Zoom has become everything, but is online learning a danger to us all?
Amelia Cummins discusses how increased screen time due to online learning is negatively affecting student health and wellbeing
An ode to Garrett Morgan: The inventor of the smoke hood
Black History Month: A brief insight into the life of the inventor of the smoke hood
Top tips for a finding the perfect tech internship
Looking for an internship but don’t know where to start? Zain Alden shares his top tips for finding the perfect tech internship
Online security: The way the cookie crumbles
You wouldn’t leave your front door unlocked, so why are we letting our online activity be tracked?
Housr: A Household Name?
Trying to find a place to rent? Why not try the Tinder for rentals? Housr is an up-and-coming Manchester start-up which aims to make finding student accommodation simple and intuitive
Are ‘whitewashed’ medical textbooks putting black lives at risk?
Amelia Cummins discusses the potential medical risks black people could face due to underrepresentation in textbooks and literature
Opinion: Is David Attenborough’s documentary spreading a dangerous message?
Martha Houston discusses the dangerous ideas about population control that could be encouraged from David Attenborough’s recent documentary
Fascinating or frightening? CRISPR wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Two women bring home the Nobel Prize for Chemistry with the remarkable gene-editing tool CRISPR – yet this technology raises some of the most difficult ethical questions we face
Grappling with graphene: A look into the first 2D material
Blake Crompton investigates the history of graphene, one of the crowing achievements of Manchester’s physics department
The curious case of different coloured eyes
Have you ever wondered why some people have different coloured eyes? Read more to find out why they occur
Nobel Prize awarded to scientists who discovered Hepatitis C
Read more about the Nobel Prize winners and their fundamental discovery of the Hepatitis C virus
We’d be lost without her: Gladys West, GPS pioneer
Emma Hattersley takes a short look at the incredible life of Gladys West, whose work made GPS possible
Henrietta Lacks: much more than the mother of immortal cells
Black history month: Henrietta Lacks and the importance of remembering the ethical injustices surrounding her story
Recent UoM cancer research to revolutionise screening and treatment
The future of cancer research is here as Manchester researchers discover link between womb cancer and Lynch syndrome
Eco-friendly polymer used to build OLED screens for the first time
How scientists are making technology in the palm of your hand as sustainable and economical as possible
Tools to help with online learning
Online learning can be difficult. Zain Alden describes the apps that could make this semester a little easier
Research galore: The big projects in UoM chemistry
Find out about the exciting new research going on in our Chemistry department and how it’s impacting the field worldwide
Coping with anxiety: Quenching worries with science
Anxiety is a common problem amongst students. Blake Compton discusses how science can help you deal with it
