COVID-19

Following the government’s efforts to manage the Covid-19 outbreak, the University of Nottingham have temporarily closed all sports facilities as of Friday 20th of March. Since then the Department of Sports have launched the ‘Health and Wellbeing at Home’ plan to help students stay fit and healthy at home...

On March 11 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19, aka coronavirus, a pandemic. In order to reduce the spread of the virus, the government has ordered social isolation, and here at the University of Nottingham, and many other universities across the country, learning has been moved online. Many...

From worried parents to curious schoolchildren, it’s not just the researchers that want to know what exactly coronavirus does to the body.  It may not come as a surprise that over £20 million has been allocated for research on coronavirus.   “This means that the cells stop their regular functions and start to...

The virus is the same, cripplingly contagious and potentially deadly, but the response's of government's internationally has varied incomparably. Impact's Ellie delves into these differences and compares the figures. ...

I thought my second year of university would be spent worrying about moving out of student accommodation, facing real 'adult' problems (like sorting out bills) and dealing with an incredibly tough workload. Turns out, I had far more on my plate to worry about than I thought. Something none...

Many people have heard of Darwin’s Theory of Survival of the fittest; only those who are the best adapted for their environment and able to adapt to change survive and pass on their genes to future generations. Herd immunity is an idea which follows a similar concept. However, in this case, it is a way...

The University of Nottingham has announced its involvement in a Government-backed project promoting the use of whole genome sequencing to better understand the spreading and behaviour of COVID-19....