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2019
18
July
2019
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15:31
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A University of Manchester graduate is leaving with a First Class degree, after juggling academic studies with an elite level para-swimming career.
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16
April
2019
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12:30
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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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14
February
2019
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21:00
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Nearly seventy years after myxomatosis decimated the rabbit populations of Australia, Britain and France, a new study reveals how the species has evolved genetic resistance to the disease through natural selection.
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2018
30
July
2018
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One of the world’s most spectacular frogs has been identified as a new species after 20 years of painstaking research at The University of Manchester.
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2017
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November
2017
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15:20
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How can Zebra poo tell us what an animal’s response to climate change and habitat destruction will be? That is what scientists from The University of Manchester and Chester Zoo have been investigating in South Africa.
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27
October
2017
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15:00
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A new tool has been developed by scientists at The University of Manchester to help reverse the decline in some of the world’s most endangers species of amphibians.
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18
October
2017
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12:00
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A pod of spinner dolphins in the Red Sea. Alexander Vasenin/wikimedia, CC BY-SA
Susanne Shultz, University of Manchester
Humans are like no other species. We have constructed stratified states, colonised nearly every habitat on Earth and …
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21
June
2017
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14:01
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An international team of physiologists including The University of Manchester’s Dr Holly Shiels has returned from Greenland, where they battled storms and icebergs to study one of the world’s most mysterious sharks.
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20
April
2017
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13:00
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An international team of scientists, including a physiologist from The University of Manchester, will head to the largest island in the world later this month to investigate the Greenland shark – believed to be the longest-lived vertebrate …
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2016
20
December
2016
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17:00
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A new study finds that unlike humans, Chimpanzees are entirely selfish creatures who act in their own interests, turning conceived wisdom on its head.
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21
March
2016
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10:00
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A photograph of a mating pair of critically endangered Costa Rican Lemur Leaf Frogs has bagged third place in the Eureka category one of the country's top science photo competitions.
The vivid image, taken by postgraduate student Chris Blount …
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06
January
2016
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15:00
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New research has revealed how the heart is one of the major factors which determine whether a fish lives or dies in Oceanic Dead Zones.
Dr Holly Shiels, a Senior Lecturer in Animal Physiology at The University of Manchester, says the findings may …
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2015
17
December
2015
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10:00
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Global campaign aims to educate primary age school children in the UK, Costa Rica and SwedenLemur Leaf frog is critically endangeredSir David Attenborough backs the campaign
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21
October
2015
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15:00
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Academics at The University of Manchester have dismissed the long-held argument that the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra was killed by a snake bite.
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24
September
2015
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09:18
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Scientists have discovered the cells driving the annual body clock in animals which adapts their body to the changing seasons.
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09
September
2015
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14:36
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The impact of competition means it is often costly for animals to learn from, or share information with othersHuman intelligence and knowledge depends on how we collect and use sharable resources
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11
May
2015
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17:10
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University of Manchester team helps to uncover the story behind 70 million animal mummies
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30
April
2015
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10:15
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For the first time scientists have come up with a precise explanation for why lobsters change colour from blue/black to red when cooked.
And the findings could have uses in the food industry and even in the delivery of some anti-cancer …
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27
April
2015
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09:00
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Research from The University of Manchester is bringing scientists a step closer to developing new therapies for controlling the body’s response to allergies and parasitic worm infections.
In a paper published in Nature Communications, …
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08
April
2015
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11:20
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New research from The University of Manchester and the Institute of Zoology has shed light on the complex challenge facing scientists battling one of the world’s most devastating animal diseases.
Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium …
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27
March
2015
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09:00
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Scientists say our brains may not be as complicated as we once thought – and they’re using sea slugs to prove it.
Led by graduate student Angela Bruno, researchers at The University of Manchester and Rosalind Franklin University of …
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11
March
2015
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09:45
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New research has shown that the Asian monsoon rains played a key role in the evolution of mammals.
And the findings, published today in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, could have implications for conserving the species living in the vast …
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19
February
2015
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00:01
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A new type of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile which was alive at the same time as the dinosaurs, has been identified from a fossil found on Dorset’s Jurassic coast.
The fossil had been in the collections of Doncaster Museum and Art …
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06
February
2015
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09:00
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Scientists at The University of Manchester, working with colleagues at Stanford University in America, have discovered how prized bluefin tuna keep their hearts pumping during temperature changes that would stop a human heart.The research helps to …
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03
February
2015
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09:44
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The first ever set of online courses developed by a university and the Natural History Museum has opened for enrollment, with a focus on extinction.
In a unique partnership, The University of Manchester and The Natural History Museum have created …
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07
January
2015
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09:17
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Scientists from the universities of Manchester and Sheffield have developed a computer model charting what happens in the brain when an action is chosen that leads to a reward.
The model could provide new insights into the mechanisms behind motor …
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2014
17
December
2014
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00:01
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New research suggests our jawed ancestors weren't responsible for the demise of their jawless cousins as had been assumed. Instead Dr Robert Sansom from The University of Manchester believes rising sea levels are more likely to blame. His …
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14
November
2014
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12:34
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Scientists at The University of Manchester are attempting to map the genes of an endangered British sea creature to aid a captive breeding programme.
A team from the Faculty of Life Sciences is unraveling the genetic secrets of the undulate ray, …
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16
July
2014
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01:00
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Researchers say climate change isn’t threatening reindeer on the Norwegian high arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
Instead the populations in the region are thriving because of rising temperatures according to a study undertaken by scientists …
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2013
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October
2013
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One of the world’s largest dinosaurs has been digitally reconstructed by experts from The University of Manchester allowing it to take its first steps in over 94 million years.
The Manchester team, working with scientists in Argentina, …
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