Breakthrough on flooded crops

Researchers in Nottingham, with their US counterparts, have made a breakthrough which could lead to the creation of flood-tolerant crops, benefiting farmers, markets and consumers across the globe.

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Boeing to fund strategic research collaboration

Boeing plans to invest $1,000,000 a year in a strategic research collaboration – an inclusive partnership in which Boeing will collaborate with Nottingham in all its composites recycling activities.

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Multi-million pound research centre

A multi-million pound research facility for biofuels, brewing science and food and drink processing has been launched at The University of Nottingham.

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Worrying legacy of Britain’s riots

The recent riots in the UK have left many people feeling that their safety — and the wider British society — is under threat, say experts at The University of Nottingham.

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Tags: Academic Omnibus Project, Dr Eline de Rooij, Dr Mark Pickup, Dr Matthew Goodwin, Integrating Global Society, School of Politics and International Relations, YouGov-Cambridge

Long-running strikes and the ‘boiling frog’ effect

New research has added more gloom to the threat of strikes by showing how the emotional strain of protracted negotiations can lock rivals on a path to mutual destruction.

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Tags: autumn of discontent, Dr Swee-Hoon Chuah, economics, International Centre for Behavioural Business Research, Nottingham School of Economics’ Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, Nottingham University Business School

Scientists learn to better read our minds

A new technique which lets scientists ‘see’ our brain waves at work could revolutionise our understanding of the human body’s most complex organ and help transform the lives of people suffering from schizophrenia and ADHD.

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Tags: ADHD, Dr Matt Brookes, Leverhulme Trust, magnetoencephalography (MEG), MRI, Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain, Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States, schizophrenia, School of Psychiatry, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging

Lung disease: Scientists make genetic breakthrough

Scientists at the University have been involved in the discovery of 16 new sections of the genetic code that relate to lung health, opening up the possibility for better prevention as well as treatment for lung diseases.

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Tags: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Bioscience iNet, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Dr Stephanie London, East Midlands Healthcare, European Regional Development Fund, genetic code, Medical School, Molecular Medicine, MRC Senior Clinical Fellow, Nature Genetics, Professor Ian Hall, Professor Martin Tobin, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health, UK Medical Research Council, US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wellcome Trust

Global food security

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is to co-host the first ever Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) in partnership with the Government of Malaysia.

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Tags: biodiversity, biomaterials, climate change, Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC), Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Food Security, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, pharmaceuticals, Professor M S Swaminathan, Professor Sayed Azam-Ali, Second International Symposium on Underutilised Plant Species, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Breast milk and eczema: Call for guidance

The largest worldwide study on the association between breastfeeding, weaning and eczema has found no clear evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for four months or longer protects against childhood eczema, according to research published in the British Journal of Dermatology.

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Tags: breastfeeding, British Association of Dermatologists, British Journal of Dermatology, Centre for Evidence Based Dermatology, Dr Carsten Flohr, eczema, Hywel Williams, King’s College London, Professor of Dermato-Epidemiology, The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, University of Ulm, World Health Organisation

China’s youth debt savvy

China’s young, affluent consumers are wary about debt, according to new research.

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Tags: David Stewart, Frauke Mattison Thompson, Gross Domestic Product, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Monash University, Nottingham University Business School China, Steve Worthington, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)