double blind study, research, School of Psychology, UNMC
Prison and probation risk assessment tool is not effective in judging re-offending
November 5 2014 A psychological risk assessment tool used by prisons and the probation service (NOMS) […]
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Tags: Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, Criminal Justice and Behaviour, Dr Ruth Tully, prisons and the probation service, Professor Kevin Browne, Professor Leam Craig, psychological risk assessment tool, reconviction, research, SARN-TNA, School of Psychology, sex offenders, Structured Assessment of Risk and Need – Treatment Needs Analysis
£9m for MRI in Nottingham to revolutionise research into disease
October 23 2014 When Nobel Prize winner Sir Peter Mansfield constructed the very first MRI scanner […]
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Tags: ARUK National Pain Centre, exercise, funding, magnetic resonance imaging, Medical Research Council, MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, MRI, NIHR Biomedical Research Units, Professor Ian Hall, Professor Peter Morris, Sir Peter Mansfield, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, the ARUK Centre for Sport, the Institute of Mental Health, the Respiratory Disease Research Centres
Taking the ‘sting’ out of reproduction
September 12 2014 Female parasitic wasps have more reproductive success when working together with other females, […]
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Tags: Animal Population Biology, Dr Ian Hardy, Forest Academy of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nature Communications, parasitic wasps, reproduction, research, School of Biosciences, sex biased reproduction, social behaviour
Binge drinking in pregnancy can affect a child’s mental health and school results
September 9 2014 Binge drinking during pregnancy can increase the riskof mental health problems in 11-year-old […]
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Tags: alcohol consumption, Binge drinking, Bristol, European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, hyperactivity and inattention, Leicester, mental health, Oxford, pregnancy, Professor Kapil Sayal, Queensland Australia, school results, Sheffield
Research finds Malawi app ‘teaches UK children 18 months of maths in six weeks’
September 8 2014 Psychologists at The University of Nottingham have found that an app designed to […]
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Tags: BBC Click Show, computer game, Dr Nikki Pitchford, Dunkirk Primary, education, Malawi, maths app, Onebillion, primary schoolchildren, School of Psychology, tablet app