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The University of Manchester has been awarded £10million to launch a UK-wide biomanufacturing research hub that could pave the way for easier and quicker ways to make new medicines and sustainable energy solutions. ...

Dr Mills has been chosen to represent thulium for the celebration of IUPAC 100 and IYPT. ...

The University of Manchester has secured more than £19million of research investment after being awarded three Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT). ...

School of Chemistry Professor, Igor Larrosa, places as a finalist of the Second Annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists. ...

Scientists have discovered a new chemical process – also known as a biosynthetic pathway – in bacteria which could lead to a new generation of antibiotics being produced and manufactured.   ...

We are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Paul O'Brien CBE FREng FRS. ...

The University's Patrick Cai will help to found the Wellcome Sanger Institute's skills in synthetic genomics. ...

The University of Manchester has been awarded a pair of multi-million pound research grants to work with two leading industry partners, Astra Zeneca and AkzoNobel. ...

In the summer of 2017 two research groups from The University of Manchester each published research into the performance of single-molecule magnets. ...

The 3rd Annual Chemistry Postgraduate Research Conference celebrated the work of over 100 postgraduate research students. ...

An international team of scientists has developed a material that can remove nitrogen dioxide gas and other toxic greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.   ...

The researchers identified the contamination using a new method and say if the particles are inhaled they could pose long-term health risks to humans.   ...

Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast we use for bread and beer production. ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester are celebrating after becoming ‘record breakers’ and officially being awarded a Guinness World Record for tying the tightest knot ever produced. ...

Uranium can perform reactions that previously no one thought possible, which could transform the way industry makes bulk chemicals, polymers, and the precursors to new drugs and plastics, according to new findings from The University of Manchester. ...

The University of Manchester's School of Chemistry is demystifying some of its greatest scientific achievements by making them more accessible to audiences beyond academia and the University. ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have demonstrated that the world’s first handheld SORS device can detect fake spirits, such as vodka and whisky, whilst still in their bottles. ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world’s first ‘molecular robot’ that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. ...

A new series of studies are drastically changing the way scientists think about the effect bacteria have on a number of diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Sepsis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and most recently Type 2 diabetes ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester have proved that storing data at a molecular level is more feasible than previously thought and could see 100 times higher data density than current technologies. ...

Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that will make a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease cheaper and quicker to produce. Researchers at the Universities of Manchester and York found the enzyme in Aspergillus oryzae, a kind of fungus used for m...

Manchester scientists have revealed how arsenic molecules might be used to ‘fish out’ the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste - a breakthrough that could make the decommissioning industry even safer and more effective. ...

Scientists from Manchester and Bristol have successfully created a synthetic cellular communications system – which has successfully recognised signals involved in pain relief. ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have entered the “Wild West” of the periodic table to finally solve a decades-old scientific challenge – and have revealed that an important but niche chemical bonding principle may be much more widely appl...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known – a scientific achievement which has the potential to create a new generation of advanced materials. ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester have taken a major step forward by describing the quantitative modelling of the electronic structure of a family of uranium nitride compounds – a process that could in the future help with nuclear waste r...

A postgraduate student from the University of Manchester is hoping to inspire the next generation of female scientists and engineers with a campaign aimed at illustrating ‘real’ women in the industry. ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester have taken a significant step closer to demonstrate that it is possible to create miniscule - but very powerful - computers that could work at atomic scale. ...

Facemasks incorporating an innovative new technology which emerged from research conducted by The University of Manchester’s School of Chemistry will be able to comprehensively trap and kill over 99 percent of all flu viruses. ...

An international team of scientists led by The University of Manchester has used state-of-the-art X-ray methods to analyse the chemistry of feathers of birds, in order to discover the true colours of extinct ancient animals such as dinosaurs. Mela...