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Finding the perfect balance — regulating brain activity to improve attention
Researchers from The University of Nottingham have found that balanced activity in the brain’s prefrontal cortex […]
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Tags: attention, brain balance, Dr Marie Pezze, Dr Tobias Bast, prefrontal cortex, psychology, schizophrenia
Protecting Olympic athletes from osteoarthritis
A new study from the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis, could help […]
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Tags: athletes, Dale Cooper, Olympics, osteoarthritis
Support for fracking drops for third time in a row with Conservatives most in favour
In an ongoing survey carried out byThe University of Nottingham, researchers have seen support for fracking […]
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Tags: Conservatives, fracking, fracking support, Professor Sarah O’Hara, shale gas
£1m study to investigate the benefits of rehabilitation in brain injury-associated memory loss
Experts in Nottingham are marking a national week aimed at raising awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury […]
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Tags: brain injury, Dr Roshan das Nair, memory loss, memory National Brain Injury Awareness Week, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury
Research shows fourfold increase in the rate of coeliac disease in the UK
New research from The University of Nottingham has revealed a fourfold increase in the rate of […]
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Tags: coeliac, coeliac disease, Dr Joe West
Hijacking bacteria’s natural defences to trap and reveal pathogens
Bad bacteria could soon have no place left to hide, thanks to new materials that turn […]
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Tags: bacteria, GSK, Professor Cameron Alexander, School of Pharmacy
Nottingham secures £162m to support more than 1,200 doctoral studentships
More than 1,200 PhD students will have their studies funded thanks to record levels of funding […]
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Curing the ‘incurable’ — brain cancer doctors welcome new CRUK strategy
A leading group of UK cancer experts has welcomed the announcement by Cancer Research UK that […]
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Tags: CBTRC, Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, Professor David Walker