University of Nottingham

Experts from the University of Nottingham have created a self-sustaining circuit of reactions which is a greener and more efficient method of chemical production. In their paper Self-sustaining closed-loop multienzyme mediated conversion of amines into alcohols in continuous reactions, published in Nature Catalysis, Drs Francesca Paradisi and Martina Contente of the University of Nottingham produce chemicals…

Patients with stroke caused by bleeding on the brain (intracerebral hemorrhage) may benefit from receiving a drug currently used to treat blood loss from major trauma and bleeding after childbirth, an international trial has revealed. The study, led by experts at The University of Nottingham and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)…

‘We could make that!’ — chance meeting leads to creation of antibiotic spider silk. A chance meeting between a spider expert and a chemist has led to the development of antibiotic synthetic spider silk. After five years’ work an interdisciplinary team of scientists at The University of Nottingham has developed a technique to produce chemically…