-How a 70-year-old ‘Baby’ changed the face of modern computing
21 Jun 2018Seventy years ago today (Thursday 21st, June) a landmark development in the history of computing took place at The University of Manchester. ...
News and events
-University collaboration reveals world’s first-ever graphene sports shoes
20 Jun 2018The world’s first-ever sports shoes to utilise graphene – the strongest material on the planet – have been unveiled by The Universit...
-Astronomers see distant eruption as black hole destroys star
14 Jun 2018Astronomers have, for the first time, captured the moment the gravity of a supermassive black hole ripped apart a star that drifted too close to causi...
-New material could capture toxic gases from atmosphere
11 Jun 2018An international team of scientists has developed a material that can remove nitrogen dioxide gas and other toxic greenhouse gases from the atmosphere...
-Astronomers discover diamond dust shimmering around distant stars
11 Jun 2018An international team of astronomers have detected some of the tiniest diamonds in the universe swirling around three infant star systems in the Milky...
-RAAIR agreement opens a new frontier for Radio Astronomy technology
11 Jun 2018The Chinese engineering group CETC (China Electronics Technology Corporation) has entered into a collaboration agreement with The University of Manche...
-Manchester scientists contribute to world first breakthrough at CERN
29 May 2018Physicists from The University of Manchester are part of UK team that have spearheaded an important world first at CERN.
-Artificial intelligence footstep recognition system could be used for airport security
29 May 2018Researchers have developed a state-of-the-art AI, biometric verification system that can measure a human’s walking pattern. ...
-Faster genome evolution methods to transform yeast
22 May 2018Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast we use...
-Funding to create spectacular new gallery building at Jodrell Bank
21 May 2018Jodrell Bank is to receive a total of £16.1million for a transformational £20.5m project. £12.1m of the total is thanks to National ...
-Britain may be reaching ‘peak acceptance’ of homosexuality
17 May 2018To mark International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, The University of Manchester has released new research which has found that a ...
-A laser from a space ant
16 May 2018An international team of astronomers have discovered an unusual laser emission that suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at the heart ...
-Sneak peek at the GEIC
15 May 2018The Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) at The University of Manchester has celebrated a key milestone in its construction.
-Ensuring social justice in AI is essential says new policy report
10 May 2018The development of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is often subject to bias, and the resulting systems can be discriminatory, meaning more...
-Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement
08 May 2018Scientists have unlocked the secrets of how some predatory spiders catch their prey whilst hunting by successfully training one to jump different dist...
-What will happen when our sun dies?
07 May 2018Scientists agree the sun will die in approximately five billion years, but they weren’t sure what would happen next…until now.
-Shared parental leave gives adoptive parents time to build a new family unit
01 May 2018The latest video in the government’s campaign to promote shared parental leave features two dads. The video, which we helped...
-Treating young people like criminals actually makes violent crime worse
27 Apr 2018The rise in violent incidents on the streets of London has prompted a wave of discussion about what causes crime among young people. The&nbs...
-More research needed to prevent BAME older people becoming socially isolated
25 Apr 2018A new report published by Ambition for Ageing calls for more research into the experiences of older Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in ...
-EXPERT COMMENT: Mayor’s Green Summit – one month on
23 Apr 2018Dr Carly McLachlan is the Director of Tyndall Manchester, an interdisciplinary climate change and energy research centre based at The University of Ma...
-Flexible TVs and high performance wearable smart tech one step closer
18 Apr 2018Flexible televisions, tablets and phones as well as ‘truly wearable’ smart tech are a step closer thanks to a nanoscale transistor created...
-Echoing Marielle Franco, Brazil’s black women speak out against violence
16 Apr 2018Brazil is still mourning the death of Marielle Franco, a black woman raised in a Rio favela and a sociologist whose academic work mirrored her ra...
-Five ways the shipping industry can reduce its carbon emissions
13 Apr 2018A shipping industry summit is looking into how it can reduce its share of global greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. But a la...
-Major £5 million commercialisation boost for social sciences research
13 Apr 2018The University is to be a partner on a major £5 million project funded by Research England.
-Student develops gaming technology for environmental and scientific research
12 Apr 2018A PhD student at The University of Manchester has developed a new method and software for using computer game technology for complex scientific and en...
-Britons are less satisfied with restaurant food - and their dining companions
12 Apr 2018Despite the fact that people are more likely to choose to dine out with their families than they were 20 years ago, new research into people’s e...
-New film project helping deaf children in South Africa to tell their own stories
10 Apr 2018A new project launched in South Africa by The University of Manchester and the University of the Witwatersrand hopes to raise awareness of the vulnera...
-UK Giant ichthyosaur is one of the largest animals ever
09 Apr 2018The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to ‘one of the largest animals ever’ say a group of international palae...
-New styles of strikes and protest are emerging in the UK
09 Apr 2018The image of strikers picketing outside factory gates is usually seen as something from the archives. Official statistics show an almost perennial dec...
-Shipping industry needs an alternative to fossil fuels, but which one?
09 Apr 2018The shipping industry needs to move to renewable and alternative fuels but there is no widely available fuel to manage climate change and local pollut...
-Physicists measure ‘the colour and structure’ of antimatter for first time
05 Apr 2018Physicists from The University of Manchester have a come step close to answering one of sciences biggest questions - why is our Universe made of matte...
-Chocolate unwrapped – what’s inside your Easter treat?
29 Mar 2018What happens when you X-ray a chocolate rabbit? How complex is the wafer and chocolate composite of a Kit Kat? And why does the inside of a Ferrero Ro...
-Is your Easter egg bad for the environment?
29 Mar 2018With Easter fast approaching, the thought of chocolate is probably on all our minds, but could the UK’s love of chocolate be having a damaging e...
-Students create 3D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees
26 Mar 2018Students at The University of Manchester have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alte...
-Students help to win legal case for redundant workers
23 Mar 2018A group of dismissed employees are celebrating after ten law students from Manchester helped to win an employment case on their behalf.
-The Dogtor will see you now: new scheme bowwows students
19 Mar 2018A canine visitor to The University of Manchester’s medical school is no mutt when it comes to making medical students happy.
-Smallest ever sieve separates atoms
19 Mar 2018Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that the naturally occurring gaps between individual layers of two-dimensio...
-Hope from chaos: could political upheaval lead to a new green epoch?
15 Mar 2018The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) published its first major report 28 years ago. This watershed document described ...
-Graphene aerospace strategy launched
13 Mar 2018The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester have published a joint paper on the...
-Jumping spiders and flying bees: The rise of bio inspired microrobots
01 Mar 2018Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already...
-University maintains elite place in global subject rankings
28 Feb 2018The University of Manchester has been placed in the global top 100 for each of the five broad subject areas measured in the independent 2018 QS World ...
-University investing in plant and soil science research
21 Feb 2018The University of Manchester is taking its greenhouse construction to the next level by building extensive state-of-the-art facilities for research pu...
-Why Brazil’s Zika virus requires a political treatment
19 Feb 2018Two years on from the peak of the Zika epidemic, the disease continues to have a tragic impact on people’s lives. In Brazil, more than 3,000 chi...
-Infection outbreaks at hospitals could be reduced by copper-coated uniforms
15 Feb 2018Doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals could soon be wearing uniforms brushed with tiny copper nanoparticles to reduce the spread of bacterial i...
-Concerted campaign helps women in Kenya’s flower industry get a better deal
14 Feb 2018This Valentine’s Day florists are predicting sales of USD$95 million in the UK alone. But where do they all come from? Kenya is second only to ...
-Should the suffragettes be pardoned?
09 Feb 2018During the 100th anniversary of women over 30 being given the vote in the UK, there have been calls for women convicted of crimes committed while enga...
-University takes centre stage with Prime Minister and Chinese business leaders
02 Feb 2018Today at the UK China Business Forum in Shanghai, President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell and Nobel Laureate, Professor Sir Kosty...
-‘Super blue blood moon’ to grace the sky – here’s what we could learn from it
30 Jan 2018Something unusual will happen on January 31. A total lunar eclipse, which will be visible from Asia, Australasia and North and Central America, will c...
-New graphene Chief Executive appointed at The University of Manchester
30 Jan 2018James Baker has been announced as Chief Executive Officer for Graphene@Manchester which leads business-facing development of graphene and 2D materials...
-Prime Minister announces new £40 million Institute for Coding
25 Jan 2018The next generation of digital specialists will be created through the new Institute of Coding, a consortium of more than 60 universities, businesses ...
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