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20th November 2017
The team of academics from the medical and various science departments provided support in the founding of a new medical school and committed to new joint research projects
20th November 2017
The University admits to approving the use of 174,120 animals in 2016 as subjects of research
17th November 2017
Dr Joanne Jordan of the university’s Global Development Institute was recognised for her work exploring effects of and responses to climate change in Bangladeshi slums
16th November 2017
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13th November 2017
Visitors of the university’s new heritage tour will be the first to see inside the private research rooms of the “father of nuclear physics”, 100 years after the splitting of the atom
9th November 2017
Featuring an interview with Professor Barry Lennox, and a look into ‘Tommorow’s World Live’
6th November 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester, in collaboration with the University of British Columbia, Canada, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stanford University, United States, have recently published a major new study in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. It shows that whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tight-knit social groups. […]
6th November 2017
The last time levels were this high was three to five million years ago
24th October 2017
Jodrell Bank set to join illustrious company of world monuments after selection as a candidate for the UNESCO world heritage list
24th October 2017
An exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry

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18th October 2017
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority is determined to correct slow but steady job growth in green sectors
17th October 2017
The University of Manchester calls for reassessment of the UK’s food system after a huge poultry meat company has been found repacking old meat
17th October 2017
It’s almost as ground-breaking as the first ever observation of gravitational waves
16th October 2017
Also known as the common cold. Why hasn’t science found a cure yet?
16th October 2017
Women with a family history of breast cancer are on track to be able to be tested for risks
10th October 2017
Jack Barton summarises the 2017 Nobel Prize awards in medicine, physics and chemistry announced last week
9th October 2017
Friends of the Earth Manchester take to controversial methods to battle inequitable funding between the North and the nation’s capital
4th October 2017
As we approach the 60th anniversary of humanity’s first foray into space, we look back on the exciting advancements that Manchester took part in
2nd October 2017
UK partners with US, committing a big investment for research of neutrinos
2nd October 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a new anti-inflammatory compound which may hold promise for conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease