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2023
22
February
2023
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16:00
Europe/London
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at The Universities of Manchester and Leicester, supported by the National Physical Laboratory, has suggested that the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than …
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2022
30
June
2022
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10:17
Europe/London
Today, 30 June 2022, Understanding Animal Research (UAR) has published a list of the ten organisations that carry out the highest number of animal procedures – those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research – in Great Britain. These …
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13
April
2022
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14:34
Europe/London
New research from The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Kenyan conservationists and scientists, has examined data from the Critically Endangered Kenyan black rhino populations which suggest that individuals really matter when assessing …
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07
February
2022
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15:28
Europe/London
University of Manchester research fellow David Legg, in collaboration with a team of international scientists from China, Switzerland, and Sweden, has today announced a new fossil that reveals the origin of gills in arthropods.
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2021
02
September
2021
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09:28
Europe/London
The drug Viagra, used to treat sexual impotence, can strongly suppress abnormal heart rhythms known as arrythmias in sheep according to University of Manchester scientists.
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01
July
2021
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08:55
Europe/London
New collaborative research led by Manchester Museum, part of The University of Manchester, has resulted in the first scientific description of an extremely rare tadpole.
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17
June
2021
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08:54
Europe/London
Infant sharks that live in the familiar mermaids’ purses found on most beaches in the UK and throughout the world are more vulnerable to predation because of ocean warming, new research suggests.
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2019
12
February
2019
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12:38
Europe/London
A University of Manchester scientists are at the forefront of the fight to protect cold water fish from the effects of crude oil spills from offshore oil rigs.
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2018
06
December
2018
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09:00
Europe/London
A new book published by University of Manchester historians shows that the much-loved St Bernard dog we know today was a Victorian invention.
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