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June
2019
This week The University of Manchester has revealed a comprehensive report and plan to address key issues facing humanity as set-out by the UN.
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17
June
2019
Tens of thousands of children come together next week to scientifically address the issues that matter to them most. On Tuesday they will even grill University and civic leaders on matters of climate crisis.
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13
June
2019
A new facility to transform manufacturing processes and make them more environmentally friendly, has opened today (13 June 2019), as part of a new Local Industrial Strategy for Greater Manchester.
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03
June
2019
A team of scientists at The University of Manchester has solved a key flaw in solar panels after 40 years of research around the world.
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03
June
2019
Work led by Professor Vaskar Saha, a paediatrician from The University of Manchester, means that around 80% of children with the most common childhood cancer are now likely to survive following treatment at major centres across India, thanks to his r...
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23
May
2019
Manchester reinforced its place today as a leader in translating brilliant academic science into new products and services which will transform the future of medicine and maintenance of human health.
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21
May
2019
The evolutionary use of colour for mammal’s survival in the wild is evident from, red foxes, to zebras. Today an international team, led by researchers from The University of Manchester, publish research revealing the evidence of colourful pigments f...
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07
May
2019
Three Manchester researchers have been selected among the very best researchers and innovators promising to deliver global impact.
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02
May
2019
Researchers from The University of Manchester and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are racing to understand how microplastics are transported to the deep-sea floor in an effort to combat the growing ecological problem.
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17
April
2019
New three-dimensional imaging of the human placenta has been developed to help understand the reasons for fetal growth restriction – a condition which affects thousands in the UK alone.
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16
April
2019
A new spectacular jumping spider has been discovered and named in honour of Eric Carle, the famous author of children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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15
April
2019
New research charts the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on global sea levels throughout history to present day.
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11
April
2019
The University of Manchester has launched its ambitious vision to help ensure the city is a leader in the fourth industrial revolution in the same way it was a pioneer for the first phase of industrialisation.
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01
April
2019
Dinosaurs went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago. Now scientists have found extraordinary evidence which documents the colossal asteroid impact event.
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25
March
2019
Scientists at The University of Manchester have joined forces with a major US Museum and European partners to explore an extraordinary Jurassic dinosaur site in the badlands of Wyoming, USA.
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21
March
2019
The Large Hadron Collider Beauty (LHCb) collaboration has observed a unique physics phenomenon in the decays of a particle known as a 'quark' for the first time.
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20
March
2019
Scientists at The University of Manchester have found small molecules contained in a substance secreted by the skin, known as sebum, that are responsible for a unique scent in people with Parkinson’s.
The results could lead to the development of a...
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15
March
2019
The University has presented its plans for a new, world-class innovation district in the heart of Manchester at MIPIM.
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07
March
2019
Physicists have discovered that when two atomically thin (two-dimensional) materials like graphene are placed on top of each other like a ‘Lego’ tower, their properties change and a material with novel hybrid properties emerges, paving the way for de...
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04
March
2019
A team of researchers led by Dr Nazmul Karim and Prof Sir Kostya Novoselov at The University of Manchester have developed a method to produce scalable graphene-based yarn.
Multi-functional wearable e-textiles have been a focus of much attention du...
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25
February
2019
University of Manchester researchers have used their knowledge of graphene to understand its parent material, graphite.
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22
February
2019
Astronomers from around the world have combined radio telescopes on five continents, including Jodrell Bank, to prove the existence of a narrow stream of material, known as a jet, emerging from aftermath of a violent merger of neutron stars.
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13
February
2019
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.
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12
February
2019
The National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester has signed an 18-month research project to develop graphene water filtration systems with LifeSaver®, a UK-based manufacturer of portable filtration systems.
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11
February
2019
Scientists have created flags that can generate electrical energy using wind and solar power. The study is the most advanced of its kind to date and the first to simultaneously harvest wind and solar energies using inverted flags.
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07
February
2019
The University has submitted a PIN (Prior Information Notice) to the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), to begin pre-market engagement as part of its search to find an investor and development partner to deliver a new c.£1.5 billion Innov...
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04
February
2019
The University of Manchester has secured more than £19million of research investment after being awarded three Centres for Doctoral Training (CDT).
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31
January
2019
Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere after identifying new linkages between natural contaminants and with manmade pollutants.
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30
January
2019
Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning Chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.
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21
January
2019
An international team of palaeontologists, including researchers from The University of Manchester, have uncovered evolutionary secrets hidden in the 100-million-year-old fossil of a hagfish – a slimy, eel-like scavenger that lived in an ancient ocea...
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