Press releases

Robots could be the solution to filling the shortage of welders in the UK, thanks to existing human expertise, a new study from the University of Nottingham has revealed.

Academics at the University of Nottingham are helping Scotland to break new ground in environmental monitoring with the launch of a powerful new method to assess the health of its peatlands—some of the country’s most important natural assets for climate, biodiversity, and water management.

University of Nottingham power electronics researchers have supported talented youngsters from three Nottingham primary schools to design, build and race their own electric racing cars.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and CSIRO Australia have developed a pioneering combined milling and combustion performance model to improve the selection of low carbon fuels for power generation.

The East Midlands Investment Zone (EMIZ) has completed its first year of place-based grants supporting businesses at the forefront of the UK’s green industrial future. Over £500,000 in funding was awarded to a cohort of 15 ‘fast start’ pilot projects – each pairing businesses with university-based researchers to accelerate the development of profitable, low-emission technologies.

Professor Sarah Sharples in the Faculty of Engineering and currently Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Transport has been appointed as Deputy Chair of Sub-panel 12 (Engineering) for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029 – the UK’s national system for assessing the quality of research in higher education.

Scientists and engineers at the University of Nottingham have measured the stiffness of space rock for the first time.

A new study, led by the University of Nottingham’s Faculty of Engineering, has shown that converting food waste into biochar, a stable form of carbon, could lead to a reduction of 93,000 tonnes of CO₂ each year by 2030.

Sponge-like pellets may hold the key to preventing CO₂ from entering the atmosphere, supporting future net zero ambitions, a new report from the University of Nottingham explains.

Experts from the University of Nottingham have led on a new project that models the Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest, which could be used to inform how to make large trees in public spaces safer.