
-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...
Flexible televisions, tablets and phones as well as ‘truly wearable’ smart tech are a step closer thanks to a nanoscale transistor created...
Brazil 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...
A 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...
A PhD student at The University of Manchester has developed a new method and software for using computer game technology for complex scientific and en...
Despite 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...
A new project launched in South Africa by The University of Manchester and the University of the Witwatersrand hopes to raise awareness of the vulnera...
The 205 million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to ‘one of the largest animals ever’ say a group of international palae...
The image of strikers picketing outside factory gates is usually seen as something from the archives. Official statistics show an almost perennial dec...
The 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 from The University of Manchester have a come step close to answering one of sciences biggest questions - why is our Universe made of matte...
What 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...
With 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 at The University of Manchester have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alte...
Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that the naturally occurring gaps between individual layers of two-dimensio...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) published its first major report 28 years ago. This watershed document described ...
The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester have published a joint paper on the...
Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already...
The 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 ...
The University of Manchester is taking its greenhouse construction to the next level by building extensive state-of-the-art facilities for research pu...
Two 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...
Doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals could soon be wearing uniforms brushed with tiny copper nanoparticles to reduce the spread of bacterial i...
This 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 ...
During 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...
Today at the UK China Business Forum in Shanghai, President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell and Nobel Laureate, Professor Sir Kosty...
Something unusual will happen on January 31. A total lunar eclipse, which will be visible from Asia, Australasia and North and Central America, will c...
James Baker has been announced as Chief Executive Officer for Graphene@Manchester which leads business-facing development of graphene and 2D materials...
The next generation of digital specialists will be created through the new Institute of Coding, a consortium of more than 60 universities, businesses ...
Researchers at The University of Manchester have carried out the first ever study looking at the carbon footprint of sandwiches, both home-made and pr...
Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered another new and unexpected physical effect in graphene – membranes that could be use...
An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant to...
Can you imagine travelling to work in a robotic “Jonnycab” like the one predicted in the cult Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total ...
On the road again… Shutterstock Digital nomadism continues its steady rise in most western countries. It consists of a mobile lifestyle that...
Researchers working at The University of Manchester have shown new possibilities for observing nanomaterials in liquids by creating a graphene ‘...
Business leaders and academics from across the UK will are gathering at The University of Manchester on Wednesday (January 10) to shape nati...
Sea Dragon, you ask? It sounds as if David Attenborough has decided to change things up a bit and enter the world of Game of Thrones. But, not quite. ...
Control. We all like to think we have it, but is it all just an illusion? It might seem like a very existential question but it plays an important p...
Patsy Perry, University of Manchester It’s tough to love our clothes and keep wearing them for longer when we are faced with a tempting array o...
This month has seen Manchester City Football Club Captain, Vincent Kompany graduate from Alliance Manchester Business School with a Master...
Scientists have a developed a new nanocomposite material that boosts battery life and improves the performance of everyday gadgets such as smartphones...
Scientists at The University of Manchester are celebrating after becoming ‘record breakers’ and officially being awarded a Guinness World ...
A Manchester graduate who survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is set to make a big difference to his country, after studying for a maste...
Construction work has begun on the Manchester hub for the Henry Royce Institute, the national body promoting research and applications in advanced mat...
Law students at The University of Manchester are using their skills to help people convicted of crimes who maintain their innocence and continue to ap...
A University of Manchester partnership is launching a revolutionary world-first in the sports footwear market following a unique collaboration with gr...
Scientists have found the halogen levels in the meteorites that formed the Earth billions of years ago are much lower than previously thought. ...