Health and medicine

• Creating spaces for young people’s voices in mental health research

  Dr Aislinn Bergin and Dr Joanna Lockwood talk about how the University of Nottingham are working with partners to create spaces for children and young people's voices in mental health research February 2021
• Saving young lives with a clearer view of cancer

  Researchers at the University of Nottingham have transformed awareness of childhood brain tumours. Now an unprecedented study will deepen understanding of the journey from diagnosis to treatment for children at risk from all forms of cancer. February 2021
• Time to do things differently

  We can be a competitive bunch, but as rapid advances against #COVID19 show, scientists are pulling together - and using Twitter to share the results. June 2020
• Child and adolescent mental health in a post-lockdown world: a ticking time bomb?

  Child and adolescent mental health in a post-lockdown world: a ticking time bomb? June 2020
• The Three Amigos: Chaos, Covid-19, (research) Culture

  Our response to the virus has given researchers the opportunity to reflect on what a renewed sense of community and shared purpose can achieve. May 2020
• Furlough and the wellbeing of the workforce

  7.5 million UK employees have been furloughed, raising important questions about the impact on workers and their relationships with work. May 2020
• Pacemakers of the future

  Envisioning a future where bulky pacemakers could be replaced with LED technology. June 2019
• An answer to anaemia

  New ways to tackle anaemia in bowel cancer sufferers. June 2019
• Periodic wallpaper

  Casting new light on Florence Nightingale’s life in the Midlands, Paul Crawford explores her pioneering approaches to wellbeing. June 2019
• Lab on a chip

  At the George Green Institute for Electromagnetics Research spectroscopy is being used to find new ways of detecting illness at an early stage. June 2019
• Laser-guided drug delivery

  Cell Culture Technician Kerry Setchfield on using iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles to transport drugs to individual stem cells with pinpoint accuracy. June 2019
• Reducing salt in our food

  How the SmartSalt project seeks to reduce salt levels in food June 2019
• Grasping the nettle

  New research suggests medieval medicine may have been more effective than previously thought – and could even help save lives today June 2019
• A pocket-sized MRI scanner?

  ‘Sodium MRI sensing’ is an advanced scanning technology with the potential to greatly improve diagnosis. June 2019
• Prescribe yourself a story

  Can sharing personal accounts of recovery from mental health problems help others? June 2019
• Fighting infection without antibiotics

  A new way to treat one of the world’s most common bacterial infections without the use of antibiotics. June 2019
• Right place, right time

  Ground-breaking research to ensure drugs reach the sites of disease in the right dose at the right time. June 2019
• The applied mathematician will see you now

  Weang Kee Ho has no white coat and doesn’t own a stethoscope. But she does hold a doctorate in statistics and a passionate desire to fight breast cancer. November 2018
• A new beat generation

  A world-leading breakthrough in wireless foetal heart-monitoring will help save lives in delivery suites across the globe. November 2018
• Prescription errors: keeping millions safer

  An online tool is helping GPs and pharmacists reduce the risk of prescription errors for millions of patients. November 2018
• Medical devices that bacteria can’t grip

  Clinical trials are now testing a breakthrough: catheters with a ‘non-stick’ coating that prevents bacteria forming infectious, and even lethal, biofilm. November 2018
• Conquering a Killer

  Dengue fever is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian and Latin American countries. June 2018
• Tackling Malawi's Hidden Hunger

  Researchers are visiting 2,000 farms in Malawi, collecting soil and crop samples to helpfight a challenge to the health of millions across sub-Saharan Africa. June 2018
• Game changer

  A new generation of brain scanner, being developed at the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, could help revolutionise diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. June 2018