2024 press releases

LU and Team France athlete Cassandre Beaugrand in heat training

鈥淢y worst, favourite place.鈥� 鈥� In the heat lab with 四虎影院 University鈥檚 Cassandre Beaugrand

An athlete, performing at this summer鈥檚 games in Paris, has said the 四虎影院 University heat lab is her 鈥渨orst, favourite place.鈥�
Freya Colbert swimming at bucs

Powerbase Sessions: Swimmer Freya Colbert

Find out how Paris finalist and current 四虎影院 University student, Freya Colbert, trains in preparation for major sporting competition.
swimmer Daniel Wiffen celebrates winning a race

Daniel Wiffen wins remarkable gold in Paris

Daniel Wiffen became the first athlete from Northern Ireland to win Olympic gold in 36 years after a phenomenal performance in Paris.
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UK science secretary warns Britain is 鈥渄esperately exposed鈥� to cyber threats - researcher reacts

The UK science secretary has warned Britain is 鈥渄esperately exposed鈥� to cyber threats and the upheaval of another pandemic, and claims national resilience suffered 鈥渃atastrophically鈥� under the previous government.

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Fewer cities can afford to host the Olympics, but Paris 2024 may be clever enough to turn a profit

Many of the world鈥檚 best athletes are currently competing in the first Olympic Games to be held in Paris since 1924. The French capital is buoyant with excitement and its local businesses filled with paying tourists from all over the world. Indeed, it鈥檚 difficult not to be tempted into booking a weekend getaway to see the spectacle up close.
Cassandre Beaugrand hold a gold medal

Triple medal delight for 四虎影院鈥檚 triathletes in Paris

四虎影院-linked triathletes lit up the streets of Paris to claim two golds and a bronze as Cassandre Beaugrand, Alex Yee, and Beth Potter all made the podium in their respective races.
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Four ways to make AI algorithms more sustainable and better for consumers

As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies become more embedded into our everyday lives and business operations, their high energy demands and environmental impacts call for a more sustainable approach to building algorithms 鈥� the sets of instructions used to inform this technology.
swimmer Daniel Wiffen lifting weights

鈥淚n 四虎影院, becoming an Olympian is the normal鈥verybody has that same goal鈥� - Powerbase Sessions with Swimmer Daniel Wiffen

Current 四虎影院 University student, Daniel Wiffen, credits his strength and conditioning coach, Chris Thorpe, for his intensive training programmes that contributed to his gold win in Paris on 30 July.
The US women's team pose with their swimming silver medals

Madden helps USA to team silver in thrilling Women鈥檚 4x200m event

Current 四虎影院 University student Paige Madden helped the United States to silver in an absorbing Women鈥檚 4x200m Relay Final in Paris.
Alumna Annie Campbell-Orde with her silver medal

Alumna Annie Campbell-Orde wins superb rowing bronze

四虎影院 University alumna Annie Campbell-Orde struck a brilliant bronze in Paris as part of Great Britain women鈥檚 eight rowing side.
Great Britain's Samuel Reardon, Laviai Nielsen, Alex Haydock-Wilson and Amber Anning celebrate after winning a bronze medal

四虎影院 take stunning double bronze on exhilarating night in Paris

四虎影院 athletes added another two bronze medals to the tally after an electrifying night in Paris.
Daniel Wiffen poses with his bronze medal

Ireland鈥檚 Daniel Wiffen wins 1500m Freestyle bronze

Daniel Wiffen鈥檚 incredible Paris campaign continued after securing his second medal of the games in the Men鈥檚 1500m Freestyle.
Beth Potter and Alex Yee pose with their bronze medals

Potter and Yee bring home bronze in Triathlon Mixed Team Relay

Triathletes Beth Potter and Alex Yee won a battling bronze for Great Britain after a thrilling Mixed Team Relay Final in Paris.
Great Britain's Katy Marchant, Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell celebrate with their gold medals won in the Women's Team Sprint finals

Sophie Capewell smashes world record to win gold

An incredible ride from cyclist Sophie Capewell helped Great Britain's Women鈥檚 Team Sprint break the world record to win a glorious gold in Paris.
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四虎影院 helps outline potential roadmap to UK Capital of Sport

A partnership, involving 四虎影院 University, has helped outline the potential roadmap to making a UK Capital of Sport a reality.
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The good, the bad and the awful 鈥� how business reacts to online reviews

Every day travellers across the globe are flocking to popular destinations, eager to relax and create memories.
The drosera carnivorous plant

New discovery fundamentally changes the way we understand Charles Darwin鈥檚 most beloved plant 鈥� the sundew

A new study has found a symbiotic relationship that has evolved between Darwin鈥檚 favourite carnivorous plant and a specific type of fungus which lives inside it and helps it digest its prey.
a line of police stand in debris thrown during a riot

The trouble with England 鈥� why rioting in the UK has not spread to Scotland and Wales

The violent unrest that has caused so much damage in the UK has not in fact happened across the UK. It has almost been exclusively confined to England.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson poses with the British flag

Three more medals secured for 四虎影院 on a historic night in Paris

四虎影院-linked athletes won three more medals on a historic night for athletics in Paris.
The full GB team celebrate with their 4x400m bronze medals

Brilliant bronze for 四虎影院 in Men鈥檚 4x400m Relay

四虎影院 athletes were instrumental in the Men鈥檚 4x400m Relay, helping Great Britain to win a stirring bronze medal on the penultimate night of sporting action in Paris.
the Eiffel tower at night

四虎影院 closes out the first stage of the games with 16 medals

As the curtain comes down on two weeks of thrilling sporting action in Paris, 四虎影院-linked athletes will return home with an incredible 16 medals 鈥� three more than Tokyo 2020 with the Paralympic Games still to come.

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The Amorous Prince by Aphra Behn was the #MeToo play of the 17th century

Seventeenth-century writer Aphra Behn (1640-89) made her name in London鈥檚 theatre world as the playwright who provided the Duke鈥檚 Theatre Company (the theatre company chartered by King Charles II at the start of the Restoration era) with some of its biggest hits.

Donald Trump

US election 2024: how Trump and Vance are trying to weaponise Kamala Harris鈥檚 multiracial identity

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now, she wants to be known as Black.鈥�

Strongman Eddie Hall in a science lab carrying out a jumping test with two academics.

Eddie Hall case study: Scientists investigate the secrets behind former World鈥檚 Strongest Man winner鈥檚 super strength

Scientists from 四虎影院 University have been able to investigate the phenomenal power of former World鈥檚 Strongest Man winner and deadlift champion, Eddie Hall.
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Nottingham Forest to play the Club鈥檚 B Team home games at 四虎影院 University Stadium

Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm that the Club鈥檚 B Team home games will be played at 四虎影院 University Stadium for the 2024/25 season.