Articles tagged with 'Sustainable Futures' | University of Manchester

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2024
01
February
2024
| 15:51 Europe/London
Researchers have started a six-week study to measure airborne pollutant emissions from domestic wood burning stoves, using a dedicated laboratory-based test facility at The University of Manchester.
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30
January
2024
| 08:30 Europe/London
Professor Julien Harou, Chair in Water Engineering at The University of Manchester, and colleagues submitted their paper ‘Cooperative adaptive management of the Nile River with climate and socio-economic uncertainties’ to the Frontiers Planet Prize
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10
January
2024
| 16:35 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has launched a study in partnership with Greater Manchester’s 10 local authorities to better understand the use of log burners and solid fuel fires and their impact on air pollution in the region.
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09
January
2024
| 09:51 Europe/London
An agricultural fungicide approved in the US and currently under consideration by authorities worldwide could have a devastating effect on a new drug for one of world’s deadliest infectious diseases, show University of Manchester scientists.
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08
January
2024
| 15:10 Europe/London
Manchester Gorton MP Afzal Khan has visited The University of Manchester’s multi-million-pound engineering facility which provides industry-led development in graphene applications.
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05
January
2024
| 16:00 Europe/London
Dr Helen Holmes, current Inclusive and Prosperous Challenge Lead for Sustainable Futures and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, has been newly appointed as Deputy Director for Sustainable Futures. Helen will start in post from the New Year and we
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2023
15
December
2023
| 10:34 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has been awarded £1.3m by the UK Atomic Energy Authority for the development of lithium technologies for fusion.
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13
December
2023
| 10:00 Europe/London
The collaboration will support the development of future engineering talent, as well as drive the development of innovative and sustainable power solutions.
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04
December
2023
| 11:41 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has won the ‘2030 Climate Action’ prize at the prestigious UK & Ireland Green Gown Awards in recognition of its “forward looking and innovative” work to decarbonise the University's operations.
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23
November
2023
| 16:18 Europe/London
A new postgraduate course addressing the global environmental crisis and the challenges of building sustainable societies has been launched by The University of Manchester.According to a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
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22
November
2023
| 10:53 Europe/London
In the vast expanse of the world’s oceans, a transformation is underway.
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21
November
2023
| 15:27 Europe/London
Existing consumption and production systems, which use natural resources to meet societal needs for food, shelter, energy and health, are unsustainable.
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17
November
2023
| 15:45 Europe/London
The Dalton Nuclear Institute recently welcomed Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, onto its Manchester campus to discuss nuclear research at the University and the role of the nuclear sector in Manchester and across the North West.
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17
November
2023
| 12:14 Europe/London
On 30 January 2024, we will be hosting our very first Albatross Lecture, an annual guest lecture exploring the wide topic of sustainability, with Mark Miodownik, Professor of Materials and Society at University College London.For more than twenty
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14
November
2023
| 15:46 Europe/London
The European Commission has published a report drawing on evidence from The University of Manchester, which advises member states on how to take to tackle energy poverty across the EU.  The Commission presents 25 recommendations, including
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19
October
2023
| 15:11 Europe/London
Three University of Manchester academics who specialise in fashion and textiles have criticised the Government for failing to take action to boost sustainability in the UK fashion and sportswear industries.
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13
October
2023
| 09:30 Europe/London
A team of scientists have completed tests to quantify the emissions from the combustion of sustainable aviation fuels, revealing a profound reduction when compared to regular jet fuel.
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05
October
2023
| 15:10 Europe/London
As an interdisciplinary research platform, Sustainable Futures promoted to delegates the cutting-edge research at The University of Manchester that work towards creating sustainable solutions to urgent environmental challenges. The University also
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29
September
2023
| 15:17 Europe/London
A planning application for new modern, high quality purpose-built student accommodation has been submitted by The University of Manchester.
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28
September
2023
| 11:39 Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester are set to receive a multi-million-pound grant to advance our understanding of interactions in microbiomes and how they might impact the world around us.
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23
August
2023
| 16:00 Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester and the University of Warwick finally solved the long-standing puzzle of why graphene is so much more permeable to protons than expected by theory.
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26
July
2023
| 15:07 Europe/London
A new partnership dedicated to tackling the impact of textile waste in the football industry has been launched between The University of Manchester and RÆBURN Design – a leading sustainable fashion studio.  
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03
July
2023
| 11:56 Europe/London
Researchers have identified a strategy that can offset the random and unpredictable nature of weather conditions that threaten carbon emission reduction efforts in the shipping sector.
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16
June
2023
| 12:24 Europe/London
Scientists at The University of Manchester will help the Met Office improve its forecasts of extreme weather through a new large-scale collaborative research project.
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15
June
2023
| 14:44 Europe/London
Areas of the ocean that are rich in marine life are having a bigger impact on our ecosystems and the climate than previously thought, new research suggests.
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06
June
2023
| 11:14 Europe/London
Maybe you have one bin or many boxes. You might even have a compost caddy. Whatever your recycling setup, chances are that at some point you’ve been left wondering what should go where and if a particular item is indeed recyclable or if it should
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17
March
2023
| 17:25 Europe/London
The University of Manchester is at the heart of four new projects that have received a share of millions of pounds awarded to the Greater Manchester Innovation Accelerator, to turn cutting-edge technologies into businesses in Greater Manchester – in
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17
March
2023
| 10:30 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has published a report into the climate impact of its endowment investments which reveals that, by 31 July 2022, the carbon intensity of its endowment equity investment portfolio has been reduced by 55% from 2019.
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13
March
2023
| 10:44 Europe/London
Professor Michael Shaver, Director of the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub and Sustainable Futures, part of the University of Manchester, has published an open letter calling on Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham following
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08
March
2023
| 17:09 Europe/London
In this blog Prof Best and Prof Paterson discuss themes surrounding climate governance and central banking, which emerged during a recent workshop involving leading scholars hosted by the Politics Department and SCI in February at the University of
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