An interview with 2018’s Faraday Prize winner
Jacklin Kwan talks to University of Manchester’s very own Professor Danielle George following her triumph in earning the prestigious award
Manchester scientists in breakthrough at CERN
University of Manchester scientists have successfully rotate a beam of high energy protons for the first time
The Campus Masterplan 2022
The Campus Masterplan looks to have placed an emphasis on STEM subjects over others
UK to lose full access to the EU Galileo sat-nav system
The UK has pledged at least £92m to a satellite navigation system that is proposed to rival the EU’s Galileo project. After the EU announced that the UK would not be able to access sensitive encrypted data from Galileo post-Brexit this coming March, the UK has threatened to launch its own sat-nav system despite having […]
Community Festival returns to UoM
The programme is packed with activities to give people a better insight into research at the university
ScienceX at the Trafford Centre
The free event, organised by the University of Manchester’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, comes to the intu Trafford Centre on the 14th and15th April
Graphene takes flight
The thinnest material ever created could revolutionise the way we build aircraft, say University of Manchester researchers
Manchester students build affordable robotic hand
A team of University of Manchester engineering students have used 3D printing to manufacture a new low-cost robotic prosthetic hand prototype
Brian Cox: abolish first-year exams
The professor of particle physics at the University of Manchester said he doesn’t care if his first-year students pass their exams
Sir John Sulston
On Friday 9th March, we were saddened by the news of the Nobel Laureate and key figure of the Human Genome Project passing away
Muscle loss in old age linked to damaged nerves
Researchers find weaker nerve signals are associated with muscle loss but regular exercise delay such effects
Manchester river has world’s highest level of microplastics
This study is the first of its kind and has left Manchester researchers calling for tighter regulations on urban water waste management
Preview: Street Drugs in the Northern Powerhouse
The University of Manchester is to hold a symposium to discuss current recreational drug policies
A brief history of Stephen Hawking
“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet” – Professor Stephen Hawking
£6.8 million awarded to Manchester health consortium
The new funding could allow upscaling of personalised medicine and development of new cancer therapies
Micro-robots: flying bees and jumping spiders
Dr Mostafa Nabawy of the University of Manchester turns science-fiction to science fact in presenting his work on robot spiders and bees
Evolutionary understanding takes flight thanks to baby bird fossil
A University of Manchester palaeontologist reveals the diversity of avian evolution using one of the smallest bird fossils ever discovered
Science news around the world this week
Sophie Boyd reports on key science stories from around the globe this week
Over 200 million NHS ‘medication errors’ per year says report
A collaborative study between the Universities of Manchester, York, and Sheffield, funded by the Department of Health, explores the impacts of medication errors on the NHS and patient health