University of Manchester - Archive (Nobel-Prize)
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2021
11
June
2021
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09:06
Europe/London
On Monday 14 June, Nobel Laureate Sir Andre Geim will be joining some of the brightest minds on the planet - from industry, government, academia, culture and entertainment – to answer the question: ‘How do we get the next 10 years right?’
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2020
20
May
2020
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13:59
Europe/London
Nobel Prize-winner Professor Kostya Novoselov to give two online talks to share his insights and inspirations in his work with graphene at The University of Manchester.
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2019
21
November
2019
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14:32
Europe/London
14 researchers from The University of Manchester are some of the most highly cited in their field, in a new list from the Web of Science Group released this week.
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2018
10
December
2018
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16:24
Europe/London
His Royal Highness The Duke of York has officially opened the £60m Masdar Building which houses the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) at The University of Manchester.
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2017
05
October
2017
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08:00
Europe/London
John Mcauliffe, University of ManchesterAn annual cycle of intrigue and speculation, followed by the denouement – at which point the whole knotty process come to a head. Not the sagas of the political party conference season, but the perennially shoc...
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2016
25
August
2016
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09:00
Europe/London
Small balloons made from one-atom-thick material graphene can withstand enormous pressures, much higher than those at the bottom of the deepest ocean, scientists at The University of Manchester report.
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05
August
2016
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10:43
Europe/London
Injecting electrons into one-atom-thick material graphene can control their movement, potentially leading to novel electronic applications, University of Manchester researchers have found.
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29
July
2016
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08:00
Europe/London
Extremely thin stacks of two-dimensional materials, which could deliver applications fine-tuned to the demands of industry, are set to revolutionise the world in the same way that graphene will.
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10
March
2016
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11:59
Europe/London
Researchers at the University had asked the question – could self-rotation occur in heterostructures, when different crystals are stacked together such as graphene on boron nitride? It was found that perfect stacking between graphene and boron nitrid...
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2015
17
December
2015
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10:29
Europe/London
Cheap, flexible, wireless graphene communication devices such as mobile phones and healthcare monitors can be directly printed into clothing and even skin, University of Manchester academics have demonstrated.
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11
December
2015
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13:17
Europe/London
The University has unveiled a plaque in honour of Nobel laureate Sir Lawrence Bragg, 100 years to the day he should have received the Nobel Prize for Physics.
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27
November
2015
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11:34
Europe/London
One of the University of Manchester’s most promising graphene researchers has been awarded a fellowship.
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23
October
2015
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16:48
Europe/London
President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China visited the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester today (October 23), on the final day of the President’s UK state visit.
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16
October
2015
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07:54
Europe/London
University of Manchester Nobel laureate Sir Kostya Novoselov has been awarded a major grant to research two-dimensional materials.
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2014
11
November
2014
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11:00
Europe/London
Manchester scientistd Ernest Rutherford – famed for “splitting the atom” – also deserves better recognition for helping to pioneer a system we now know as sonar as part of a top secret World War One defence project.
Rutherford, who worked at The U...
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31
October
2014
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10:21
Europe/London
The groundbreaking Science paper that laid out foundations of graphene research is one of the most cited publications of all time.
Despite only being brought out in 2004, the seminal work 'Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films' has...
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18
February
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov have been awarded the Freedom of the City of Manchester.
The freedom of the city is the highest honour Manchester can bestow. The honour recognises the pioneering work undertaken by Sir Andre and Sir Kostya,...
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28
January
2014
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00:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester is investing up to £20m to appoint 100 new academic staff.
The new staff will cover a wide range of disciplines across all four of the University’s Faculties, covering teaching and research.
The President and Vice-C...
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2013
19
October
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
The centenary of the discovery of the quantum atom by Niels Bohr will be celebrated at the University with an event organised by the Institute of Physics today (Saturday).
The Danish physicist and philosopher conducted postdoctoral work at the Vic...
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14
October
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
A Manchester football hero and a recent Nobel Prize winner will receive honorary degrees from The University of Manchester this week.
United legend Sir Bobby Charlton and Professor Peter Higgs, who has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics...
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22
July
2013
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01:00
Europe/London
University of Manchester Nobel Laureates Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov have been awarded two of the Royal Society’s most significant honours.
Sir Andre is the recipient of the Copley Medal, believed to be the world’s oldest scientific prize. He ...
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27
February
2013
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00:00
Europe/London
A fascinating glimpse of Industrial Revolution life, including the remains of a club frequented by Friedrich Engels, has been revealed at the site of the National Graphene Institute.
Cellars from rows of 1830s terraced houses and the remnants of t...
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30
January
2013
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00:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s School of Physics and Astronomy has been awarded a prestigious Regius professorship by the Queen, the government has announced.
Regius professorships are a rare privilege – before today’s announcement only two had be...
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2012
03
December
2012
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00:00
Europe/London
Scientists who worked on one of the world’s first supercomputers will gather this week to mark its 50th anniversary.
Developed at The University of Manchester between 1956 and 1963, the Atlas computer was at the time the most powerful in the world...
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01
March
2012
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00:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (iSEI), established in 2008, is to join the Faculty of Life Sciences (FLS) from August.
iSEI’s move underlines the Faculty’s commitment to conducting high-quality research...
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2011
24
January
2011
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00:00
Europe/London
A day of celebrations will be held on Wednesday 26th January to honour the achievements of Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov, 2010 winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics.
The University of Manchester academics received the aw...
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2010
21
October
2010
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01:00
Europe/London
The University of Manchester’s Sustainable Consumption Institute is to host Nobel Prize winner Professor Tom Schelling who is to deliver its annual lecture today (21 October).
Taking place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, he will discuss ways i...
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05
October
2010
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01:00
Europe/London
Two scientists who discovered graphene at The University of Manchester have today been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov have been awarded the highest accolade in the scientific world for ...
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2009
07
May
2009
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01:00
Europe/London
A £39M research centre that will make Manchester home to one of the largest biomedical complexes in Europe will be officially opened today (May 7th).
The AV Hill Building will house 300 scientists in 50 research groups, mainly focussing on neurosc...
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2008
05
July
2008
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01:00
Europe/London
Two Nobel prize winners are to launch a national debate on intellectual property to address rising concerns over commercialisation of science today (Saturday 5 July).
Professor Joseph E Stiglitz will join Professor Sir John Sulston at a public lec...
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