University to play key role in £65m science partnership agreement with US
20 Sep 2017The University of Manchester is playing a leading role in a £65million flagship global science project based in the United States that could ch...
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Scientists create world’s first ‘molecular robot’ capable of building molecules
20 Sep 2017Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world’s first ‘molecular robot’ that is capable of performing basic tas...
Low-level radiation health risks smaller than obesity, researchers say.
13 Sep 2017The health risks from modern day life such as obesity, smoking and air pollution are higher than low-level radiation exposure a new study has found. ...
Half-a-billion year old worm fossils shed new light on animal evolution
11 Sep 2017Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all animals evolved on eart...
Lemn Sissay launches innovative scheme to boost number of black males in legal sector
08 Sep 2017Poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, the Chancellor of The University of Manchester, is launching a new university bursary designed to increase the numb...
Scholarship student becomes Rwanda’s youngest ever government minister
04 Sep 2017At 30, new Rwandan Minster for Transport, Jean de Dieu ‘Jado’ Uwihanganye is the youngest ever minister in the country and a hugely succe...
Bacterial cell wall mopping agents could treat chronic inflammatory diseases like Type 2 diabetes
29 Aug 2017A new series of studies are drastically changing the way scientists think about the effect bacteria have on a number of diseases including Alzheimer&...
Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant mother say Palaeontologists
28 Aug 2017Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant at the time of death
Antibiotic resistance rises in ‘lonely’ mutating microbes
24 Aug 2017A major study led by The University of Manchester has discovered that so called ‘lonely’ microbes, those living at low population densiti...
Major leap towards storing data at the molecular level
24 Aug 2017Scientists at the University of Manchester have proved that storing data at a molecular level is more feasible than previously thought and could see&...
Tate chief appointed Honorary Professor at The University of Manchester
15 Aug 2017Maria Balshaw, who left The University of Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery in June to become the Director of Tate, has been appointed as an H...
Researchers use polystyrene to make next-generation of solar panels even cheaper
15 Aug 2017Researchers from The University of Manchester are using polystyrene particles rather than expensive polymers to make the next generation of solar cel...
Having a bad job can be worse for your health than being unemployed
11 Aug 2017A new study by The University of Manchester has found that people employed in low-paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually enjoy better healt...
Flexible batteries power the future of wearable technology
09 Aug 2017The rapid development of wearable technology has received another boost from a new development using graphene for printed electronic device...
£7.5m grant to ensure next generation dams promote sustainable development
02 Aug 2017An international consortium of researchers led by The University of Manchester will spend four years working to improve the economic, social and envi...
Radio astronomy site that revolutionised our understanding of the Universe given heritage protection
02 Aug 2017On the 60th anniversary of when the Lovell Telescope was first used to collect radio signals from the Universe, six structures at Jodrell Bank Observ...
EXPERT COMMENT: Response to UK ban on new diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040
26 Jul 2017Professor Hugh Coe, Professor of Atmospheric Composition, responds to the Government’s announcement that it will ban new diesel and p...
Study finds that US weapons are main source of illegal arms on the 'dark web'
21 Jul 2017A new study by The University of Manchester and RAND Europe has found that 60% of weapons on sale on the ‘dark web’ are from the USA. The...
Tyrannosaurus rex couldn’t run says new research
18 Jul 2017New research from the University of Manchester says the sheer size and weight of T. rex means it couldn’t move at high speed, as its leg-bones ...
Study reveals access to quality health care has fallen sharply in Afghanistan
15 Jul 2017Despite 15 years of investment in the Afghan health care sector by the international community, a new study in Lancet Global Health has fou...
New research aims to combat corrosion in demanding environments
14 Jul 2017A new multimillion pound collaborative research project led by BP and The University of Manchester could help to dramatically reduce the impact corro...
New materials at the touch of a button
14 Jul 2017The rapidly developing science and technology of graphene and atomically-thin materials has taken another step forward with new research from The Uni...
Ethics enquiry says cosmetic procedures are 'cause for serious concern'
13 Jul 2017A Nuffield Council on Bioethics enquiry chaired by The University of Manchester’s Professor Jeanette Edwards has highlighted serious concerns a...
Alliance Manchester Business School awarded £9.7 million by UK Government
12 Jul 2017Alliance Manchester Business School has been awarded £9.7 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
The sky isn’t the limit for spaceplane graduate
11 Jul 2017A student who is the Managing Director of his own start-up company aiming to design and build the world’s first spaceplane is graduating today ...
The Maths behind Memes: Why numbers could help us predict an internet sensation
10 Jul 2017In today’s social media driven society an internet meme or online trend can explode in popularity overnight. But why do some online trends take...
UK needs an industrial strategy with a positive vision for our future
10 Jul 2017A major new report published today by the Industrial Strategy Commission says that the UK has a compelling need to introduce a framework for strategi...
Manchester physicist helps discover new particle at CERN
06 Jul 2017A University of Manchester physicist is part of an international team of scientists that has discovered a new subatomic particle at CERN’s Larg...
Chances of hypersonic travel heat up with new materials discovery
06 Jul 2017Researchers at The University of Manchester in collaboration with Central South University (CSU), China, have created a new kind of ceramic coating t...
New centre aims to transform services for ethnic minorities with mental illness
05 Jul 2017The University of Manchester - along with Queen Mary University of London and Words of Colour Productions – has been commissioned to estab...
New species of yeast could help beer brewers reach new heights
04 Jul 2017Researchers at the University of Manchester have discovered a new species of yeast that could help brewers create better lager.
Renting for longer increases risk of depression and lowers wellbeing
30 Jun 2017A team of researchers from The University of Manchester have found that people who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and l...
Are people ‘rolling the dice’ when it comes to food safety?
29 Jun 2017A new study, conducted by a team of UK based researchers involving The University of Manchester, Bangor University and the University of Liverpool, k...
Experts want honest, open and public conversation on nuclear energy
28 Jun 2017Nuclear experts want honest and open conversation, informed by up-to-date information. Especially as nuclear power could play an important role ...
Technology used for gazing into space could help solve the world’s food crisis
28 Jun 2017Professor of Astrophysics, Prof Sarah Bridle, explains why the technology she uses to map the universe could help solve some of the world’s mos...
PROFILE: University celebrates International Women in Engineering Day
23 Jun 2017Today (Friday 23rd June) is International Women in Engineering Day 2017. The day focuses on amazing careers in engineering and technical ro...
Researcher's first project prompts new EU approach to fuel poverty
23 Jun 2017A Manchester PhD student’s early research has provided the European Union (EU) with a new tool for measuring fuel poverty and gathered European...
Manchester experts showcase solutions for secure, cost effective and cleaner energy
21 Jun 2017Researchers from The University of Manchester will reveal pioneering work that could help future generations across the world have access to mor...
World’s leading renewable energy experts head to Manchester
16 Jun 2017Will smart cities provide the next step in sustainable living? Can renewable energy play a key role in stopping widespread blackouts? These are just ...
EXPERT COMMENT: "40,000 premature deaths a year in UK caused by poor air quality"
15 Jun 2017Today (Thursday 15th June) is the first ever National Clean Air Day and Professor Hugh Coe says it is imperative we reduce air polluti...
T. rex gets a protein shake-up – prehistoric collagen identified as modern contaminant
02 Jun 2017Palaeontologists at the University of Manchester have definitively proven there will never be a Jurassic Park after re-analysing collagen f...
Breakthrough in pharmaceuticals production with new enzyme discovery
30 May 2017Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that will make a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease cheaper and quicker to produce. Researcher...
Students aim to create the world’s first spaceplane
22 May 2017A team of students from the University of Manchester aim to revolutionise space travel by designing and building the world’s first successful s...
Comets contributed to Earth’s atmosphere say scientists after studying three billion year old minerals
18 May 2017Scientists have revealed that some of Earth’s atmosphere may have been brought to the planet by comets billions of years ago. ...
EXPERT COMMENT – Theresa May is acting undemocratically
17 May 2017Ewan Munro (Twitter @munro_ewan) is a Doctoral Researcher in Politics, and is on the Board of The University of Manchester’s Jean Monnet Centre...
Miniaturised ‘heat engines’ could power nanoscale machines of the future
12 May 2017Research from The University of Manchester has thrown new light on the use of miniaturised ‘heat engines’ that could one day help power n...
Palaeontologists create 3D digital model of ‘death drag’ left by prehistoric squid
11 May 2017An international team of scientists have uncovered the amazing story of a 150 million year old fossil ‘squid’ and have digitally recreate...
Could the Tudors help us to improve the quality of our sleep?
09 May 2017A historian from The University of Manchester has gone back in time to find out what we can learn from the Tudors about the quality of sleep.
Graphene membranes can make nuclear industry greener
09 May 2017Graphene could help reduce the energy cost of producing heavy water and decontamination in nuclear power plants by over one hundred times compared wi...
EXPERT COMMENT: New mayor needs to help Manchester's surrounding towns
08 May 2017As the Greater Manchester region elects its first ‘Metro Mayor’, Tom Arnold, a postgraduate researcher of New Economic Geographies, offer...
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