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AI vs the empty fridge: Can technology solve student food waste?

AI vs the empty fridge: Can technology solve student food waste?

Using AI to meal plan and use up leftovers may save you money and help reduce food waste
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Can AI fill the gap left by cuts to overseas aid budgets? 

Can AI fill the gap left by cuts to overseas aid budgets? 

AI cannot fill the void left by cutting overseas developmental aid – real global development demands real resources
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Manchester universities take action against use of AI

Manchester universities take action against use of AI

Several universities in Manchester have penalised some students after they were discovered using AI in their assignments
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AI learns its first words (and helps explain how humans acquire language)

AI learns its first words (and helps explain how humans acquire language)

How do we learn to associate specific objects with specific words? A team from New York University have developed an AI ‘baby’ to help us answer this question.
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Chris Whitty kicks off the University’s bicentenary lecture series

Chris Whitty kicks off the University’s bicentenary lecture series

Professor Chris Whitty delivers lecture on health inequalities as part of the University’s bicentenary celebrations
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Science in the news: Sleepy penguins, record-breaking icebergs and the end of wine fraud

Science in the news: Sleepy penguins, record-breaking icebergs and the end of wine fraud

An AI sommelier, a remarkable sleeping habit and a giant iceberg are all covered in these stories of science in the news
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Science in the news 3: Brain implants, rediscovered mammals and mentally time-travelling rats

Science in the news 3: Brain implants, rediscovered mammals and mentally time-travelling rats

From long-lost animals to rodent imagination, here’s a collection of the most exciting stories of science in the news
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Manchester Animation Festival director Steve Henderson: “Animation for all” | MAF 2023

Manchester Animation Festival director Steve Henderson: “Animation for all” | MAF 2023

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Director of Manchester Animation Festival sits down to talk about this years programme and the threat of distributors and AI in the world of animation
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Science in the news: AI biodiversity, bed bug chaos, and puffy planets

Science in the news: AI biodiversity, bed bug chaos, and puffy planets

Here’s a rundown of the science stories you need to know about from the last few weeks
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New AI assignment guidance from the University of Manchester

New AI assignment guidance from the University of Manchester

With AI usage rising, here are the new University guidelines on how and when to use it
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Is the UK falling behind in the semiconductor arms race?

Is the UK falling behind in the semiconductor arms race?

With growing geopolitical tensions and an underwhelming level of investment, the UK may not be doing enough to revive the domestic semiconductor industry
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EVEscape to the rescue: The AI tool predicting new virus strains before they evolve

EVEscape to the rescue: The AI tool predicting new virus strains before they evolve

The new AI technology, developed by the University of Oxford and Harvard Medical School, could help predict new viral outbreaks
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Artificial intelligence to artificial imposter

Artificial intelligence to artificial imposter

As artificial intelligence evolves, a new generation of more sophisticated, and more believable scams are emerging
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Exclusive: University of Manchester approves ChatGPT for assigments

Exclusive: University of Manchester approves ChatGPT for assigments

ChatGPT is set to be approved as original work by the University of Manchester in undergraduate admissions. Find out more, exclusively, here:
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AI generated recipes and meal plans: Are they worth the hype?

AI generated recipes and meal plans: Are they worth the hype?

Could new Artificial Intelligence softwares put human chefs and nutritionists out of a job?
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Friend or Foe: How will technology continue to influence art?

Friend or Foe: How will technology continue to influence art?

Is art a purely humanist endeavour? The creators of Ai-Da don’t seem to think so
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New Manchester exhibition explores relationship between science and music

New Manchester exhibition explores relationship between science and music

Wondering what science has to do with music? Check out the Science and Industry Museum’s new exhibition ‘Turn It Up: The power of music’ to find out.
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Hey Siri, why are you a woman?

Hey Siri, why are you a woman?

As the development of AI technology is rapidly improving, should we be questioning who our voice assistants are narrated by?
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MANIFF 2021: Origin of the Species

MANIFF 2021: Origin of the Species

Origin of the Species follows the efforts of making robots and androids human-like. But will this ever be truly possible?
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Protein folding: AI’s new frontier

Protein folding: AI’s new frontier

Blake Crompton describes how artificial intelligence is helping us unpack the decades old protein-folding problem
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