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A new consortium, led by The University of Manchester (UoM) and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), has been awarded £4.5 Million to help patients with liver disease receive earlier, more accurate, and potentially life-saving diagnoses....

A little-known non-toxic antiseptic developed in the Soviet Union during the Cold War has enormous potential to beat common infections, say University of Manchester scientists. ...

Join the blue woodlice detectives and comb your back gardens as part of a scientific quest to develop an antiviral test. ...

  Christian Bertrand/ Shutterstock  Going to concerts or clubs is a popular pastime for many young people, but they’re also potential causes of noise-induced hearing loss. In fact, more than a billion young people worldwide are at risk of noise-in...

The University of Manchester is to take part in a national project to explore ways of improving academic-policy engagement, in partnership with UCL and the universities of Cambridge, Nottingham and Northumbria, as well as Parliament, Government and p...

A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition. ...

Hearing damage which isn’t yet severe enough to be diagnosed as hearing loss is common in young adults who regularly attend loud music events, according to University of Manchester led research. ...

The Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) collaboration has observed a type of four-quark particle never seen before. ...

Experts from The University of Manchester and The University of Bristol are calling for permanent laws allowing so-called ‘pills by post’ abortion services to be enacted in Great Britain and the USA, in order to address barriers to care highlighted b...

In late 2019 the red supergiant closest to Earth, Betelgeuse, began to rapidly fade in brightness. Initially thought to be a sign that the star was about to go supernova or that it experienced a dust storm, scientists have now found that it was cause...

Ambulance workers who took part in a University of Manchester led study have told of the complex challenges they face in responding to suicide without adequate training and support.. ...

An arthritis drug is to be trialed as a treatment for children with a fatal metabolic disorder which causes neurological deterioration thanks to University of Manchester researchers. ...

Researchers from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and The University of Manchester (UoM) are to assess the effectiveness of tests that may give doctors COVID-19 results in minutes rather than days. ...

Eleven scientists from The University of Manchester have been honoured with major awards from the Royal Society of Chemisty. ...

Concerns about the increase in police officers permanently stationed in UK schools have been raised by a new report into racism in secondary schools. ...

Manchester Histories is taking its festival online after the coronavirus outbreak caused the cancellation of June's event, by launching its first ever DigiFest. The festival will work with individuals and community groups to present their stories, id...

A newly developed 3D printed treatment is helping to give medics and victims a game-changing alternative to catastrophic limb amputation. ...

New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive clothing which can lower the body temperature of the wearer in hot climates. ...

A team of innovative engineers from The University of Manchester responded to a call from frontline NHS medics – by making it safer and easier for them to use life-saving non-invasive ventilator machines to support critically ill patients suffering f...

New research focusing on the UK and Sweden, demonstrates just how far even ‘climate progressive’ nations are from meeting our international commitments to avoid dangerous climate change. ...

A team of experts is investigating how the coronavirus lockdown has impacted on people’s relationships and routines. ...

A European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) database containing information on the effects of COVID-19 on patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases has given some reassurance to patients taking immunosuppressants. ...

The employment prospects of some ethnic minorities have improved since the 1970s but still lag behind the white majority because of “persistent racism”, a major new study says. ...

wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock  While the pace of research on the novel coronavirus has been impressively rapid, there remains a lot we still don’t know about the wily pathogen. One of those unknowns is the potential long-term health implications fo...

New climate research has stated that urgent action on emissions from existing ships is the key to tackling shipping’s impact on climate change. ...

Developing a vaccine is difficult at the best of times, but rarely have we been in a situation where basic knowledge about a virus has to be acquired so directly alongside the race to eradicate it. To understand how difficult this task is, we must ap...

A study led by University of Manchester researchers has revealed that around 20% of people who have been issued with hearing aids do not use them. ...

An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, ‘the universality of free fall’. ...

Human eggs use chemical signals to attract sperm. New research from Stockholm University, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester  shows that eggs use these chemical signals to “choose” sperm. Different women’s egg...

The University of Manchester has been named as the world’s 27th best university, maintaining its highest ever position in the QS World University Rankings. ...