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Nottingham-Australia collaboration on environmental conservation of the future
The national parks, nature reserves and wetlands of the semi-arid wheatbelt of Western Australia with their […]
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Punishment can enhance performance
The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team […]
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Tags: carrot, financial, money, psychology, punishment, reward, stick
Nottingham to pioneer food manufacturing and medical devices
How to meet the world’s growing appetite for sustainable food production and how to create novel […]
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Tags: Centre for Innovative Manufacturing, EPSRC, food science, food technology, manufacturing, medical devices
Dr Richard Stallman to give public lecture
Dr Richard Stallman — computer programmer and free software activist — will give a public lecture […]
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Tags: free software, GNU, Linux, open access, public lecture, Richard Stallman
Research to pinpoint power-hungry appliances
New research by The University of Nottingham and energy company E.ON could help people to save […]
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Tags: appliances, Computer Science, E. On, efficiency, energy, energy bills, power use
University scientists help food firms fight listeria
East Midlands food businesses that make, distribute and sell chilled, ready-to-eat products are to be given […]
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Tags: drink, food, Food Standards Agency, listeria, School of Biosciences
The secret sex life of the penicillin-producing fungus
New and more effective strains of the fungus used to produce penicillin could be developed after […]
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Tags: biotechnology, Penicillium chrysogenum, Ruhr-University Bochum, Sir Alexander Fleming, The University of Göttingen