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Liverpool against Real Madrid in the Champions League final is a fixture for football fans to savour – two giants battling it out for one of the most prized trophies in the game. And regardless of the result, some will also see this match as a win fo...

F2G, a University of Manchester spinout company, is to partner a major Japanese pharmaceutical company in the commercialisation of a novel antifungal treatment it developed for invasive aspergillosis and other rare mould infections....

Researchers based at The University of Manchester are set to begin a study that will examine the effects of a school-based life skills programme after being awarded with £800k of funding by Norway’s Kavli Trust. ...

A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester that can be trusted to think and act for themselves in some of the most hazardous places on Earth - and beyond....

Northern Gritstone, the new investment spinout business led by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield, announces a first close of £215m....

A unique psychological and social intervention which trains family and informal carers to communicate more effectively with the person they support is being trialed in Manchester....

A new study measuring the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing and mental health of adolescents has found that the pandemic has made them more depressed and less satisfied with their lives....

Scientists at The University of Manchester have taken an important step towards finding a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most common form of adult blindness in the developed world....

The University of Manchester has held its annual Making a Difference awards ceremony to acknowledge and celebrate the incredibly inspiring work of its staff, students and alumni....

A member of staff from The University of Manchester has completed a marathon cycling challenge, raising over £3000 for UK-Med’s Ukraine Appeal in the process....

World-leading experts in AI and data science are set to gather in Manchester – the birthplace of the modern computer and original thought leadership in AI – as they join an international science conference. ...

Professor Tony Redmond has been honoured with a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Pride of Manchester Awards, in recognition of a career spent providing crucial medical care to those most in need all over the world....

The University of Manchester has retained its status as one of the top Universities in the country for openness in animal research....

The University of Manchester has retained 5th place for research power - the quality and scale of research and impact - in the UK government’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, the major national exercise to evaluate research activity, which ...

The fossilised remains of Chile’s first complete ichthyosaur have been unearthed from a melting glacier deep in the Patagonia area of the South American country....

A ban of commercially available indoor tanning would substantially reduce deaths from melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, a study led  by University of Manchester researchers has concluded....

The Energy Innovation Agency  has officially launched, bringing together world-leading academic, private sector and public sector expertise to help bridge the energy innovation gap and find solutions to make sure Greater Manchester can reach its carb...

A simple blood test that can be given by GPs could help diagnose ovarian cancer faster and more accurately, particularly for women under the age of 50, according to research funded by leading women’s health charity, Wellbeing of Women....

The new initiative will deliver a free, 24/7 programme to help at least 400 SMEs in Greater Manchester...

Older people with mobility problems living without home adaptations have poorer health and higher levels of pain, according to researchers at The Universities of Manchester and Hong Kong....

Chancellor, Lemn Sissay OBE, has been awarded the prestigious Ness Award by the Royal Geographical SocietyThe poet, writer and broadcaster received the award in recognition of his ‘long-standing contributions to promoting insightful understandings of...

On 18 May 2022, to celebrate the launch of the British Pop Archive, Creative Manchester will be hosting a roundtable discussion with David Olusoga OBE and broadcasting vanguards to explore the past, present, and future landscape of British TV....

Broadcaster Kylie Pentelow and producer Lucy McDaid have partnered with the University's Manchester Innocence Project to launch a new true crime podcast that explores wrongful convictions....

The University of Manchester has published its 2021 Responsible Investment Report, confirming that it has ended investment in fossil fuel companies and has exceeded its target of reducing the carbon intensity of its other holdings....

The University of Manchester has remained a leader for impact towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals once again this year...

An international team which includes University of Manchester scientists has for the first time demonstrated that nerve signals are exchanged between clogged up arteries and the brain....

Imagine that you are at work, and you witness a colleague repeatedly bullying another colleague. What would you do?...

A robot named Lyra has been used to inspect a ventilation duct in Dounreay’s redundant nuclear laboratories and map radioactive materials. Lyra traversed 140m of duct from a single entry point and provided operators with detailed radiological charact...

The Universities of Manchester, Melbourne and Toronto have announced new funding to develop bi- and trilateral research projects, and a declaration to establish a new International Centre for Translational Digital Health....

Since Imran Khan was ousted as prime minister of Pakistan on April 9, the future of the long disputed and war-torn Kashmir region, on the borders of India and Pakistan, is at the forefront of many minds....