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Scientists say more should be done to tackle the growing environmental impact of takeaway food containers. A new study estimates there are 2025 million takeaway containers per year being used in the European Union (EU) alone.  ...

An academic from The University of Manchester has called for a carbon capture and storage industry to be developed in the UK, and for it to be required alongside shale gas and hydrogen’s developing contributions to the UK energy systems. ...

Researchers have discovered algae that can not only adapt to and survive in water contaminated with nuclear waste but could also potentially help ‘purify’ it. ...

Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) could make the UK carbon neutral by 2050, but immediate action is required says a new joint report by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society.   ...

Dr Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo, energy minister of Burkina Faso, returned to his alma mater last week to visit academics at The University of Manchester and discuss how our research might help his future ambitions to improve energy access for the majorit...

Several projects at The University of Manchester’s Urban Institute are showing how improvements in the efficiency of household energy use can result in benefits for human health and well-being, economic productivity, environmental quality and urban d...

The Dalton Nuclear Institute is taking a revolutionary new approach to nuclear-related research by encouraging a lasting engagement between ‘traditional’ nuclear sciences and social science researchers.  ...

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.   ...

Dr Carly McLachlan is the Director of Tyndall Manchester, an interdisciplinary climate change and energy research centre based at The University of Manchester, and was on the Steering Committee for the Green Summit. It’s been a month since the May...

A shipping industry summit is looking into how it can reduce its share of global greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. But a lack of low carbon technologies is not the problem. The International Maritime Organization’s (IM...

A PhD student at The University of Manchester has developed a new method and software for using computer game technology for complex scientific and engineering simulations.   ...

The shipping industry needs to move to renewable and alternative fuels but there is no widely available fuel to manage climate change and local pollutants according to a recent study. ...

With Easter fast approaching, the thought of chocolate is probably on all our minds, but could the UK’s love of chocolate be having a damaging effect on the environment?   ...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) published its first major report 28 years ago. This watershed document described the ominous implications of escalating emissions and the scale of the challenge in reversing this seemingly ...

Uranium and other radioactive materials, such as caesium and technetium, have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. ...

An innovative new project which aims to examine energy poverty in Europe, and measures to combat it, has been launched at a major event in Brussels. ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have carried out the first ever study looking at the carbon footprint of sandwiches, both home-made and pre-packaged. ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered another new and unexpected physical effect in graphene – membranes that could be used in devices to artificially mimic photosynthesis. ...

Microwaves usage across the EU alone emits as much carbon dioxide as nearly seven million cars according to a new study by The University of Manchester. Researchers at the University have carried out the first ever comprehensive study of the environm...

Shale gas is one of least sustainable options for producing electricity, according to new research from The University of Manchester. ...

Construction work has begun on the Manchester hub for the Henry Royce Institute, the national body promoting research and applications in advanced materials. The building will be a prominent new landmark on the Manchester skyline at 46 metres high. ...

dominika zarzycka / shutterstock Marc Hudson, University of Manchester and Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester Unusually for a large UN climate conference, the recent Bonn talks didn’t finish with any late-night haggling. Progress, in th...

The University of Manchester has today announced that the £287 million contract to construct the Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD) has been formally awarded to Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group ...

Bioenergy makes up around 70% of all renewable energy sources across the world. But what do we actually mean by bioenergy and biofuel? ...

Caroline Dang is as an atmospheric science PhD researcher at The University of Manchester and attending COP23 in Bonn, Germany, this week ...

As the world gathers in Bonn for COP23, the UN’s annual climate change conference, Professor Mike Barnes, from The University of Manchester's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, outlines why he thinks offshore wind could be a boom indust...

Researchers at The University of Manchester will lead a new multimillion pound robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) programme aiming to clean up the world’s nuclear waste. ...

Five things that should happen at the Bonn climate talks but probably won’t Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester and Marc Hudson, University of Manchester The world’s leaders are meeting – again – for talks on climate change. This year’s ...

Bonn voyage: climate diplomats head into another round of talks Marc Hudson, University of Manchester Here we go again. For longer than some of us can remember and the rest of us care to, there have been annual climate change international conf...

Manchester is the birthplace of nuclear physics and this year marks 100 years since Ernest Rutherford ‘split the atom’ …or does it? A new exhibition celebrates the Nobel Prize winner’s huge contribution to nuclear physics and clears up some misconcep...