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Britain’s birth rates are plunging. The number of babies being born has been in steep decline since 2017. Now, researchers are investigating early signs that the pandemic may have caused rates to drop even further. ...

The latest supply forecast for Covax – the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world – suggests that accelerating vaccination in low-income countries looks unlikely. Covax estimates it will have distributed 1.425 billion vaccine doses ...

Schools and youth organisations across Greater Manchester will take part today in the first ever #BeeWell Day, with a series of creative, active and online events celebrating young people’s wellbeing. ...

Following this morning’s flooding incident on Oxford Road we are pleased to report that the flow of water has been stopped and a clean-up operation is now well underway.We are now in a position to reopen most of the buildings that were previously clo...

A phase one trial of one of the world’s first multivariant COVID-19 Vaccine has been launched by US pharmaceutical company Gritstone in collaboration with The University of Manchester and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. ...

A drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to tackle a type of vascular dementia caused by damaged and ‘leaky’ small blood vessels in the brain, according to research part-funded by the British Heart ...

A 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding the origins of a famous supernova first spotted over China in 1181AD has finally been solved, according to an international team of astronomers. New research published today (September 15, 2021) says that a f...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have now developed a concrete-like material made of extra-terrestrial dust along with the blood, sweat and tears of astronauts. ...

An in vitro study of drugs already approved by the regulatory authority in the United States to treat a range of conditions, has shown eight of them are also effective in slowing SARS-CoV-2 replication in infected human cells. ...

A professor from The University of Manchester is launching a new music composition on Saturday to mark the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, the day passenger aircraft were hijacked in the USA and flown into targets including New York's Twin Towers. ...

Global grasslands are a source of biodiversity and provide a host of benefits to humans, including food production, water supply, and carbon storage. But their future looks bleak without action to halt their degradation and promote their restoration,...

Massive Attack will today publish and offer as an open resource to the music industry the Roadmap to Super Low Carbon Live Music, commissioned by the band & produced by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research – a specialist body that brings to...

The University of Manchester is ranked as a top-50 global institution, according to Times Higher Education (THE), it’s been announced today (Thursday, 2 September). ...

After a two year hiatus, the much-loved bluedot festival is set to return to Jodrell Bank on 21-24 July 2022 and the team have today announced an unmissable Björk performance as the Sunday night headline act. ...

Nine researchers from the University will attend the Blue Zone at COP26, the UN Climate Change summit, to observe the negotiations that will be fundamental to securing the future of our planet. ...

A study has revealed that 232 people could have died from taking an accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England between 2000 and 2015. ...

An immunology student at The University of Manchester has won a Silver in the women's SB5 100m breaststroke at the Paralympics in Tokyo ...

An immunology student at The University of Manchester is to go for Paralympic glory as world number one when she starts in the swimming competition on Thursday (26/08/21). ...

A report by an expert from The University of Manchester has found that low-income drivers are effectively being charged more than double (212%) per mile to subsidise more wealthy road users. ...

2021 marks 100 years since the Football Association banned women’s football in England - to mark the anniversary, an expert from The University of Manchester has published work which describes how women fought to earn the right to play before the ban...

£25m value-add puts Manchester at the top of the table for the UK's Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, as it becomes partner of choice for innovation in businesses  ...

The University of Manchester has moved up to number 35 in the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) which ranks 1000 of the world’s leading higher education institutions.   ...

An early phase trial of a drug currently used to treat lung fibrosis has shown it may also help patients who suffer from a common form of heart failure. ...

Archaeologists from the Universities of Manchester and Cardiff have discovered the origins of Arthur’s Stone, one of the UK’s most famous Stone Age monuments. ...

Kapichka/ShutterstockBy  Matthew Paterson, University of ManchesterEvery few years, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nation’s climate science body – produces a major report on the state of the climate crisis. However...

Students from The University of Manchester have been involved in a project to catalogue and preserve tributes left on the Marcus Rashford mural in Withington, after thousands of people had covered over offensive graffiti with positive messages. ...

A research project led by The University of Manchester is set to assess the potential of woodland restoration along England’s rivers and streams, as part of a £10.5 million programme to help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change and enable the ...

UK Government is stepping up efforts to prepare and protect against the impacts of climate change, launching a new £5 million research programme today that will provide the backbone needed to drive forward the UK’s world-leading response to climate c...

The University of Manchester has for the first time finished top for the value of funding received from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). ...

The healthcare partnership between Kenya and the UK government has been strengthened through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). ...